THE BLACK SCREEN becomes a night sky. The camera pans down to show a forest.

In an opening in the woods stands a spacecraft. The view of the craft is obscured by tree branches. The atmosphere is misty, with blue lights coming from the spacecraft. A creature walks up the gang plank and into the ship.

A strange hand, with two long, slender fingers protruding, moves aside a branch that obstructs the view.

The inside of the ship appears to be a greenhouse. There are sounds of water dripping. Cone shaped objects (possibly alien plants) sit among earth plants. Vapors flow up from the plants.

A group of aliens is working in front of the spacecraft. Suddenly, they hear a dog howl and they all stop working. Red lights begin to glow through the translucent skin in their chests. It appears as if their hearts have lit up at the sign of danger. After a moment the red lights dim and they return to their work.

A small fern grows on the forest floor. The alien hand, with two fingers protruding, reaches out for the fern. The alien groans. A rabbit turns and listens. The fingers dig up the plant as the rabbit watches. The alien then carefully uproots the plant. He is a small wayward extra-terrestrial walking alone, dwarfed by the gigantic redwood trees.

The creature pauses on a hilltop as he stares down at the city lights below. Suddenly he lets out a moan of fright. A truck, with headlights glaring, noisily pulls up next to him.

The creature runs from the lights. Several other trucks with headlights glaring drive up. Smoke flows from their exhaust pipes. Men's legs are seen as they walk among the trucks. They step into a mud puddle as E.T. watches from behind a shrub. A man with keys jangling from his waist walks past a headlight. He carries a flashlight in his hands and walks to a truck where he and two other men review a map that's placed on the hood of the truck. The man with keys holds the flashlight up and points it at the hood. E.T. watches them from the bushes.

At the ship an alien stands in front of a round light and transmits a homing signal, presumably to call the other aliens back to the ship.

When E.T hears the sound, his red heart lights up. The homing signal reverberates in his chest.

"Keys" hears this sound and quickly turns around. He points his flashlight towards the sound. The other men join him as they walk towards the sound. E.T. screams and runs away, which is indicated by the shaking bushes. The men with flashlights chase after him.

The lights dim on the footings of the spacecraft as the spacecraft is preparing to take off.

E.T. screams and heads for the spacecraft. The glow from his red heart reflects off the bushes as he runs towards the white light, pursued by the men.

The grated gangplank lifts up, blocking the entrance to the ship. Behind the grate stands an alien against the large round white light. The red light of the alien's heart shines from behind the barrier.

The men reach the edge of the clearing and stop at a wooden gate as they watch the spacecraft lift off.

E.T., with face obstructed by a branch, and with red heart aglow, watches the spacecraft fly away into the night. He utters a sorrowful moan.

The men with flashlights pointed up towards the sky hear E.T.'s groan, and in unison point their flashlights in his direction.

Below lies the city, lit up against the dark night sky. E.T slowly makes his way down the slope.

INTERIOR OF A HOUSE, EVENING

A group of boys are sitting around a table playing DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. One boy is on the telephone ordering a pizza. They throw wads of paper at each other as they play.

Elliott, the youngest boy, sits behind the counter, separated from the other boys. After a few moments he yells that he's ready to play the game.

One of the boys tells Elliott that he can't join when they are in the middle of the game.

Elliott walks up to the table, imploring his brother, Mike. Michael says Elliott has to ask Steve, who is the Game Master, and who has absolute power.

Steve tells Elliott that first he has to wait for the pizza they ordered. When he brings it in he can play. Steve gives him money for the pizza. Elliott picks up his baseball and glove and leaves the room.

It's a rainy, misty night. Elliott, with ball and glove in hand, waits at the bottom of the driveway for the pizza. A car pulls up and parks in the driveway. Elliott pays the driver and takes the pizza box from him. As he walks up the driveway and into the garage, Elliott hears a noise in the backyard. He calls out the name "Harvey," his dogs name.

Elliott's mother, in an orange kimono, is working in the kitchen. She bends over to put the dishes into the dishwasher. When she does this one of the young boys reaches out with his finger near her rear. Mike yells for him to stop. He pulls his finger away.

As Elliot walks past the ping pong table he hears more noises in the backyard. Again he calls out the name "Harvey." With the pizza box in hand, he walks past the patio table and towards the shed in the backyard.

A bright crescent moon hangs in the night sky. There is a mist in the air, and a bright light shines in the shed. Elliott places the pizza box on the ground as he approaches the shed. He's still carrying the baseball and glove as he stands in front of the shed's entrance. He tosses the ball into the shed. After a few seconds the ball is tossed back out at him and hits him on the foot.

Elliott becomes frightened, turns and stumbles over the pizza box as he runs towards the house.

His mother is talking to the boys when Elliott runs into the house screaming that there's something in the tool shed. He tells them that it threw a ball at him, but they continue to ignore him until he screams "QUIET!" then whispers, "Nobody go out there." The boys immediately jump up from the table. Two boys grab kitchen knives as Michael tells his mother to stay inside. She yells at them to put the knives back as Elliott pulls her outside.

The light is still on in the shed.

Elliott's mother walks into the yard with a flashlight in her hand. She is surrounded by the boys as they approach the shed. Some of them hum the theme from "Twilight Zone." She tells them there's nothing in there as they walk through the entrance. Michael bends down and finds tracks on the dirt floor. "The coyote's come back again, Mom." he says. His mother orders them all back into the house.

On the way back to the house, one of the boys sees the pizza box. He bends down, opens the box and takes out a squashed piece. Elliott tries to explain that it was just an accident. When his mother asks who ordered the pizza, Elliott points to one of Mike's friends. They all go into the house, arguing.

From inside the shed we hear the heavy panting of a frightened creature.

ELLIOTT'S ROOM

A clock on an end table indicates 2:00. Next to the clock is a picture of the dog, Harvey, the same dog that is asleep in the bed. He hears a noise and picks up his head. He is in the lower half of a bunk bed. On the top bunk sits Elliott, also listening to the noise outside.

Elliott opens a gate and walks into the backyard. He shines a flashlight into the cornfield next to his house. He walks into the field, getting entangled in the cornstalks as he walks. In the dirt near his baseball he sees some tracks. Elliott pushes aside some stalks and shines the light into the face of E.T. Together, in unison, they scream. Elliot drops his light, then continues to scream as he looks around the field. E.T. cries out and runs away through the cornfield. Elliott runs into his backyard. His play swings sway back and forth in the air, as if someone had just bumped into them. Two garbage pails fall over near an open metal gate at the top of a stone stairway. The garbage rolls out of the cans and down the stone stairs.

ON THE HILL, DAYLIGHT

Elliott rides up the mountain on his bike. At the top of the hill he dismounts. As he walks through the woods, he pours some m&m's from a bag into his hand, and tosses the candy onto the ground, calling out "hello!" He sees a man on the road below and quickly hides behind a tree. The man seems to be examining some tracks on the road. Elliott runs back to his bike and rides down the forest road, tossing the rest of the candy on the grass. The alien's fingers side down the side of the tree. He was watching Elliott.

ELLIOTT'S HOUSE

Elliott's mother is sitting at the table with the dog, Harvey, at her side. Elliott, Michael and Gertie, their little sister, are eating supper. Gertie asks Elliott what he's going as for Halloween. He's depressed, and replies that he's not going. Mike mocks him by suggesting that he go as a goblin. Elliott snaps back, telling Mike to shut up. The mother tries to explain that it's not that they don't believe him, but Elliott cries out that the creature was real.

Mike offers other suggestions: perhaps it was an iguana, a deformed child, or maybe an elf or a leprechaun. Elliott gets angry and shouts "It was nothing like that, penis breath." Mary, his mother, stifles a laugh and tells him to sit down. Elliott responds with "Dad would believe me."
Mary replies, "Maybe you ought to call your father and tell him about it."
"I can't. He's in Mexico with Sally" says Elliott. This makes the four of them tense up.
Gertie asks, "Where's Mexico?"
Mary excuses herself and leaves the table. She walks to the window.
"I'm going to kill you," Mike tells Elliott.
"If you ever see it again, don't touch it. Just call me and we'll have someone come and take it away," says Mary.
"Like the dog catcher?" says Gertie.
"But they'll give it a lobotomy, or do experiments on it or something," says Elliott.

As they argue over who should be doing the dishes, Mary leaves the room sobbing, "He hates Mexico." Elliott takes some dishes to the sink, turns on the faucet and gazes out the kitchen window as water steams up from the sink.

LATER

A crescent moon floats in the sky. A bright light is on in the shed. In front of the shed Elliott lies inside a sleeping bag on a folding chair with a flashlight in his hand. He hears the sound of feet walking in the underbrush. He sits up to see the alien standing in front of the shed. The alien groans as Elliott freezes from fear in his chair. He tries to call out for his mother or Mike, but can't get the words out of his mouth.

The alien approaches Elliott. The bright light from the shed makes it impossible to see his face. Only the outline of his form is visible. The alien walks right up to the edge of the lawn chair.

It slowly moves its hand over the chair, then drops candies onto the blanket.

A FEW MINUTES LATER

Elliott is walking backwards down the hallway towards his room as he places pieces of candy along his path. E.T. walks up the stairs and reaches out for the candy, which he then takes and eats.

Elliott places candy on the floor by the entrance to his room. A sign on his door has the word "ENTER." E.T picks up the candy.

Elliott has run out of candy. He goes to his desk in search for more, but doesn't find any. When he returns to the doorway, E.T. has already entered the room. E.T. pulls a box over on its side on the table, then knocks a can filled with pens onto the floor. This makes a loud noise, and forces Elliott to quickly close the door to his room.

Elliott throws a blanket over E.T. as they stare at each other. E.T.'s face is finally revealed to the audience.

Elliott moves his hand in front of his face, a gesture indicating bewilderment. E.T. mimics this action.

Elliott places his fingers to his lips to see if E.T. will respond in the same manner, which he does. Elliott then places one finger to his ear, which E.T. also mimics. Elliott smiles, then holds his left hand up with all five fingers spread apart. E.T. raises his left hand with three fingers spread apart. Elliott closes his fingers until there is only one remaining up. E.T. does the same. They both wiggle this one finger. A poster on the wall between Elliott and E.T. has the word "SUPERSTARS" printed on it.

Suddenly, Elliott becomes sleepy and yawns, then sways as if in a trance. He slowly walks backwards and sits down in a chair and falls asleep.

THE WOODS

Mist envelops the fence and gate in the section of the forest where E.T originally landed. Men with flashlights and floodlights search throughout the area. "Keys" walks into the forefront, holding a flashlight in his hand. He bends to the ground and finds some candy.

ELLIOT'S ROOM, MORNING

Elliott lies in bed with a thermometer in his mouth. His head rests on an orange pillow while his mother sits beside him. She takes out the thermometer, reads it and says "Okay, you're hot." She then leaves the room. Elliott quickly swings a lamp back over his head and heats the thermometer. He also places a blue heating pad over his face, then places the thermometer back into his mouth, swings the lamp away, and places the heating pad under the covers as his mother enters the room. She opens his closet and separates the hanging clothes as she walks into the closet. Elliott sits up in bed and intensely watches her.

Mike is backing the car down the driveway.

Mary walks out of the closet carrying a bulky blue sleeping bag. Elliott is tense. She throws open the bag. Elliott is relieved to see no body roll out. He falls back into bed.

Mike backs the car over part of the lawn.

Mary brings over the blue sleeping bag to cover Elliot as he puts the thermometer back into his mouth (first backwards, then quickly correcting it).

Mike continues to back the car down the driveway. He overshoots the edge and goes out into the street. He then pulls forward across the sidewalk.

"You were outside last night waiting for that thing, weren't you?" asks Mary. Elliott nods.

She kisses him, tells him not to watch TV, and leaves the room. Elliott quickly closes the blinds.

Mary runs down the driveway towards the car. Gertie points out the patches of lawn that Mike dragged onto the driveway as he was driving. Mary pulls her into the car.

Elliott gestures for E.T. to walk out of the closet, which he does. He is wearing Elliott's robe. Elliott asks him if he talks.

"Me human. Boy. Elliott, Ell-i-ott" says Elliott.

E.T. turns away and walks towards the work table. Elliott picks up objects, such as a can of coke and toy soldiers, from the table and explains them for E.T. Elliott points to the fish and explains how the fish eat the fish food. He places a wooden toy shark into the fishbowl, then states that the shark eats the fish but nobody eats the shark.

E.T. takes a toy car into his mouth and chews on it. Elliott takes this to mean E.T. is hungry. He tells E.T. to stay where he is.

Elliott opens the door and Harvey tries to run into the room. E.T. groans with fear and backs into a corner as Elliott pulls Harvey out of the room.

Downstairs Elliott, dressed in his longjohns, opens the refrigerator door and takes out some food.

Upstairs E.T. walks around the room.

Elliott opens a jar of peanut butter.

E.T. touches a tennis racket.

Elliott picks up cheese and tomatoes.

E.T. picks up an umbrella.

Elliott takes a carton of milk out of the refrigerator.

E.T. accidentally opens up the umbrella.

Elliott screams with fright and drops the milk carton onto the floor.

E.T. screams with fright, drops the umbrella, then runs into the closet.

Milk flows from the open carton onto the floor, as Elliott leans into the open refrigerator. He clutches his chest and looks up towards the ceiling as he ponders his experience.

Elliott carries a plate of food into the room. He walks past the open umbrella and looks into the closet. Stuffed animals line the back of the closet wall. E.T. pushes the animals forward. He was hiding behind them. He is still trembling. "Are you okay? Too much excitement, huh? You want a coke?" asks Elliott.

Michael runs up the driveway towards his house. He's wearing a red football blazer. He opens the front door and runs into the house, singing. He takes off his red shirt to reveal the blue shirt he's wearing underneath. He picks up a magazine, then opens the refrigerator. "Nothing but health shit," he sings, as he takes out a can and shakes it.

Elliott turns away from his closet and runs to the door to his room. He tells Mike to come in. Both boys are dressed in blue and white colors. Mike calls Elliott a faker, then starts to tell him about scores on an asteroid game, when Elliott interrupts to tell him about the alien. Michael makes faces and wierd sounds, mocking Elliott's "goblin," but Elliott persists, and makes Mike promise to give him "absolute power."

Ellott leads Mike to the center of the room and tells him to close his eyes, then he retrieves E.T. from the closet. Mike has a silly grin on his face as he opens his eyes and turns around to see E.T. A look of disbelief comes over his face.

Suddenly Gertie opens the door and walks into the room with a doll under her arm, saying "Elliott, look what I made for you." E.T. sees her and stretches his neck to raise his head high. Gertie is face to face with him and screams. E.T. screams back at her. Elliott screams for both of them to stop. Mike falls back against the wall and knocks down the bookcase. They all scream together. Elliott grabs Gertie's mouth and pushes her back to Mike.
"Kids, I'm home," shouts Mary from downstairs.
Mike quickly shuts the door, then they all run to the closet. Gertie screams again. Mike grabs her by the mouth and pulls her away as E.T. runs across the room with his arms raised, screaming. Elliott shuts the closet door just as his mother walks into his room. Mary notices the fallen bookcase. She looks around and then comments, "This is no room, this is an accident." Elliot says he was "reorganizing."

E.T.'s head appears among the stuffed animals. Mike has his hand over Gertie's mouth. Mary walks past the closet door. She asks Elliot to keep an eye on Gertie while she takes a shower. She kisses him on the head, then leaves the room. Elliott opens the closet door. Michael, in awe, with mouth open wide, watches as Elliott approaches E.T.

"Elliott," whispers Mike.
"I'm keeping him," says Elliott.

Gertie asks what it is as she and Michael approach E.T. Elliott tells her that it won't hurt her. When asked if it's a boy or girl, Elliott replies that it's a boy. He then tells her that she can't tell Mom about the creature. When asked why not, he explains that "grownups can't see him. Only little kids can see him."
"Give me a break," snaps Gertie.

Elliott then goes into his Dracula voice: "Vell, do you know what will happen if you do tell?" He grabs Gertie's doll, tosses it to Mike and tells him to "Do it!" Mike "tortures" the doll by twisting its arm. Gertie cries as she runs to it. E.T. watches the scene with wonderment in his eyes. Gertie finally promises not to tell about E.T. They all watch him as he stretches his neck, raising his head.

OUTSIDE

On the hilltop overlooking the neighborhood stands a man with a camera taking photos of the houses below. The man with keys on his waist walks into the area, as other men comb the ground with electronic equipment.

INSIDE, EVENING

Mary, carrying a yellow watering pail, walks across the room and waters a large plant. Gertie pulls a little red wagon into the hallway. When asked by Mary what she's doing, Gertie replies that she's going to play in Elliott's room.
"Okay. Don't let them torture you," says the mother.
"I won't, Mary," replies Gertie.
Gertie picks up a pot containing a sickly geranium plant and places it into the wagon. The phone rings and Mary answers it off screen.

Gertie knocks on the door. Mike lets her and Harvey into the room. They walk to the table where E.T. and Elliott are sitting. Gertie puts the sickly plant on the table. E.T. puts his finger into the plant. Elliott opens up an encyclopedia and points to California on a map of the United States. "We are here," he says as E.T. munches on celery. Michael hands Elliott a globe and tells him to use this instead of the map. Elliott points to the globe, then asks E.T. where he's from. E.T. points out the window.

Elliott opens the book to a page that has a map of the galaxy. He points to the planet earth, touches the globe, then says "home." E.T. makes a soft noise that sounds similar to the word "home."

Gertie watches him as he picks up round objects and places them on the map: three small pieces of fruit and two eggs. E.T.'s eyes concentrate on the table, which starts to shake. The eggs and fruit slowly lift off the table and float in the air. The children watch with awe.

Elliott lets out a yell and the floating objects drop to the floor. He walks to a lamp and stares into it. Mike asks what's wrong. "I don't know. Something scary," he answers, as E.T. places his finger on Elliott's shoulder.

THE NEXT MORNING

E.T. sits next to a lamp as he reads a child's ABC book. Next to him is a Raggedy Ann doll.

On the floor next to E.T. is the pot containing the sickly flowers. He looks at the flowers, makes a moaning sound, and suddenly they become healthy and transform into full bloom.

Elliott and Mike walk down the driveway, on their way to school. They are discussing E.T., arguing about how smart he is. They arrive at the bus stop where a group of children are waiting. Mike's friends torment Elliott about his "goblin."

Mike and his friends finally get on the bus and Elliott walks away, followed by a pretty blonde girl who seems to have a crush on him. Michael appears worried as he sits on the bus among the other children who are throwing objects at each other.

AT THE HOUSE

Gertie is standing on the stairway looking up, presumably thinking about E.T. in Elliott's room. Mary comes running downstairs and tells Gertie they have to get into the car or they'll be late. Suddenly, Mary hears a noise upstairs. She goes up to see what caused the sound.

Mary walks into the closet and looks around. The camera pans across the large faces of all the stuffed dolls: Raggedy Ann, a bear, a monkey, E.T.'s face, a lion, etc. Mary doesn't notice E.T. She closes the closet door and leaves.

A CLASSROOM / ELLIOTT'S HOME

A teacher walks down the aisle and announces to the class that today they will perform the frog dissection for which they have been preparing. As he passes Elliott's desk, he is saying "...you will find many similarities...," when he notices the drawing of E.T. The teacher picks it up. Elliott turns to see the pretty blonde girl staring at him. She quickly turns and looks away.

E.T. opens the door to Elliott's room and walks out into the hallway. Harvey sees and quickly approaches.

The teacher continues his instructions, telling the students that the scalpel is very sharp, and that they should use discretion when cutting. There should be very little blood, and maybe a little body fluids.

E.T., wearing a blue flannel shirt, walks into the kitchen with Harvey at his side. He opens the refrigerator. Harvey licks his lips as he watches in anticipation of getting something to eat. E.T. takes out a plastic container of potato salad, opens it, and sticks his tongue into the salad. He hates the taste and throws it onto the floor. Harvey licks it up. E.T. picks up a can of beer and drinks it as Harvey barks.

Elliott, sitting at his desk, listening to the teacher speak, suddenly burps. All the children in the classroom stare at him.

E.T., drunk, wobbles across the kitchen floor and bumps into a counter.

Elliott places his fingers to his head. He is also becoming drunk. The teacher tells the class that in this bisection they should locate the heart and notice that it is still beating.

E.T. turns and walks into another wall as Harvey continues to eat the potato salad on the floor.

Elliott, now drunk, slides down in his chair.

E.T. turns, walks a few steps, then belly flops onto the floor.

Elliott slides down in his seat under his desk and falls onto the floor. The teacher doesn't hear this because at that moment he pulls down a wall hanging which contains pictures of a frog's anatomy.

E.T. opens another can of beer.

Elliott pulls himself up off the floor with a drunken smile on his face.

E.T. gulps down the beer.

Elliott, drunk, slumps at his desk. He turns and smiles at the pretty blonde girl across the aisle. She turns away from him with disgust.

E.T. plays on the keys of a voice generating language game. He next presses a button on a remote control which activates the TV set. A cartoon appears with a cat getting its tail caught on fire. The cat screams and E.T reacts with horror. He throws the beer can at the TV set.

He then presses another button on the remote, and the image of a flying plane appears on the screen. A spaceship next appears, and pulls the plane up towards it.

The teacher carries a jar of cotton balls soaked in chloroform, which he drops into the jars each student has containing frogs. He tells the children to put the lids on the jars. After telling the children that this won't hurt the frogs, he places a cotton ball into the last two jars, one of which belongs to Elliott. Elliott doesn't place the cover on his jar, but instead sadly watches as the frog tries to escape. Slowly he places the lid on it, as he gazes at the frog.

"Say hi. Can you talk? Can you say hi?" says Elliott.

E.T. has a hangover. He hiccups and puts his hand on his head. He picks up the cartoon section of a newspaper. One cartoon strip has a picture of a communication device with a caption stating "HELP, HELP."

On the TV monitor a woman is talking long distance on her telephone to her Uncle Ralph in California. E.T. hears the sounds coming from the TV and turns to look at the monitor, where he sees a man talking into a phone in his hand. The camera pans to a phone near E.T. A child in the TV program picks up the phone, says hello to his uncle, then hangs up.

E.T. looks closer at the Buck Rogers cartoon. One cell has an image of a man in a spacesuit setting up a transmitter. The next cell has him saying "It works" as the communication device transmits "help, help!" E.T. lifts his head from the newspaper.

"Save him" whispers Elliott. Then he picks up his jar, unscrews the top and lets out his frog, screaming "Run for your life! Back to the forest! Run!"

He next opens the jar of the girl beside him, then proceeds to turn over several of the other jars, freeing the frogs. Elliott struggles with one student as some of the other children also free their frogs.

E.T. studies the electronic circuitry of the language game. Suddenly John Wayne comes on the screen. E.T. is fascinated with his image. It's a scene from the movie THE QUIET MAN. Maureen O'Hara huddles in a corner of the room.

A pile of frogs gather at the feet of a terrified little girl with blonde braids. Elliott, drunk, staggers by her.

E.T. continues to watch the TV monitor as the woman in the movie screams.

The blonde girl who has a crush on Elliott screams when a frog is placed on her shoes.

The woman in the movie runs to the door. John Wayne grabs hold of her arm.

Elliott grabs hold of the blonde girl as she runs to the door.

John Wayne pulls the woman back.

Elliott pulls the blonde girl back.

John Wayne takes the woman into his arms.

Elliott takes the blonde girl into his arms.

John Wayne kisses the woman.

Elliott, too short to kiss her, stands on the back of a student who was crawling on the floor after a frog. Elliott kisses the girl.

E.T., filled with fascination, watches the TV monitor.

The children's hands poke through the windows and free the frogs by throwing them out onto the grass, while the stirring musical score from "The Quiet Man" is heard. The teacher has Elliott by the arm and is leading him away.

A LITTLE LATER

A blanket containing aluminum foil, electrical toys and appliances is pulled across the kitchen floor. Mary opens the door and yells hello. Harvey runs to the front door. E.T walks out from behind the TV and kicks a beer can across the floor.

Mary, her arms filled with grocery bags and clothes from the cleaners, walks into the kitchen. She is followed by Gertie, who sees E.T standing near the refrigerator. Mary opens the refrigerator door, and knocks E.T. in the head. He falls backwards onto the floor. Gertie helps him up off the floor and he walks past Mary, but she still doesn't see him.

Gertie keeps telling her that she wants Mary to meet somebody, but Mary ignores her as she talks about how much the price of food has gone up in one week. E.T. grabs a can of coffee from the kitchen table, then again walks past Mary as she goes in the opposite direction. He goes back into the TV room.

THE TV ROOM

Gertie is watching a language teaching program for children on the TV. The program is teaching words that begin with the letter "B". The phone rings as Mary accidentally kicks a can of beer. She answers the phone with the beer can in her hand. The person on the phone tells Mary that Elliott is intoxicated.

Gertie, watching the TV monitor, responds to the program by practicing the "B" words. E.T. pokes his head up from behind the monitor and says "BBBBBBB." Gertie stares at him as he repeats the "B" sound, then lowers his head back down below the TV.

"You said 'B'!" says Gertie.
"B," repeats E.T.
"You said 'B'--Good," says Gertie.
"B...GOOD," repeats E.T.

Mary hangs up the phone and tells Gertie that she has to pick up Elliott. She asks Gertie to be a good girl.
"Mommy, he can talk!" says Gertie.
"Of course he can talk," says Mary, referring to Elliott.

As Mary leaves, E.T. walks out from behind the TV. He walks to a phone and stares.
"Phone," says Gertie.
"Phone," says E.T.
E.T. presses the numbers of the phone.
"You want to call somebody?" asks Gertie.

UPSTAIRS, LATER

Elliott walks up the stairs to his room. Mary's voice can be heard from below saying she refuses to pay for frogs.

Elliott is walking towards his room when he hears Gertie talking to E.T. in her room. He drops his bags on the floor and quickly enters her room.

"Be good, be good," says Gertie as she closes the doors to her closet. Elliott pushes Gertie away from the closet and opens it. Inside E.T. is dressed up in girl clothes with a blonde wig on his head. He has a rabbit fur around his neck and wears a black hat with flowers.

"Oh God!" says Elliott.
"Elliott," says E.T.
"What?" says Elliott, not yet realizing that it was E.T. who spoke.
"Elliott, Elliott," repeats E.T.
"I taught him how to talk. He can talk now," says Gertie, as Elliott stares at E.T. in amazement.

Gertie points out the things that E.T. has brought upstairs: electrical toys and the plant. She wonders what he needs this for. E.T. holds the cartoon page of the newspaper out to Elliott.
"E.T., can you say that? Can you say E.T.?" asks Elliott.
"E.T.," repeats E.T. Elliott laughs with joy. E.T keeps repeating his name as he turns and walks through the closet, which connects the children's rooms, into Elliott's room.

"E.T., be good," says E.T.
"Be good--I taught him that too," says Gertie.

"You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen," says Elliott, referring to E.T.'s outfit.

E.T. hands Elliott the newspaper, and points to the Buck Rodgers comic strip. He then says "PHONE". Elliott is amazed at this. E.T. walks into the closet and says "HOME." Elliott confirms that this is E.T.'s home. E.T. then turns, walks to the window, points to the sky, and says "E.T. HOME PHONE."

"E.T. PHONE HOME" says Gertie.
"E.T. PHONE HOME" says Elliott.

"He wants to call somebody," says Gertie.

Mike walks into the room and laughs at E.T.'s attire.

"E.T. Phone Home," says E.T.

"My God, he's talking now," says Mike.

E.T. once again points out the window and repeats that he wants to call home.
"And they'll come?" says Elliott.
"Come?" responds E.T. "Home, home" he repeats.

OUTSIDE, EVENING

A truck drives down the street. Inside a man with earphones listens to the conversations in the neighborhood homes, as he fine tunes his electronic eavesdropping equipment. He focuses in on Elliott's voice.

Elliott, Mike and Harvey are in the garage searching for objects that E.T. could use in building his communications device. Mike reminds Elliott that E.T. belongs to him. He has "absolute power" and it's his problem.

The van containing electronic eavesdropping equipment drives past Elliott's house.

Mike tells Elliott that E.T. doesn't look too good anymore.
"Don't say that, we're fine!" says Elliott.
"What's all this 'we' stuff. You say 'we' all the time now. Really, Elliott, I think he might be getting sick," replies Michael.

The man with the earphones is listening to Elliott and Michael's conversation.

Mike tells Elliott to grab the fuzzbuster. Elliott pulls his father's blue shirt out from the shelf. They reminisce about the days when he used to take them to baseball games and the movies, where they would have popcorn fights. Mike says that they'll do that again, but Elliott doesn't really believe him. They each smell their father's shirt.
"Old Spice," says Mike.
"Sea Breeze," says Elliott.

The man in the van continues to listen. Only the listener's eye is clearly visible.

IN THE HOUSE

Mary lies in bed next to Gertie as she reads her the Peter Pan story. Mary reads that Peter has defeated the Indians, but Wendy and the boys have been captured by the pirates. He vows to rescue her. E.T. watches them from the closet.

Mary reads the section of the Peter Pan story where Tinker Bell becomes poisoned. Elliott comes into the closet and stands next to E.T. He closes the door behind them.

"Tinkerbell nobly swallows the draft as Peter's hand is reaching for it," reads Mary. "Why Tink, you have drunk my medicine."

Elliott pulls E.T. away from the door, then shifts through a box of items that he brought up from the garage. He cuts his finger on the blade of a power saw, says "OUCH," and holds his bleeding finger up into the air. E.T. points his own finger towards Elliott. E.T.'s finger glows like a laser light as he says "ouch." He then presses his lit finger on Elliott's cut and heals it.

E.T. opens the slit in the closet door and continues to watch Mary read to Gertie the part where Tinker Bell is dying.

"She says she thinks she could get well again if children believed in fairies. Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe."
"I DO! I DO! I DO!" says Gertie.
"If you believe, clap your hands."
Both Gertie and Mary clap their hands. Elliott places a blanket around E.T.'s shoulders and a scarf around his neck, as they listen to the rest of the story.
"Thank you, thank you. And now to rescue Wendy," reads Mary. Elliott places his arm around E.T.

Outside, exhaust flows from the tailpipe of a van.

ELIOTT'S ROOM

Elliott, dressed in white long-johns, sits on his bunkbed as he watches E.T. put together his instrument. Michael, standing next to him, comments that it might blow up the house. He also notes the irregularity of E.T.'s breathing.

E.T places his communication device over the Buck Rodgers comic strip.

Petals drop off the flower in the pot.

E.T. lifts up his head (which indicates he's using his telekinetic powers). Part of his communication device lifts into the air, then the umbrella rises and opens. Both objects float in the air in front of him.

ELLIOTT'S HOUSE, HALLOWEEN

Preparing for Halloween, Elliott paints his lips with makeup. Gertie sits nearby in a cowgirl outfit as they review the evening's plans. She will meet them at the lookout.

Mike helps Elliott put on his knapsack. Elliott then places a sheet over E.T.

Covered with a sheet and clown shoes, which cover his three-toed feet, E.T. walks down the staircase.

Mary walks through the house dressed in a tight fitting leopard skin dress with facial makeup that makes her look like a cat. Mike tells his mother to wait and not peek, as he and Elliott lead E.T. into the room. Finally, Mary turns and shrieks with glee, believing it's the three kids. She runs to get a camera.

E.T. looks through holes cut out for his eyes and sees Michael with a fake butcher knife through his head. He lights up his finger in an attempt to heal Mike's wound. Mike grab's E.T.'s hand and puts it back under the sheet. "Ouch," says E.T, as he tries once again to heal Mike. "It's a fake knife, it's fake," says Mike.

Mary comes back with a camera and prepares to photograph them.

"You look great," says Mary.
"Thank you," says Mike.
"Thank you," says Elliott.
"Thank you," says E.T.

When Mary takes the photo, the flash shocks E.T. and knocks him onto the floor. Mike and Elliott quickly pull him up before Mary notices and lead him out of the house.

Mary walks down the driveway as she orders them to be home no later than one hour after sundown. E.T., dressed in the sheet, turns and looks at Mary, then continues down the driveway with Mike and Elliott.

On a hilltop by a fence stands another person in a white sheet. She kicks dirt at the bicycle near the fence.

It is late afternoon as children in Halloween costumes walk through the streets. E.T. walks between Mike and Elliott, as he watches the other children parade by. One child dressed as YODA from RETURN OF THE JEDI walks by. E.T. turns and trots after him saying "HOME, HOME." They pull E.T. back.

Mike reminds Elliott that he must return by one hour after sunset. Elliott promises to try, but he wants Mike to cover for him.

The sun is setting as Mike, Elliott, and two small characters covered with sheets stand on the hilltop overlooking the city. Elliott asks Mike to help him lift E.T. onto the bike, then, with E.T sitting in the front basket, he rides off into the forest.

The road becomes very bumpy. Elliott tells E.T. they will have to walk from there. Suddenly, E.T. takes control of the bike through the use of his telekinetic powers and speeds it forward. Eliott becomes frightened as E.T. speeds the bike towards a cliff and then drives it over the edge. The bike flies up through the air.

They continue to fly over the tree tops. Elliott yells "Not so high! not so high!"

They ride across the front of the moon, the guiding light of magic. Elliott laughs with glee. When they start their descent he begs E.T. not to crash. They hit the ground, the bike turns over, and both E.T. and Elliott are tossed.

Back home the grandfather clock indicates 9:45. Mary watches the clock as she sits in front of several lighted candles. The time has long passed when Elliott was supposed to be home. She is becoming annoyed. She blows out some candles, then taps out another with her wand.

It's nighttime in the forest. E.T opens a box which contains the saw blade brought to him by Elliott. Elliott ties a rope to a tree branch. He then opens the umbrella which is lined with aluminum foil and points it towards the star filled sky. It will function as a transmitter. E.T. places a coat hanger with nails above the saw blade, plugs a cable into a battery, then activates the toy language-teaching device.

Mary, still dressed in her leopard outfit, leaves the house. She mumbles to herself, sticks the wand in her mouth, and shakes the car keys. She gets into the car and mumbles that their father is going to hear about this one. "Mexico!" she says. She drives down the driveway and into the street to search for the children.

Men get out of a parked car as Mary drives away. They take suitcases out of a second car and walk up the driveway to Elliott's house.

Elliott watches the treetops sway. He scratches his face, as does E.T. Together they stare at the stars. The wind causes the branch to sway, which pulls the rope, which, in turn, pulls a fork across the saw blade. This drags the nails in the hanger across the flat surface of the blade, and sends signals out into space. Elliott is overjoyed and shouts that it works, while E.T. repeats the word "Home." Together they gaze up at the stars.

IN THE HOUSE

The light from a flashlight crosses in front of a pumpkin's face. More light floods through the slits of Gertie's door. A hand holding a flashlight opens the door and shines the light into the face of a rag doll. Light from the flashlight searches around Gertie's room.

A pile of yellow electrical cord is stacked on the floor near a chair. It slowly unwinds as it is pulled by someone in Elliott's room. The door to the room is shut, with a note saying "Do Not" taped over the "ENTER" sign. The silhouette of a man passes behind the door. Sounds of a Geiger counter filter into the air. Muffled voices are heard as the cord is pulled to its fullest extent. It forces a chair to slam against the wall.

IN THE FOREST

"We have to go now, E.T. It's so late already," Elliott says and coughs from being out in the cold, damp air.

Elliott repeats that they really have to go home, but E.T. just sadly stares up at the sky. Elliott tells him to give them some time. E.T. responds by pointing to himself as he slowly says "ouch," signifying that he is growing weak from being away from his kind. A small fawn watches them from a distance.

"You could be happy here. I could take care of you," says Elliott tearfully. "I wouldn't let anybody hurt you. We could grow up together, E.T."

"Home, Home," says E.T.

Elliott sits down and cries. E.T. touches one of his tears.

It's morning. Elliott is asleep as he leans against a large rock. He is covered with a blanket and surrounded by wet forest mist. Next to him lies E.T.'s communication device.

Elliott coughs, gets up, tugs on the rope which is connected to the device, then looks around for E.T., but can't find him.

AT HOME

Mary opens the refrigerator door and puts back a carton of milk. Mike and Gertie sit besides her. A policeman asks Mary how Elliott was dressed when she last saw him. Mary tells him he was dressed as a hunchback. The policeman asks Mary if there is any indication that he might have run away? Were there any family problems or recent arguments? Mary explains that she and her husband had just separated and that this has not been easy on the kids.

"My father is in Mexico," says Gertie.

Mary slams the refrigerator door shut, thereby revealing Elliott standing behind it. White light floods onto him making him look ghastly. Mary hugs him as Mike and Gertie join them.

"Oh, Elliott," she says as she hugs him. "Don't ever do this again, Elliott. You're so hot."

Elliott is feverish from spending the night outside. Mary tells Gertie to go upstairs and draw him a bath. Then she walks over to the policeman (whose face is still unseen) and thanks him.

Elliott asks Mike if E.T. is in the house. Mike shakes his head, indicating no. Elliot pleads with Mike to find him, "--in the forest. The bald spot."

Mike rides the bicycle with the basket in front down the driveway and into the street, past a car filled with waiting men. The car starts and follows Mike. He looks behind and realizes that he is being pursued.

Mike cuts through a backyard and into an alley behind some houses. The car follows him. Mike rides up an embankment and drives off in the opposite direction, leaving the car stranded behind.

He rides through the forest calling out E.T.'s name. He stops and searches for E.T. Mike finds the abandoned communication device, then runs up a path and discovers E.T.'s white sheet hanging from the open gate.

In another part of the forest, Mike rides his bike on a ridge above a stream. E.T lies in the water below, his skin discolored to a sickly white. Mike sees him, grabs the sheet, then runs down the embankment. A raccoon wanders near E.T. Mike shouts him away. He hears the sound of a helicopter above him, looks up at the sky, and covers E.T. from view.

BACK HOME, LATER

The shadow of a man falls on the driveway. The sound of keys jangling is heard.

Mike is in the hallway as Mary walks up the stairs. She has a cup of coffee in her hand. He tells her he wants her to come with him. He asks her if she remembers the goblin. He tries to get her to make a promise, but she is annoyed with him.

Michael opens the door to the bathroom. Elliott is sitting on the floor. Gertie is on the counter. They are both looking into the bathtub. Mary smiles as she walks into the bathroom with the cup of coffee in her hand, at first not realizing what she is seeing. E.T. is on the floor. He extends his arms out towards her. The cup turns over in her limp hand and coffee pours out onto the floor.

"We're sick. I think we're dying," says Elliott. Mary covers her mouth.

Mike tries to tell her that E.T. won't harm them, but she orders him to take Gertie downstairs. Gertie cries that he's the man from the moon as Mike picks her up and carries her downstairs.

Mary picks up Elliott and carries him out of the room as E.T. groans and reaches out for them.

Mary carries Elliott down the stairs. He protests that she can't leave E.T. alone. Michael runs down the stairs with Gertie on his back. He opens the front door, freezes, then backs away. Mary, with Elliott in her arms, approaches the door and is confronted by a man in a spacesuit.

Mary backs into the living room as the spaceman enters and reaches out for her. She goes in the opposite direction, only to run into another man in a spacesuit. She runs into the kitchen, followed by Mike carrying Gertie. The are blocked by still another spaceman with outstretched arms. Mary and her children are backed into a corner. Another man in a spacesuit opens up the window blinds from the outside. Mary shouts "THIS IS MY HOME!"

The sun is rising as a line of men wearing helmets and uniforms march up the street.

A man in a spacesuit enters the room where E.T. lies on the floor. E.T. reaches upward and says, "home."

Men in helmets walk up a street, pushing a large plastic tunnel. Police cars slowly drive up the street, as faceless men march to a drumbeat.

NIGHTFALL

Men with welding torches work on a truck. The plastic tunnel leads up the driveway to Elliott's house. The faces of the men are still not shown. They are either wearing helmets or are silhouettes.

The man with keys jangling on his side is putting on a pair of light blue pants.

Men are working outside. Large bright lights flood the area. The man in the blue suit puts on a pair of plastic gloves, then walks through the plastic tunnel towards Elliott's house. He enters the house which has been completely enclosed by plastic.

Finally, the antagonist is fully visible. His head is covered by a blue hood, while a light under his mask illuminates his face from beneath.

Mary stands in the middle of the room with Gertie at her side. The house has been converted into a medical laboratory. A doctor asks her questions about E.T., but Mary is more concerned with Elliott's state. A nurse cuts a lock from Gertie's hair for analysis. On a video monitor, both Elliott and E.T. can be seen in an intensive-care area. The nurse walks to Mike and cuts a piece of his hair, while a doctor asks him questions about E.T.
"Elliott thinks its thoughts?" asks the doctor.
"No, Elliott feels his feelings," answers Michael.

A man stands in what appears to be a decontamination chamber. Hands push buttons on electronic equipment used to gather medical information about Elliott and E.T. Graphs representing E.T. and Elliott run in exact parallel.

Two people in white suits zip open a plastic covering and enter the area where Elliot and E.T. are being examined.

"You're scaring him," cries Elliott, as the doctors examine both him and E.T., who lie on adjacent tables. E.T's head rests on a blue piece of cloth.

"Leave him alone. I can take care of him," moans Elliott.

Elliott looks up into the face of "Keys", who says that he's been to the forest. He wants to know what the machine does. Elliott says that it's a communication machine, and asks if it's still working. He then exclaims, "He came to me. He came to ME." Keys explains that he's been wishing for this too, ever since he was ten years old. He doesn't want the alien to die. He asks what more they can do that they are not already doing.

Elliott's image reflects in Keys' face gear. Elliott tells him that E.T. was calling his people because he needs to go home. Keys says that Elliot did the best anybody could. "I'm glad he met you first."

Another Doctor dressed in white enters the room and announces that E.T. has DNA. Suddenly, a display screen shows a drop in E.T. and Elliott's graphs. One doctor says there's a drop in the creature's blood temperature, while another states that Elliott's condition is stabilizing: his blood pressure is coming back up.

E.T. calls Elliott's name, and the medical personnel become aware that he can talk. Elliott pleads with E.T. to stay connected to him. E.T. repeats the words "stay, stay," then slowly turns his head away. "I'll be right here," says Elliott.

Their graphs separate. One doctor announces that the boy is coming back, but they are losing E.T.

In the house Michael enters the closet space where E.T. stayed. He looks at the objects, including the cartoon page from the newspaper, then huddles down among E.T.'s possessions. Michael falls asleep in E.T.'s space.

When the morning sun shines on his face, Michael wakes up, and watches the plant, which E.T. had brought back to life, wilt. He screams.

"E.T., don't go!" screams Elliott.

Doctors state that he has no blood pressure and there is no pulse or respiration. A bell rings, which signifies a life and death situation. Doctors run into the room and tear down the plastic coverings surrounding E.T.

"Leave him alone. You're killing him," cries Elliott. They wheel Elliott out of the room as he continues to scream. The medical staff frantically tries to revive E.T. They try electrical shocks, but that fails. Gertie holds her doll as she watches. She reacts by jumping when the electrical shocks are applied.

The doctors are losing him. Elliott watches and cries. Mary goes to him and they hug each other. Gertie cries, hugging her doll. Mike walks into the room, as Keys watches, then turns away.

A white van awaits at the bottom of the driveway.

Police and other officials walk past the white vehicles and police cars towards a tan colored car. Mike's friends, on their bikes behind police barriers, make comments that something has just happened inside the house.

The medical staff gives up on E.T. and decide to pack him in ice. Mike watches as the staff slowly walks away. Keys removes his headgear and walks to Elliott who is standing vigil over E.T.'s body. Mike watches and cries as a man behind him removes his headgear. The faces of several medical attendants are shown.

Keys kneels beside E.T. and with gloved hand closes his eyes. Mary holds Gertie. When Gertie asks if he's dead, Mary replies that she thinks so.

Keys looks up to see two attendants roll in a metal casing filled with ice into which they will place E.T.'s body.

Mary picks up Gertie and carries her out of the room. Medical technicians prepare the casing as Elliott watches. Keys approaches Elliot and tells him that they will be taking E.T. away. "They are just going to cut him all up," Says Elliott.

"Would you like to spend some time alone with him?" asks Keys, as he puts his arm around Elliott and walks him to the casing. He tells the medical attendants to leave the room.

The attendants walk out of the room past Michael, who is watching Elliott. Keys leaves Elliott alone with the body of E.T., which is covered in a plastic bag as it lies on dry ice. Elliott stares down at E.T.

"Look at what they've done to you. I'm so sorry. You must be dead. I can't feel anything anymore. You've gone someplace else now. E.T., I love you."

Elliott places the cover down over E.T. A red light glimmers from inside the casing, but Elliott doesn't notice. As he walks away from the oval glass, he passes the pot of wilted flowers. The flowers slowly start to regain strength. Elliott notices this, and quickly returns to the casing.

He opens the casing, sees the red light flashing from E.T.'s heart, then zips open the plastic bag. The alien looks up and says "E.T. PHONE HOME!" Elliott screams with joy.
"Home, home, home, home," says E.T.
"Does this mean they are coming?" asks Elliott.
"Yes," answers E.T., and he gleefully continues to repeat: "Home, phone, home, E.T. phone home..."
Elliott tells him to stay, and shut up, as he places his hand over E.T.'s mouth. He zips him back up, then places a cloth over his flashing red heart, as Keys re-enters the room. Elliott slams down the cover and flops on top of it, crying. Keys leads Elliott away from the case and asks him if he would like to take the pot of flowers. Elliott looks at the blooming flowers and quickly turns away, crying out with feigned grief. Two attendants enter and lock the case with E.T. inside.

Elliott tells Mike that E.T. is alive. Mike's bumps his head on the van ceiling, jumping for joy.

A FEW MINUTES LATER

Mary is talking to Keys as Gertie runs up with the pot of flowers in her hands. She asks if the boys have gone because she's supposed to give Mary a note when they've gone. Mary takes the note from Gertie and reads it. "My God," she says.

Elliott runs down the tunnel past two men dressed in blue and enters the back of the van. He pulls aside the white curtains that separate the drivers compartment from the back of the van to reveal Michael in the driver's seat. He too is wearing a blue jacket. Elliott yells at Mike for not wearing his mask. Suddenly, an official, a black man, walks by the van, spots Mike in the driver's seat, and knocks on the window. He holds a walkie-talkie in his hand as he asks Mike who he is. Mike nervously responds that he's driving. The official tells Mike to open the door. When Mike looks to Elliott for advice, Elliott tells him to drive away.

A group of men approach the van. Mike moans that he's never driven forward before, shifts into first gear, and pulls away.

As he drives off he drags along the plastic tunnel with the two men still inside. He briefly stops by his friends and tells them to meet him at the playground at the top of he hill. He then drives away, pursued by a group of men. Mike's friends put on their hats and sunglasses, and join the fray.

Mike drives the van down the street. The two men still in the plastic tunnel try to climb back towards the van. Elliott starts to disconnect the tunnel by pulling out the metal braces.

Mary backs her car out of the garage. Gertie is sitting next to her in the front seat, holding onto the flower pot. Keys runs up to Mary and asks where she's going. Gertie blunts out "to the spaceship."

The van continues down the road, still pulling the plastic tunnel behind it. The two men have almost made it to the back of the van as Elliott pulls out the final stake. He tosses it to one of the men. When Mike turns a sharp corner the plastic tunnel disconnects, leaving the tunnel and the two men rolling in the street.

A convoy of police cars drives up a street.

The white van drives up over the sidewalk and into the park. It swerves between the children's rides, then finally stops. Smoke pours out of the van, whose back two doors are still open.

Mike's friends wait on their bikes. Between them they also have bikes for Elliott and Mike. E.T. is revealed to the boys. He stands tall among the smoke from the dry-ice, cloaked in a white sheet, his red heart-light glowing.

"Okay, he's a man from outer space and we're taking him to his spaceship," says Elliott, now dressed in blue pants, white shirt, and red jacket.
"Can't he just beam up?" asks one of the boys.
"This is reality, Greg," says Elliott.

MOMENTS LATER

Mary, along with a crowd of plain clothes police, runs towards the van. "No guns! They're children," she screams.

They reach the back of the van only to find it empty.

Elliott and friends ride down the street. E.T., covered with a white blanket, rides in Elliott's basket. Elliott, with the red hood over his head, shouts that they are to ride to the forest.

Cars chase them. Elliott rides up the alley and tells the others to follow him. Police cars encircle them and try to cut them off. The bikers turn off the main road and ride into a dirt field. A tan car with "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" written on the driver's door rides parallel to the bikers.

Two men are inside the tan car. One speaks into the car radio saying that they'll get them at the bottom of the hill. The tan car pulls alongside the base of the hill and stops. One man gets out and starts to climb up the embankment. The bikers shoot over the crest and almost run him over. They ride over the hood of the car, then continue down the street, now pursued by a blue police car. E.T. groans at the rough ride as he sits in the basket of Elliott's bike, the white blanket draping his head.

The bikers cycle down a dirt road of a section of the community that is still under development. A blue car trails them. They decide to split up. Two ride down the hill. They are followed by another police car. The bikers then escape from their pursuers by riding down steep embankments. The cars cannot follow and must stop on different levels. The bikers unite and ride away.

The boys are overjoyed by their victory. One takes off his hat, waves it in the air, and shouts "We've made it!" then quickly ducks to avoid being grabbed by a man. A group of men continue the chase. Several cars pull up ahead and form a blockade in the road.

Elliott and E.T. ride forward. Horror grows on Elliott's face as he stares at the enemy in front of him.

On the side panel of a car is a sign stating:

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL
GSA

The shadow of a shotgun falls on the sign. Two of the men at the blockade lift their shotguns high.

Elliott shuts his eyes with fear. There is a closeup of E.T.'s face, in a trance-like expression. With guns drawn, government agents gesture for them to stop.

Suddenly the bikers all lift up into the air and fly above the blockade.

The men, dumbfounded, helplessly watch them fly away.

E.T. steers the boys over the housetops, and across the setting sun. They are amazed, frightened, thrilled. Finally they float down onto a path in the forest.

They have reached the landing site. Elliott brushes the leaves away from the turntable of the communication device. A blue light floods his face. He looks up, along with the other bikers. E.T., with red heart happily flashing, also gazes into the sky as his spaceship descends.
"Home," says E.T.

The spaceship continues its descent as E.T.'s heart-light flutters. The ship finally lands enveloped in a golden glow.

A car pulls into the forest, and Gertie's voice can be heard pointing out the location of the boys. The ramp to the spaceship lowers. Gertie runs up to Mike and E.T. She gives E.T. the plant and says that she just wanted to say goodbye. Michael comments that E.T. doesn't know goodbye.
"Be good," says E.T.
"Yes," says Gertie, and she kisses him on the nose.
Mike places his hand on E.T.'s head.

E.T. puts the plant on the ground. Mary and Keys run up to the edge of the site. Mike picks up Gertie and carries her away as Elliott slowly approaches E.T.

"Come," says E.T.

"Stay," says Elliott.

E.T. lifts his finger to his lips and quietly says "ouch."

Elliott, nearing tears, does the same.

E.T. and Elliott hug each other, surrounded by blue and white lights. Elliott and Mary exchange glances as Mike and Gertie stand by and watch.

Then E.T. lifts his finger to Elliott's forehead. It lights up, causing Elliott to flinch. E.T. says: "I'll be right here."

E.T. picks up the potted plant and carries it up the gangplank. Elliott watches from below as Harvey starts up the plank, then returns to his side.

The gangplank lifts up and separates E.T. from Elliott. The ship's circular entrance closes. The spaceship lifts off. Elliott watches it float up slowly into the twilight. Then it suddenly, silently speeds away, leaving behind an orange-blue rainbow.

Mary laughs through her tears. The other boys also watch, as Mike holds Gertie in his arms. The film ends with a close-up of Elliott's face gazing up into the sky.