Revisitor

Revisitor is the thirteenth episode and season finale in Chapters.' third season, subtitled Bad Things Happen At Noon. Written and Directed by Mike Barkhoff, it is based on a script he wrote after the death of his great grandmother in 2017.

Plot
Moving into his new home, a man hears a voice from a room. He calls his friend, who doubts him, but the man remains positive that he heard his deceased family member talk to him. The man has the idea to talk to a friend. In the room, the man makes contact with the friend and enjoys a conversation with him.

The man ends up becoming obsessed with the room, using it daily. He awakens one morning to find he is aging, and tells his friend this, vowing to not use the room anymore. He then awakens another day to a call that his father has died. The man uses the room to talk to his father, before being talked into meeting his great grandmother. He finally meets his great grandmother, a family member talking so highly about by his family, as he dies.

Production
On June 24th, Barkhoff said in an email interview with Alfred Clarke, while discussing Sozzy, that the script for this episode dates back to 2017 when he began a film draft following the death of his great grandmother.

Barkhoff conceived including the episode in Season 3 for various reasons, but also wanted it to thematically tie into the themes of the aforementioned "Sozzy", which ends with a title card telling the listener to listen to "Close", a J. Cole song which chronicles the death of J. Cole's drug addicted friend. He revealed his idea that "Where Sozzy finds a career in the grasp of death, this one finds a man in the grasp of death - not so much how it sounds, but the idea of it still."

When the episode was set to premiere, Live Free commented "Excited for you to see the finale of Chapters.!" causing some to think it was the series finale. Barkhoff retconned that, saying "Each season is like it's own show, so it was the finale to this, but not to the bigger spectrum".

Trivia
- Written following the death of Barkhoff's great grandmother.

Continuity
- The episode is a spiritual sequel to "Communicator" and is an 'opposing spectrum' to "Sozzy".

Reception
The episode was met with critical acclaim. Barkhoff's performance was singled out as one of his best by many. The writing, singled out by Clarke Accloades notably, was said to "have a heart" that it worked with. The camerawork was also met with positive reviews.