E.T.’s Timeline and Summary

While picking up a small tree in the forest, E.T. is left on Earth by his fellow extra-terrestrials and chased by Keys.
E.T. meets Elliott face-to-face in the cornfield behind Elliott's house.
Lured by candy, E.T. takes up residence in Elliott's closet.
E.T. meets Michael and Gertie.
E.T. levitates some items in Elliott's room and brings dead geraniums back to life.
Home alone, E.T. gets drunk on Coors while Elliott exhibits the same symptoms of intoxication at school.
After being inspired by a Buck Rogers comic and a long distance telephone commercial, E.T. hatches a plan to build a communicator.
Gertie teaches E.T. to talk, and E.T. tells the kids he needs to "phone home."
With the help of Elliott, E.T. gets the communicator up and running in the forest. On the way, he makes Elliott's bike fly.
E.T. goes missing. Michael finds him facedown in a riverbed. He's really sick.
E.T. meets Elliott's mom. Now he's really, really sick, and so is Elliott.
Federal agents take over the house. They run tests on E.T. and Elliott. As E.T. gets sicker, Elliott gets better.
E.T. dies.
Wait! E.T.'s not dead!
Elliott takes E.T. to the forest. The spaceship returns to pick him up, and he goes home.