[RunningWolf]

But, was Macready the Thing at the end of the movie? Or, was Childs the Thing? Or, were they both the Thing?

Neither my friend, We won that one!
The sharing of whiskey told the truth just as certainly as dipping the hot needle into the bloods told the truth.

And even if that test been took out of the mix, if either Macready or Childs was 'the thing', then that conversation would have never happened ;)

Wolf