Gary Brandt delivers the most comprehensive revelation yet in his tale from The Dimension Of Mind Dot Com when Commander Beaker finally comes clean to the parents about the true scope of their children's destiny.
In a stark Navy office meeting, Beaker drops the bombshell that military AI predictive algorithms forecast a catastrophic mid-21st century conflict—potentially an extinction-level event with 95% human depopulation—and that their daughters represent humanity's best hope for mitigation.
He explains that these 'New Kids' possess an 'awakened consciousness' that blends spiritual and physical attributes, and while they may be too few to prevent the disaster entirely, they could serve as mentors and role models to inspire millions when they reach their forties and fifties.
The parents' questions reveal their deep concerns: Will prayer be part of the program? Are you taking our children away? Can they date at sixteen? Beaker reassures them that normal development is crucial—the girls must attend high school and college like regular teenagers, because isolation would undermine their ability to connect with and influence others.
But Brandt masterfully balances the cosmic responsibility with typical teenage rebellion when the girls immediately test their boundaries by telepathically manipulating their secret service protection detail into buying movie tickets.
Their casual abuse of psychic powers—making a female agent purchase will-call tickets while her confused male partner watches—demonstrates both their growing abilities and their dangerous lack of mature judgment.
When the agent calls to scold them ('Enjoy the movie, girls, but don't do that again, or I'll report it.
We're protectors, not servants'), it's clear these fourteen-year-olds see their gifts as toys rather than world-saving tools.
The episode's most poignant moment comes during Mr.
Danvers' drive home when Helana confesses her dangerous attraction to a muscular actor, admitting that if he smiled at her, 'my mind would scream stop, but my body wouldn't listen.' His gentle wisdom about avoiding tempting situations—paralleling it with his own experience declining lunch with an attractive coworker—shows how human desires remain constant even when you're destined to save humanity.
Ella's diary entry captures the perfect teenage contradiction: complaining about surveillance cameras and wanting their bikes back while simultaneously carrying the weight of preventing human extinction.