However, it should be noted that the victory at the end is not real. Pennywise is not defeated. He is only trapped again. This is the same state he was in before. It is also how he exists during the movies. The finale makes one thing clear. Pennywise cannot be killed in normal ways. He exists outside normal time.

Welcome to Derry has unveiled its master plan for the rest of the series, and perhaps beyond. Let's unpack it in a way that may or may not make any sense.

"It: Chapter Two" has its fair share of merit. Andy Muschietti's 2019 sequel to "It" boasts a stacked cast with great onscreen chemistry and some gnarly scares, but it is also an overstuffed mess and meandering in its approach to pitting the adult Losers Club against Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård).

It: Welcome To Derry’s mention of Richie Tozier finally confirms how the events of season 1 will impact one member of the Losers’ Club.

The Stephen King adaptation wrapped up its first season Sunday night on HBO with a little slice of fan service.

Bill Skarsgård's bloodied Pennywise with a meat cleaver in IT: Welcome to Derry Image via HBO Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the IT: Welcome to Derry finale. After six weeks of shocks,

In the final episode of HBO’s official IT: Welcome to Derry podcast, director Andy Muschietti said his good friend and collaborator Skarsgård “on the set, has this passion and commitment, but also the desire to explore new things.” This exploratory spirit was birthed while making the movies. Muschietti continued:

IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 ends with multiple twists that not only wrap up the events of this story, but also set up Season 2 and make major changes to Pennywise lore. The first season of the IT prequel has already had some dramatic and devastating moments,

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the finale of HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry. All is quiet in Derry, Maine, after the town endured one last massacre at the hands of IT in the finale of HBO’s prequel series Welcome to Derry.