Elsewhere in the interview, Kane explained that the fog in “It: Welcome to Derry” is a direct call back to the final scene in King’s “It” novel, in which a flash flood occurs when the Loser’s Club duke it out with Pennywise for one final time.

The season finale directly sets up the events of a certain haunted house-themed Stephen King novel readers know and love.

The Stephen King adaptation wrapped up its first season on HBO last night with plenty of mayhem and a few plot contortions.

Ingrid Kersh's appearance in Welcome to Derry isn't the first time we've seen her. Obviously we get much of her story in this series, including her working at Juniper Hill, and her childhood history with Bob Gray and as Periwinkle, his apprentice.

Next year, you’ll get a chance to experience the haunted town of Derry once again when Warner Bros. Discovery Home releases It: Welcome to Derry: The Complete First Season. Arriving on a 4K UHD in a Limited Edition Steelbook,

Elfrida Marsh is not a main character in IT: Welcome to Derry, but her presence in the post-cred scene is what drives the story forward 27 years later for the Losers Club. She is Beverly Marsh’s mother, and the show finally places her in the timeline in a way we understand.

IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 has not yet been renewed by HBO, but Pennywise's story suggests it will definitely happen.

IT: Welcome to Derry has scared up a major streaming win following last night’s epic finale. The series has yet to be renewed for Season 2 at HBO.

After playing him in It and It: Chapter Two, the actor admitted he was hesitant to slip on Pennywise's dancing shoes again, but said “things changed” when he heard about what producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti had in mind for the prequel series.