Gary Brandt delivers a sobering wake-up call in his tale from The Dimension Of Mind Dot Com as the girls face the real consequences of their supernatural abilities tearing apart the families who love them.
When Mrs.
Danvers has a complete psychological breakdown from watching her daughter and friends demonstrate impossible psychic powers, the girls find themselves essentially homeless—all four of them crashing at Ella's house while trying to figure out how to navigate a world that can't handle their abilities.
The episode's title says it all: 'No More Fairy Tales.' Ella takes charge with new house rules that sound more like military protocols than teenage slumber party guidelines—no more telepathy around others, extreme caution around 'sensitive people,' and the harsh recognition that 'Helana's not our genie in a bottle anymore.' The girls are discovering that having psychic powers isn't just fun supernatural adventures but a isolating burden that forces them to hide their true selves from everyone they care about.
But the real gut-punch comes when Brandt explores the psychological cost of telepathic abilities through Roxana and Eileen's horrifying experiences of involuntarily hearing other people's thoughts—especially teenage boys whose minds are apparently obsessed with 'sex, who's with who, who's cheating.
Jealousy, hatred.' Even worse, Roxana picks up non-human thoughts that are 'alien' and incomprehensible, suggesting their abilities are attracting attention from beings beyond Earth.
The episode's most emotionally devastating scene occurs when Eileen becomes her own mother's therapist, explaining Mrs.
Danvers' psychological breakdown through sophisticated trauma analysis learned in interdimensional night school—a thirteen-year-old girl counseling her police officer mother about childhood fears and protective mechanisms.
Commander Beaker's solution involves elaborate 'white lies' designed to help Mrs.
Danvers retreat into her 'comfortable bubble' through selective memory erasure, essentially requiring the girls to gaslight their own families for everyone's mental health.
Brandt masterfully captures the impossible situation these girls face: their supernatural gifts isolate them from normal human connection, yet they're still children who desperately need family love and stability.