Gary Brandt masterfully blends teenage awkwardness with lethal training in this episode from The Dimension Of Mind Dot Com when Eileen's police officer mother, Judy Danvers, teaches the girls and four carefully selected boys how to handle Glock 22 pistols at the police training room.
While Judy emphasizes that guns are deterrents meant to create safe environments rather than weapons for shooting people, the girls' telepathic chatter reveals the adults' transparent matchmaking scheme—handpicking potential boyfriends under the guise of firearms education.
The range reveals surprising abilities when Ella and Eileen display impossible marksmanship, creating tight bullet clusters that even snipers couldn't achieve with standard equipment, leading Melanie to realize they're unconsciously using psychokinesis to nudge their shots.
Meanwhile, Ella's fierce protectiveness emerges when she threatens to be 'pissed' if Eileen even talks to one of the boys, showing how their supernatural bond creates possessive dynamics that complicate normal teenage socializing.
But Brandt's real genius shines during their camping weekend when the girls encounter Ezekiel, a wild-bearded mountain hermit who's actually an angel in disguise, protecting them from potential abductors while they hunt rabbits and squirrels with Grandpa Patel's old .22 rifle.
The scene perfectly captures family dynamics: Alicia Patel's horror at her daughters becoming 'Annie Oakley' gun-slinging hunters, Rahul's pride in their survival skills, and the girls' casual acceptance of supernatural protection from beings who 'aren't just hermits.' Ezekiel's presence prevents some kind of interdimensional abduction attempt, though Ella wryly wonders in her diary whether the angel protected them from the abductors—or the abductors from them, suggesting these universe-saving teenagers might be more dangerous than their enemies realize.
The episode ends with Roxana quoting Hebrews about entertaining 'angels unawares' when Ezekiel mysteriously vanishes after dinner, leaving behind only his knife as proof that even camping trips become cosmic encounters when you're tasked with saving humanity.
Brandt's genius lies in making supernatural warfare feel as natural as learning to shoot guns or roasting marshmallows around a campfire.