From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Thomka.ES@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: ST2 query with SPOILER Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1883 Posted: Fri Jun 25 03:03:00 1982 Received: Mon Jun 28 04:56:57 1982 At one point Chekov did tell Kirk that Kahn had placed "creatures in our bodies" to control us . . and when Kirk had seen a creature slither from Chekov's ear he had correctly assumed that the right-thinking Checkov was back. As for why the thing (earwick?) had left Chekov ???? maybe when Chekov fell all of his internal vodka had rushed to his head and fumed out the nasty little creature. Chuck