Need

Need is the second episode of Chapters.' second season, subtitled Atrocity Exhibitions, written and directed by Mike Barkhoff. It stars Darla Barkhoff as a cop who finds cocaine at the site of a murder and begins to use it for personal reasons. The episode was met with acclaim, particularly for it's light tone meeting the dark material in the middle, the acting, and the cinematography. Guest star Darla Barkhoff, Mike's grandmother, helped in the latter field, as she is a photographer.

Opening Poetry
"overpower desires,"

Plot
A cop discovers a murder scene. Inter-spliced with this scene is her talking to her doctor about her difficulty sleeping at night. There, she finds cocaine and a phone number. Due to her overt exhaustion, she uses the cocaine to stay awake and complete her basic daily tasks. She calls the number to get more cocaine. She then begins to go into debt, and starts mixing the cocaine with all types of household items that share the color and texture to sell it on the street. However, one day, after her daily tasks - which include being a cop and a cocaine abuser and seller - she walks into her basement to see a man waiting to kill her.

Production
The episode was filmed in one day. Darla Barkhoff wore the prop uniform of a cop throughout the entire shoot. Mike Barkhoff would let her act natural and just change angles multiple times, before showing her and asking her to help him opine and make them better.

Marketing
Barkhoff held a Chat With Creators segment for this episode, which guest starred Darla Barkhoff also. In that, they discussed the meaning of the film, and he let her come to her own conclusion. Barkhoff also announced that the episode featured a pivotal moment (in terms of camerawork) for the season, hidden in the form of the audio and it's diegetic sound. This resulted in the showing of Outkast's first album, "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" on CD, in the cops possession. Meanwhile, Isaiah Rashad's song "West Savannah" plays (Outkast also had a song titled "West Savannah", which was intended for their first album). This reveals that, when watching the season as a whole, it is also occurring in a fictional world, created by Barkhoff (as if he personally is making the Season, up until Episodes 9 and 10) until Doppelgang, when it becomes him in reality and all of his addictions have caught up to him.

Themes
The episode's addiction is cocaine and the themes that lie within are doing what you feel necessary to succeed in your day-to-day goals and admiration, which isn't always a good thing.

Trivia
- Darla Barkhoff made use of her former police uniform from when she used to be a training officer on duty. The logos were taped over but the overall suit was used for nostalgiac looks.

- Due to her background in photography, Darla helped Mike fixate several camera angles.

Continuity
- The baggie of cocaine was created in ways similar to the weed baggie in "Mixed Bags", a future episode in Season 3.

Reception
The film was met with positive reviews from an online audience. It received more views that www.cell.society did in it's opening twenty-four hours.