Reconsider It

Reconsider It is the premiere episode of Living Free, a web series created by Mike Barkhoff. It is Written and Directed by Barkhoff, also starring him, as well as Ron Gomes and Dylan Van Hauen. It was released September 17th, 2021.

Plot
Talking to his therapist, Mike Barkhoff reveals that he feels much less excitement in his career goals due to 'what has occured'. Through flashbacks, we reveal troubles on the set of INFINITE. with actors showing up on time, and, in present day, Mike furthers his mindset while speaking to Ron Gomes, saying that the film business desires no originality anymore. He also suggests they hire another director for Ron's next film, much to Ron's dismay.

Mike's conversation with his therapist continues once more, and reveals Mike's dream of winning a notable award for Best Feature Film, but he now is happy settling for just half of that. Mike meets Dylan Van Hauen, who asks Mike for help with his film project for a school class. Mike denies, stating his intentions to remain as a writer solely. Regardless of Dylan's efforts to talk Mike into it, Mike remains against the idea, and the two part ways.

Production
Barkhoff wrote all seven episodes' scripts in two days, and filmed them about four months later.

This episode was finalized among the last, resulting in the show's delay, for obvious reasons. Similar to Windfall, the show was delayed due to Barkhoff wanting to rearrange two sequences within the episode.

Reception
The episode has been met with praise from an online audience. It retains a 9.8/10 on IMDb as of September 17th, 2021, with 20 ratings total. Alfred Clarke, in his early review, called it 'a manifestation of Live Free' and 'a very thoughtful comedy'.

Following Living Free's syndicated release on Drakoloid Adult Zone on October 29th, 2021, the episode saw more positive reviews from a new audience. This also partook alongside Chapters.' debut on the program block, Episode 1 - Spree, and Horror Fest's first two episodes, Candlelight and Typo.