The new series, Welcome to Derry, like the previous two movies, needed to adapt Stephen King’s massive horror novel. The original IT is over 1,000 pages long and packed with details, characters, and scenes that couldn’t fit in the films, not to mention shifts in the story’s timeline. Fortunately for fans, Welcome to Derry aims to include many of those missing pieces, bringing key moments from the book to life on screen for the first time.
This week’s episode of IT: Welcome to Derry finally showed a key scene from Stephen King’s novel that previous adaptations only hinted at: the fire at The Black Spot. For those familiar with the book, this event is crucial to Mike Hanlon’s understanding of how “It” operates. After nearly four decades of waiting, the HBO series presented the scene in an unexpected way – it was more graphic than anticipated, and the reason behind the fire was completely different from the book. Warning: Spoilers ahead for IT: Welcome to Derry.
IT: Welcome to Derry Totally Changes The Black Spot Fire, But Made It Better
Before diving into the details of the Black Spot fire, it’s important to remember what happened in the previous episode. IT: Welcome to Derry revealed the history of Ingrid Kersh and how her father, Bob Gray, was the first Pennywise the Clown that IT consumed. However, at this point in the story, Mrs. Kersh hasn’t yet become one of the faces IT uses. She’s still a normal woman who believes her father is trapped inside and hopes to find him.
Driven by a dangerous idea, Ingrid tells the town of Derry where escaped convict Hank Grogan is hiding at The Black Spot. She knows Derry’s residents are prejudiced and will react violently, and she intentionally uses this to create chaos. This is just the first step in her plan, though. She believes the resulting destruction will summon a being she calls her “father,” allowing her to reunite with him while wearing her Periwinkle clown costume. Her plan succeeds: the townspeople rush to The Black Spot, start a devastating fire that claims many lives, and attract the attention of Pennywise, who sees it as a signal. However, things don’t go exactly as Ingrid expects. Pennywise shows her the deadlights, a terrifying sight that leaves her in a catatonic state.
In Stephen King’s novel IT, the fire at the Black Spot is caused by a racist group called the Maine Legion of White Decency. The story suggests they committed this act of violence, which killed over 90 people, due to the evil influence of IT/Pennywise. However, IT didn’t just influence them—it actively used the event as an opportunity to feed on the victims. This is shown both in the novel IT: Welcome to Derry and explicitly stated in the book, where IT transforms into a giant bird to consume some of those killed in the fire.
The TV series IT: Welcome to Derry takes some significant liberties with the original story, and the result is a potentially very different take on the events. While the book hinted at certain ideas, the series expands on them, even amplifying the horror. This adaptation isn’t afraid to take a minor detail from the source material and build it into something much more meaningful and impactful. Despite being a major change, it fits well within the established world of the series.
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2025-12-09 22:40