It: Welcome To Derry Season 1 Ending: THAT Cameo & Pennywise’s Twist

The first season of ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ concludes with the characters successfully defeating Pennywise, but it also hints at what’s to come with a surprising revelation.

The eighth episode of It: Welcome to Derry starts with a terrifying event: Pennywise escapes after the military breaks a piece of the barrier holding him in the woods. He immediately begins targeting the town’s children, luring them to his hideout. Marge, Lilly, and Ronnie, three young women, must work quickly to stop him.

While Hanlon and Rose work to defeat Pennywise, Hallorann also joins their efforts, searching for a piece of the fallen star – the only thing that can truly stop the creature. Though the main characters ultimately succeed, a surprising twist and a final appearance suggest Pennywise’s evil isn’t completely gone.

Beverly Marsh’s Cameo In It: Welcome To Derry’s Ending 1988 Timeline Explained

The ending of It: Welcome to Derry jumps back to October 1988, showing a disturbing scene at Juniper Hill Asylum: the suicide of Beverly Marsh’s mother. This event takes place a year before the start of the first IT movie, setting the stage for what happens next.

The movies suggest Beverly’s mother struggled with mental health before she died, but they don’t say exactly what happened. The final scene in It: Welcome to Derry implies that Pennywise may have been involved in her death.

The story shows Beverly mourning her mother when a former patient from Juniper Hill unexpectedly appears—and is revealed to be controlled by Pennywise. This proves that even though the characters in It: Welcome to Derry thought they defeated Pennywise in 1962, they only stopped it temporarily. As a result, Pennywise comes back in 1989 and continues to cause fear.

What Pennywise’s Richie Tozier Time Travel Twist Reveals About The Entity’s Fate

I was pretty sure Pennywise was finally gone for good at the end of It Chapter Two, especially since it was set in 2016. But then I watched It: Welcome to Derry, and it totally messed with my head! Marge learns that Pennywise doesn’t experience time like we do. We think of time as a straight line – past, present, future – but for him, it’s all happening at once. It’s like he exists outside of time as we know it, which is a really unsettling thought!

For him, the past, the present, and the future are all happening at once.

To demonstrate his power, Pennywise shows her a picture of Rich Tozier, claiming he’ll be her son someday. He then explains that even if they kill him now, it won’t matter because his earlier selves will still exist. This essentially makes Pennywise immortal for the time being, implying that even though the characters in It: Welcome to Derry defeated him, he’ll continue to exist in the past.

Because he died in 2016, he shouldn’t exist after that point. But before 2016, he’ll continue to be present throughout the entire period between when he first arrived on Earth and his death.

Every generation will need to continue challenging the darkness to remind Derry of the dangers of allowing fear to control it.

In the novel ‘It: Welcome to Derry’, Pennywise attempted to kill Marge because he thought it would stop Richie Tozier from ever being born. By preventing Richie’s birth, Pennywise hoped to alter the future and avoid his own eventual defeat. Since his attempt on Marge failed, he’ll probably try to eliminate someone else in her family history to ensure neither she nor Richie are born.

What Dick Hallorann’s Final Shining Reference Reveals About His Future

In the final scenes, Dick Hallorann says goodbye to the residents of Derry and shares that he’s accepted a hotel job in London. This is significant because he’ll later work at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Following the events of Welcome to Derry, Hallorann is leaving the military and beginning a new career in hospitality.

As a huge fan, I’m honestly left wondering if that reveal means this character’s journey in the series is over for good. It’s definitely possible that season one of It: Welcome to Derry is the last we’ll see of him, but knowing how stories sometimes get reworked, I can also see the show finding a way to bring him back – maybe even by changing things around in The Shining to make it happen. It’s a bit of a wild thought, but hey, anything is possible!

If future installments of It: Welcome to Derry are set in the past, they might show us more about his difficult childhood – including how he first discovered his special abilities and his connection with his grandmother.

What Rose Means When She Says “Others Will Come” In Welcome To Derry’s Ending

In the movie adaptations, Pennywise isn’t physically trapped anywhere. But in the TV series, he’s held captive by pieces of the meteor that originally brought him to Earth. Near the end of It: Welcome to Derry, General Shaw nearly releases him, but the kids manage to re-contain him.

Rose’s warning to the Hanlons suggests she knew others like General Shaw would appear, and that eventually, someone would release the monster, allowing it to begin its regular attacks on Derry.

Upcoming chapters in the series could show exactly what happened between 1962 and 1989 that caused Pennywise to return, connecting the events of the films to the revised storyline of the show.

Rose’s Plan To Stop Pennywise In It: Welcome To Derry’s Finale Explained

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At first, I got the impression Rose didn’t think the Hanlons had much hope of saving their son, Will, from Pennywise. But then she seemed to realize she had to do something for all the kids in Derry. She told them about this missing piece of something Taniel lost – a shard, she called it – and how they needed to find it to try and trap Pennywise again. To help with the search, they managed to get Dick Hallorann involved, using his special abilities. Rose, being the resourceful one, brewed up a herbal concoction to boost his powers and aid in finding the dagger.

It was then I realized Hallorann had found out Lilly had the piece of the ritual with her. Immediately, she, along with Ronnie and Marge, bravely headed straight for Pennywise, determined to rescue her friends. Seeing what was happening, the rest of us didn’t hesitate – we ran to join them, hoping to help in any way we could.

They ran into a problem: the children were too distant to reach on time. That’s when Dick Hallorann used his psychic ability, “the shining,” to help guide them and demonstrate the extent of his powers.

How Dick Hallorann Temporarily Freezes Pennywise

Just before the adults reach the kids, Hallorann uses his abilities to enter Pennywise’s mind. He essentially freezes Pennywise by trapping him in a false reality, making him believe he is Bob Gray. Pennywise is initially fooled and fights to escape the illusion, but he eventually realizes what Hallorann is doing and breaks free, regaining his normal state.

Rich’s Return In Welcome To Derry’s Finale Explained

Man, I was devastated when Rich died in episode 7 of It: Welcome to Derry. He was such a hero, saving Marge from that fire at the Black Spot. But then, get this – when the others were trying to get the dagger in place to trap Pennywise again, Rich’s ghost actually showed up and helped them! It was seriously spooky and amazing. Even Dick Hallorann was shocked, calling it a miracle, and you could just feel everyone sensing his presence. It was a really powerful moment.

How It: Welcome To Derry Season 1’s Ending Sets Up Season 2

While a second season of It: Welcome to Derry hasn’t been officially confirmed, the creators have planned for the show to last three seasons. Considering the first season was set in 1962, and the films have already covered the events of 1989 and 2016, the next season will likely be set even further in the past.

Season 2 of It: Welcome to Derry’s might take place in 1935, exploring events like the Bradley Gang Massacre and the history of Ingrid Kersh at Juniper Hill asylum. This could connect those past happenings to the stories from 1962 and 1989, showing how Pennywise’s evil continues to affect Derry over many years.

If a third season of It: Welcome to Derry is made, it might explore the past even further, potentially showing what life was like for Bob Gray and his daughter before Pennywise arrived.

The surprising time travel element at the end of It: Welcome to Derry season 1 means the story can continue to bring back Pennywise as long as events happen before 2016. This opens up a lot of possibilities for future stories in the series.

2025-12-15 06:31