According to André, she lost her mind sometime before the series began. The big showcase in the Pilot was the first time she left her house in six years due to her irrational fear of virtually everything, such as people, rabbis, bikinis, breakfast foods, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, the seven year old next door, car horns, showers, and ceiling fans. She is also scared of clocks changing, mirrors, and web chats, as seen in her behavior in Wi-Fi in the Sky