Welcome to Derry Shocks Viewers With Return of Major IT Movie Stars for Surprise Final Moment

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The new series, IT: Welcome to Derry, carefully explores the history of Derry, the town at the heart of Stephen King’s IT. Set 27 years before the movies, the show acts as a heartbreaking introduction that makes the original films even more impactful. We see Will Hanlon, who will later become Mike Hanlon’s father, growing up and facing the town’s darkness. The tragic death of Teddy Uris hints at the pain his nephew, Stanley Uris, will eventually endure. These storylines emphasize that the trauma caused by Pennywise affects families for generations.

Warning: Spoilers below for IT: Welcome to Derry, Episode 8

In addition to focusing on the heroes, IT: Welcome to Derry explained the origins of the villain, Pennywise, by showing that the clown appearance belonged to a real person named Bob Gray (played by Bill Skarsgård). Bob was a circus performer killed by IT, leaving behind his daughter, Ingrid. Throughout the series, adult Ingrid (Madeleine Stowe) tries to find closure by attracting the creature, but she ultimately falls victim to its power. Though seen being taken away in an ambulance before the finale, her fate remained uncertain. The season finale finally revealed what happened to Ingrid, connecting her story to the events of the original films and featuring familiar actors.

IT: Welcome to Derry Season Finale Brings Back Beverly and Mrs. Kersh

The finale ends in October 1988, just a few months before the events of the first movie began. We’re inside the bleak Juniper Hill Asylum, where an elderly Ingrid has lived for decades, her sanity broken by a terrifying experience with something beyond our world. She’s now revealed to be the elderly Mrs. Kersh (played by Joan Gregson), the character who frightened audiences in the second movie. The scene cleverly uses familiar sounds, including the haunting song “Det er det skønneste jeg ved” by Max Hansen – the same tune that played during her appearance in IT Chapter Two. We see Mrs. Kersh painting clowns, a sign of her ongoing obsession with her father, when a noise in the hallway catches her attention.

After the disturbance, she finds out that another patient, Elfrida Marsh, has taken her own life by hanging. Beverly Marsh, a young girl at the time (played by Sophia Lillis), is left crying next to her mother’s body. When Beverly tries to hug her father, Alvin Marsh, he harshly pushes her away. Witnessing this heartbreaking scene, Mrs. Kersh tells Beverly a chilling phrase: “no one who dies in Derry truly dies.” This is the same phrase the creature, Pennywise, will later use to terrify the adult Beverly (Jessica Chastain). This shows that Pennywise didn’t randomly pick a scary form for Beverly; instead, the monster specifically used a real, painful memory from one of her worst days, turning a kind person into a terrifying monster in her mind.

All episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry are currently streaming on HBO Max.

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2025-12-15 06:14