E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Ep. 05 - D.A.R.Y.L. / Short Circuit

This week we shift away from aliens to look at two E.T.-inspired films that explore the concept of artificial intelligence. First up is 1985’s D.A.R.Y.L. in which a replicant boy who is being pursed by the government finds himself cared for by an average American family. Then Number 5 is alive in SHORT CIRCUIT, a 1986 film starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg that sees a military robot struck by lightning and gaining sentience.