He goes in person, accompanied by agents Sam Nivens (Eric Thal) and Jarvis (Richard Belzer), as well as Dr. Mary Sefton (Julie Warner), a NASA specialist. They find that parasites have indeed landed and are planning to use their mind-control powers to take over the Earth. The parasites are slug-like creatures, and they are attaching themselves to people's backs, taking control of their victims' nervous systems, and manipulating those people as puppets.