Ebb

Ebb is the second episode of Chapters.' third season, subtitled Bad Things Happen At Noon. Directed by Jarrod Van Hauen, it stars Mike Barkhoff in a fictional role of himself as he tries to fight through a hangover and prepare for his day.

Plot
Mike Barkhoff awakens on a friend's couch, drunk, and goes through the room, admiring the fish, the mixed vodka drinks they drank, the Taco Bell and taco sauce packets that they indulged in, and more, all as he tries to fight his hangover.

Conception
Barkhoff originally wanted the film to be a series of "highs" and "lows" of his captured, put together and entitled "Dual" with Mac Miller's song "Conversations, Pt. 1" put over it. The plan fell through, but this film materialized. This was to be the "low".

Van Hauen's apartment was used after the duo actually spent a night drinking one night. The title "Ebb" was chosen because it is synonymous with trying to rehabilitate.

This was originally filmed and planned for Season 2 of "Chapters.", "Atrocity Exhibitions", so it fits those themes. It was removed from that lineup when Barkhoff decided it wasn't fitting well in the structure of the story.

Reception
Ebb was met with lukewarm reviews, with many calling it slow and tedious. Many claimed that the episode was probably only released to promote Van Hauen's forthcoming film Death, My Darling.