He was almost stuck between worlds. Chris was almost stuck between earth and the fourth dimension for eternity and Mack and Tina was almost stuck in the fourth dimension for good. Where did this rift come from? When did it appear? If i were this family I would sell the house and move the hell out, literally!
In fact I would have just left and not bother to sell anything, just run far, far away where I thought it was safe and say the house was haunted. This was an awesome episode and scary. To think a little girl who was just dreaming could have ended up in hell for all eternity. Weird.