From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!ihnss!ihldt!stewart Newsgroups: net.movies Title: E.T. query **spoiler** Article-I.D.: ihldt.523 Posted: Mon Jun 21 12:14:12 1982 Received: Thu Jun 24 02:11:58 1982 It seems clear that E.T.'s recovery is due to the return of his craft. When Elliott runs back to the casket and finds E.T. alive, he asks "Does this mean they're coming back?"; E.T. says yes. As for the cause of E.T.'s illness, it wasn't the spending the night outside or Elliott's cold. Elliott's older brother had noticed that E.T. wasn't looking very good even before either of these occurred. The most reasonable explanation is that E.T. could only survive a short time away from his craft/species. Bob Stewart ...!ihnss!ihldt!stewart