I liked it. Strange. But I liked it.
As for the way Albert was talking to her... we don't know the theory put forward was correct; that it was connected to the condinsate, its just what they came up with. So it is enough for us to get to grips with, but we don't know its the truth. I can't explain the doctor, but the mother seemed to be grasping at straws, and she knew it.
As for the mother stopping the doctor helping her daughter; this didn't break character for me. She desperatly wanted to believe that her daughter was not crazy, no matter how crazy some actions seemed. She wanted to believe in her daughter beyond everything rational that she knew. It was a gut instinct move. Almost an act of passion.
Her instincual mind was in 2 totally different places and it took a while for them to resolve into helping the daughter breathe with the help of logic.
The only part that messed with me was how easily the doctor accepted the mothers explanations. I've seen scrubs, I know that doctors know doctors make the worst parents because they know the bad stuff that can happen. Also they know kids lie, fib and many other ways of hiding stuff or distorting the truth; so I don't see why they accepted what the kid said as true.
As for...
It reminded me of...that STNG episode where Picard gets knocked out by a beam from something they find floating in space and Picard "lives" for a bit in the extinct civilization. One of my fav STNG episodes.
It is one of the best eps... but its Patrick Stewart acting everyone else off the screen, showing the normal crew he is actually a serious actor, and can prove it.
but the story was very similar to that...
I realise what it felt like though... an X files episode. But the end of it where they show you everything, and it all comes together...
I could see this story make to be another hour longer with the FBI investigating the strange things this girl can do and create. And what others on the trial may be able to do... <_< but then you know... people may have to be presecuted for you know... letting the kid choke...
I don't know. I listened to it at work... I was in a strange mood... maybe it's just me