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It – Welcome to Derry

It: Welcome to Derry is an American supernatural horror television series based on Stephen King's 1986 novel It. Serving as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, all of whom were involved in the It films. The series stars Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Clara Stack, Amanda Christine, and Mikkal Karim-Fidler, with Bill Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise from the films and serving as an executive producer on the series. Andy and Barbara Muschietti along with Fuchs began developing an It television series in March 2022. After receiving a production commitment later that November, Fuchs and Brad Kane were hired as showrunners. The series was greenlit in February 2023, with Andy Muschietti attached to direct multiple episodes, including the pilot episode, and Fuchs as a writer. Casting began later in April, including Skarsgård being cast in May 2024. Filming for the series began in May 2023 but was halted that July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming ended in August 2024. It: Welcome to Derry premiered on HBO on October 26, 2025. The series received generally positive reviews from critics for its production value, direction, opening title sequence, and performances (particularly those of Skarsgård, Chalk, and the younger actors), but received criticism for its visual effects and some writing choices.

Infobox

Genre
Supernatural horror
Based on
Itby Stephen King
Developed by
mw- Andy Muschietti Barbara Muschietti Jason Fuchs
Showrunners
Jason Fuchs Brad Caleb Kane
Starring
Taylour Paige Jovan Adepo James Remar Stephen Rider Matilda Lawler Amanda Christine Clara Stack Blake Cameron James Arian S. Cartaya Miles Ekhardt Mikkal Karim-Fidler Jack Molloy Legault Matilda Legault Chris Chalk Peter Outerbridge Madeleine Stowe Bill Skarsgård
Music by
Benjamin Wallfisch
Opening theme
"A Smile and a Ribbon" by Patience and Prudence
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
8
Executive producers
Barbara Muschietti Andy Muschietti Jason Fuchs Brad Caleb Kane David Coatsworth Bill Skarsgård Dan Lin Roy Lee Shelley Meals
Producers
Lyn Lucibello-Brancatella Anna Beben
Cinematography
Daniel Vilar Rasmus Heise Luc Montpellier Paul Sarossy Catherine Lutes
Editor
Esther Sokolow
Running time
54–66 minutes
Production companies
Rideback Vertigo Entertainment FiveTen Productions K Plus Ultra Double Dream Warner Bros. Television HBO
Network
HBO
Release
October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26) –present
Editors
Esther Sokolow Matthew V. Colonna Grant Wooldridge Glenn Garland

Tables

· Episodes
1
1
No.
1
Title
"The Pilot"
Directed by
Andy Muschietti
Written by
Jason Fuchs
Original release date
October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.334
In 1962, Matty Clements begs a family to take him out of Derry, but their behavior grows disturbingly strange until the mother gives birth to a mutant baby that attacks him. Four months later, Major Leroy Hanlon arrives at the Derry base and faces a racist incident. Meanwhile, Lilly Bainbridge has a terrifying vision of Matty singing with bloody fingers. Her friend Marge Truman, Teddy Uris, and Phil Malkin dismiss her, until Teddy also suffers a horrific hallucination of a human lampshade. Investigating Matty's disappearance, the group meets Ronnie Grogan, who reveals she has also heard children singing the same eerie song in the sewers. Leroy survives an ambush with the help of his partner and friend Pauly Russo. Lilly, Ronnie, Teddy, Phil and his sister Susie search for answers at a movie theater. There, a film shows Matty accusing them before unleashing the mutant baby, which kills everyone except Lilly, whom Ronnie manages to save.
In 1962, Matty Clements begs a family to take him out of Derry, but their behavior grows disturbingly strange until the mother gives birth to a mutant baby that attacks him. Four months later, Major Leroy Hanlon arrives at the Derry base and faces a racist incident. Meanwhile, Lilly Bainbridge has a terrifying vision of Matty singing with bloody fingers. Her friend Marge Truman, Teddy Uris, and Phil Malkin dismiss her, until Teddy also suffers a horrific hallucination of a human lampshade. Investigating Matty's disappearance, the group meets Ronnie Grogan, who reveals she has also heard children singing the same eerie song in the sewers. Leroy survives an ambush with the help of his partner and friend Pauly Russo. Lilly, Ronnie, Teddy, Phil and his sister Susie search for answers at a movie theater. There, a film shows Matty accusing them before unleashing the mutant baby, which kills everyone except Lilly, whom Ronnie manages to save.
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In 1962, Matty Clements begs a family to take him out of Derry, but their behavior grows disturbingly strange until the mother gives birth to a mutant baby that attacks him. Four months later, Major Leroy Hanlon arrives at the Derry base and faces a racist incident. Meanwhile, Lilly Bainbridge has a terrifying vision of Matty singing with bloody fingers. Her friend Marge Truman, Teddy Uris, and Phil Malkin dismiss her, until Teddy also suffers a horrific hallucination of a human lampshade. Investigating Matty's disappearance, the group meets Ronnie Grogan, who reveals she has also heard children singing the same eerie song in the sewers. Leroy survives an ambush with the help of his partner and friend Pauly Russo. Lilly, Ronnie, Teddy, Phil and his sister Susie search for answers at a movie theater. There, a film shows Matty accusing them before unleashing the mutant baby, which kills everyone except Lilly, whom Ronnie manages to save.
2
2
No.
2
Title
"The Thing in the Dark"
Directed by
Andy Muschietti
Written by
Austin Guzman
Original release date
November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.155
The police investigate Ronnie’s father, Hank, suspecting him in the children's murders. Leroy believes the attack was the work of Soviet spies, while racist Sergeant Masters is imprisoned for it. Charlotte tries to stop a fight in Derry, with adults glaring at her. Ronnie experiences a vision of her dead mother. The army searches for something in the woods with Dick Hallorann, observed by Native Americans. Ronnie tells Lilly about her vision, and they discuss the story Lilly gave the police. Will, Leroy’s son, struggles to fit in but befriends Ronnie and Cuban American Rich. Chief Clint Bowers blackmails Lilly, and Hank is arrested, prompting Ronnie to confront her. Leroy later clears Masters, and General Francis Shaw reveals he staged the attack to test Leroy's fear, explaining that only Leroy can retrieve a "weapon" that inspires overwhelming fear. After another vision, Lilly returns to Juniper Hill. Meanwhile, the army discovers a car filled with corpses, which is a beacon to locate the weapon.
The police investigate Ronnie’s father, Hank, suspecting him in the children's murders. Leroy believes the attack was the work of Soviet spies, while racist Sergeant Masters is imprisoned for it. Charlotte tries to stop a fight in Derry, with adults glaring at her. Ronnie experiences a vision of her dead mother. The army searches for something in the woods with Dick Hallorann, observed by Native Americans. Ronnie tells Lilly about her vision, and they discuss the story Lilly gave the police. Will, Leroy’s son, struggles to fit in but befriends Ronnie and Cuban American Rich. Chief Clint Bowers blackmails Lilly, and Hank is arrested, prompting Ronnie to confront her. Leroy later clears Masters, and General Francis Shaw reveals he staged the attack to test Leroy's fear, explaining that only Leroy can retrieve a "weapon" that inspires overwhelming fear. After another vision, Lilly returns to Juniper Hill. Meanwhile, the army discovers a car filled with corpses, which is a beacon to locate the weapon.
No.
The police investigate Ronnie’s father, Hank, suspecting him in the children's murders. Leroy believes the attack was the work of Soviet spies, while racist Sergeant Masters is imprisoned for it. Charlotte tries to stop a fight in Derry, with adults glaring at her. Ronnie experiences a vision of her dead mother. The army searches for something in the woods with Dick Hallorann, observed by Native Americans. Ronnie tells Lilly about her vision, and they discuss the story Lilly gave the police. Will, Leroy’s son, struggles to fit in but befriends Ronnie and Cuban American Rich. Chief Clint Bowers blackmails Lilly, and Hank is arrested, prompting Ronnie to confront her. Leroy later clears Masters, and General Francis Shaw reveals he staged the attack to test Leroy's fear, explaining that only Leroy can retrieve a "weapon" that inspires overwhelming fear. After another vision, Lilly returns to Juniper Hill. Meanwhile, the army discovers a car filled with corpses, which is a beacon to locate the weapon.
3
3
No.
3
Title
"Now You See It"
Directed by
Andrew Bernstein
Written by
Guadalís Del Carmen & Gabe Hobson
Original release date
November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.279
In 1908, a young Shaw is pursued by a terrifying man until Rose, a Native American girl, rescues him and explains what the creature is; the two grow close and spend the entire summer together before Shaw leaves Derry. In the present, Lilly is discharged from Juniper Hill and teams up with Ronnie to gather visual evidence to clear Hank's name. After finding nothing useful in the car, Shaw sends Hallorann to use his psychic abilities, triggering visions of soldiers dying in war and bodies drifting before Leroy pulls him back from falling out of the helicopter. Shaw later confronts Rose at her pawn shop about her cease-and-desist letter, hiding the true purpose of the excavations. Meanwhile, Lilly and Ronnie recruit Will and Rich, who claims the entity is an evil orisha, and the group attempts a summoning ritual in a cemetery. When Rich admits he isn't sure it will work, they leave, only to be chased by visions of Teddy and Susie's spirits. They manage to escape and capture several photos, one revealing a clown.
In 1908, a young Shaw is pursued by a terrifying man until Rose, a Native American girl, rescues him and explains what the creature is; the two grow close and spend the entire summer together before Shaw leaves Derry. In the present, Lilly is discharged from Juniper Hill and teams up with Ronnie to gather visual evidence to clear Hank's name. After finding nothing useful in the car, Shaw sends Hallorann to use his psychic abilities, triggering visions of soldiers dying in war and bodies drifting before Leroy pulls him back from falling out of the helicopter. Shaw later confronts Rose at her pawn shop about her cease-and-desist letter, hiding the true purpose of the excavations. Meanwhile, Lilly and Ronnie recruit Will and Rich, who claims the entity is an evil orisha, and the group attempts a summoning ritual in a cemetery. When Rich admits he isn't sure it will work, they leave, only to be chased by visions of Teddy and Susie's spirits. They manage to escape and capture several photos, one revealing a clown.
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In 1908, a young Shaw is pursued by a terrifying man until Rose, a Native American girl, rescues him and explains what the creature is; the two grow close and spend the entire summer together before Shaw leaves Derry. In the present, Lilly is discharged from Juniper Hill and teams up with Ronnie to gather visual evidence to clear Hank's name. After finding nothing useful in the car, Shaw sends Hallorann to use his psychic abilities, triggering visions of soldiers dying in war and bodies drifting before Leroy pulls him back from falling out of the helicopter. Shaw later confronts Rose at her pawn shop about her cease-and-desist letter, hiding the true purpose of the excavations. Meanwhile, Lilly and Ronnie recruit Will and Rich, who claims the entity is an evil orisha, and the group attempts a summoning ritual in a cemetery. When Rich admits he isn't sure it will work, they leave, only to be chased by visions of Teddy and Susie's spirits. They manage to escape and capture several photos, one revealing a clown.
4
4
No.
4
Title
"The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet's Function"
Directed by
Andrew Bernstein
Written by
Helen Shang
Original release date
November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.286
The group brings their photos to Bowers, but the spirits no longer appear. Leroy takes Will fishing, where Will has a vision that tells him that he will die in flames; Leroy pulls him out and sees real burns. Will warns that there is something evil in Derry. Later he theorizes with his friends that this evil feeds on fear. Charlotte visits Hank, who admits he was having an affair with a married white woman that night. Marge attempts to prank Lilly but is overwhelmed by a vision in which her eyes burst, injuring one before Lilly intervenes. Will then sees a clown staring at him from his window, and Leroy finds a red balloon when he goes outside. Meanwhile, Hallorann enters the mind of Taniel, Rose's nephew, and learns the entity's origins, of how it grew stronger every time he killed and how the natives imprisoned it beneath what would later become Derry. Taniel finally reveals that the entity is in the Neibolt Street house.
The group brings their photos to Bowers, but the spirits no longer appear. Leroy takes Will fishing, where Will has a vision that tells him that he will die in flames; Leroy pulls him out and sees real burns. Will warns that there is something evil in Derry. Later he theorizes with his friends that this evil feeds on fear. Charlotte visits Hank, who admits he was having an affair with a married white woman that night. Marge attempts to prank Lilly but is overwhelmed by a vision in which her eyes burst, injuring one before Lilly intervenes. Will then sees a clown staring at him from his window, and Leroy finds a red balloon when he goes outside. Meanwhile, Hallorann enters the mind of Taniel, Rose's nephew, and learns the entity's origins, of how it grew stronger every time he killed and how the natives imprisoned it beneath what would later become Derry. Taniel finally reveals that the entity is in the Neibolt Street house.
No.
The group brings their photos to Bowers, but the spirits no longer appear. Leroy takes Will fishing, where Will has a vision that tells him that he will die in flames; Leroy pulls him out and sees real burns. Will warns that there is something evil in Derry. Later he theorizes with his friends that this evil feeds on fear. Charlotte visits Hank, who admits he was having an affair with a married white woman that night. Marge attempts to prank Lilly but is overwhelmed by a vision in which her eyes burst, injuring one before Lilly intervenes. Will then sees a clown staring at him from his window, and Leroy finds a red balloon when he goes outside. Meanwhile, Hallorann enters the mind of Taniel, Rose's nephew, and learns the entity's origins, of how it grew stronger every time he killed and how the natives imprisoned it beneath what would later become Derry. Taniel finally reveals that the entity is in the Neibolt Street house.
5
5
No.
5
Title
"29 Neibolt Street"
Directed by
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.
Written by
Brad Caleb Kane
Original release date
November 23, 2025 (2025-11-23)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.286
Shaw tells Leroy his plan is to seize the pillars that contain the entity so they can control it. The kids find Matty at their meeting spot, and he reveals Phil is alive. The Native Americans warn that, as always when the entity wakes, a deadly act will occur before it returns to sleep for 27 years. Rose urges Shaw to stop pursuing it, but he refuses. Hank is sent to Shawshank, but the bus crashes and he escapes. The kids, joined by Matty and newcomer Marge, enter the sewers to find Phil and take Lilly's mother's pills, only to become drugged. The army enters with Taniel, but the mission goes awry. The kids discover their friends' bodies just as Matty turns into Pennywise, forcing them to flee. Leroy and Pauly encounter them; Leroy fires, thinking they are illusions, but Pauly intervenes, realizing they are real, and is killed. Pennywise nearly eats Lilly, but the pillar stops him, forcing him to retreat. Hank finds Ingrid and tells her how to help him, and she goes to Charlotte. Hallorann emerges from the sewers and sees a dead Pauly.
Shaw tells Leroy his plan is to seize the pillars that contain the entity so they can control it. The kids find Matty at their meeting spot, and he reveals Phil is alive. The Native Americans warn that, as always when the entity wakes, a deadly act will occur before it returns to sleep for 27 years. Rose urges Shaw to stop pursuing it, but he refuses. Hank is sent to Shawshank, but the bus crashes and he escapes. The kids, joined by Matty and newcomer Marge, enter the sewers to find Phil and take Lilly's mother's pills, only to become drugged. The army enters with Taniel, but the mission goes awry. The kids discover their friends' bodies just as Matty turns into Pennywise, forcing them to flee. Leroy and Pauly encounter them; Leroy fires, thinking they are illusions, but Pauly intervenes, realizing they are real, and is killed. Pennywise nearly eats Lilly, but the pillar stops him, forcing him to retreat. Hank finds Ingrid and tells her how to help him, and she goes to Charlotte. Hallorann emerges from the sewers and sees a dead Pauly.
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Shaw tells Leroy his plan is to seize the pillars that contain the entity so they can control it. The kids find Matty at their meeting spot, and he reveals Phil is alive. The Native Americans warn that, as always when the entity wakes, a deadly act will occur before it returns to sleep for 27 years. Rose urges Shaw to stop pursuing it, but he refuses. Hank is sent to Shawshank, but the bus crashes and he escapes. The kids, joined by Matty and newcomer Marge, enter the sewers to find Phil and take Lilly's mother's pills, only to become drugged. The army enters with Taniel, but the mission goes awry. The kids discover their friends' bodies just as Matty turns into Pennywise, forcing them to flee. Leroy and Pauly encounter them; Leroy fires, thinking they are illusions, but Pauly intervenes, realizing they are real, and is killed. Pennywise nearly eats Lilly, but the pillar stops him, forcing him to retreat. Hank finds Ingrid and tells her how to help him, and she goes to Charlotte. Hallorann emerges from the sewers and sees a dead Pauly.
6
6
No.
6
Title
"In the Name of the Father"
Directed by
Jamie Travis
Written by
Jason Fuchs & Cord Jefferson & Brad Caleb Kane
Original release date
November 30, 2025 (2025-11-30)
U.S. viewers(millions)
TBD
Leroy scolds Will for going into the sewers and orders him to stay at the base, but Will refuses, leading Leroy to lose control and slap him. Lilly shows the group the pillar that saved her and insists on returning to destroy the entity; Ronnie argues fiercely with her. Hank hides in the Black Spot until Charlotte can get him out of Derry, which frustrates Hallorann. When Leroy suggests using Hallorann's enhanced gift to locate the pillars, Hallorann becomes furious. Marge confronts her old friend group, the Pattycakes, while growing closer to Rich. Lilly discovers that Ingrid was the clown the group saw, as she was searching for her missing father, the original Pennywise. Ingrid reveals she saw "Pennywise" disguised as her father kill a little girl at Juniper Hill in 1935, and accepted that the entity became her father. She pushes Lilly to accept it and go with her, claiming the entity can become her dead father, but Lilly flees. Meanwhile, the demoted Bowers receives a tip about Hank's whereabouts and leads a group of armed and masked white men to the Black Spot.
Leroy scolds Will for going into the sewers and orders him to stay at the base, but Will refuses, leading Leroy to lose control and slap him. Lilly shows the group the pillar that saved her and insists on returning to destroy the entity; Ronnie argues fiercely with her. Hank hides in the Black Spot until Charlotte can get him out of Derry, which frustrates Hallorann. When Leroy suggests using Hallorann's enhanced gift to locate the pillars, Hallorann becomes furious. Marge confronts her old friend group, the Pattycakes, while growing closer to Rich. Lilly discovers that Ingrid was the clown the group saw, as she was searching for her missing father, the original Pennywise. Ingrid reveals she saw "Pennywise" disguised as her father kill a little girl at Juniper Hill in 1935, and accepted that the entity became her father. She pushes Lilly to accept it and go with her, claiming the entity can become her dead father, but Lilly flees. Meanwhile, the demoted Bowers receives a tip about Hank's whereabouts and leads a group of armed and masked white men to the Black Spot.
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Leroy scolds Will for going into the sewers and orders him to stay at the base, but Will refuses, leading Leroy to lose control and slap him. Lilly shows the group the pillar that saved her and insists on returning to destroy the entity; Ronnie argues fiercely with her. Hank hides in the Black Spot until Charlotte can get him out of Derry, which frustrates Hallorann. When Leroy suggests using Hallorann's enhanced gift to locate the pillars, Hallorann becomes furious. Marge confronts her old friend group, the Pattycakes, while growing closer to Rich. Lilly discovers that Ingrid was the clown the group saw, as she was searching for her missing father, the original Pennywise. Ingrid reveals she saw "Pennywise" disguised as her father kill a little girl at Juniper Hill in 1935, and accepted that the entity became her father. She pushes Lilly to accept it and go with her, claiming the entity can become her dead father, but Lilly flees. Meanwhile, the demoted Bowers receives a tip about Hank's whereabouts and leads a group of armed and masked white men to the Black Spot.
7
7
No.
7
Title
"The Black Spot"
Directed by
Andy Muschietti
Written by
Jason Fuchs & Brad Caleb Kane
Original release date
December 7, 2025 (2025-12-07)
U.S. viewers(millions)
TBD
In 1908, Bob Gray, Ingrid's father and Pennywise's performer, is lured into the woods by the entity disguised as a child and never returns. In the present, Bowers' mob arrives at the Black Spot demanding Hank, and when the patrons refuse, they set the building on fire. Hallorann saves Hank, Ronnie, and Will, while Rich dies protecting Marge, who survives. Ingrid, in her Periwinkle costume, arrives as Pennywise kills her husband Stan after feeding on the victims; realizing he is not her father, Pennywise shows her the deadlights, leaving her catatonic. Marge and Ronnie inform a paranoid Lilly, increasingly attached to the pillar, about Rich's death. Hallorann, sensing Pennywise entered hibernation, leads the military to a pillar, which they remove and burn, while Shaw tells Leroy he intends to free Pennywise and use its powers to control Americans. Meanwhile, Rose hides Hank, believed dead. Pennywise reawakens, appears at Will's house, and captures him.
In 1908, Bob Gray, Ingrid's father and Pennywise's performer, is lured into the woods by the entity disguised as a child and never returns. In the present, Bowers' mob arrives at the Black Spot demanding Hank, and when the patrons refuse, they set the building on fire. Hallorann saves Hank, Ronnie, and Will, while Rich dies protecting Marge, who survives. Ingrid, in her Periwinkle costume, arrives as Pennywise kills her husband Stan after feeding on the victims; realizing he is not her father, Pennywise shows her the deadlights, leaving her catatonic. Marge and Ronnie inform a paranoid Lilly, increasingly attached to the pillar, about Rich's death. Hallorann, sensing Pennywise entered hibernation, leads the military to a pillar, which they remove and burn, while Shaw tells Leroy he intends to free Pennywise and use its powers to control Americans. Meanwhile, Rose hides Hank, believed dead. Pennywise reawakens, appears at Will's house, and captures him.
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In 1908, Bob Gray, Ingrid's father and Pennywise's performer, is lured into the woods by the entity disguised as a child and never returns. In the present, Bowers' mob arrives at the Black Spot demanding Hank, and when the patrons refuse, they set the building on fire. Hallorann saves Hank, Ronnie, and Will, while Rich dies protecting Marge, who survives. Ingrid, in her Periwinkle costume, arrives as Pennywise kills her husband Stan after feeding on the victims; realizing he is not her father, Pennywise shows her the deadlights, leaving her catatonic. Marge and Ronnie inform a paranoid Lilly, increasingly attached to the pillar, about Rich's death. Hallorann, sensing Pennywise entered hibernation, leads the military to a pillar, which they remove and burn, while Shaw tells Leroy he intends to free Pennywise and use its powers to control Americans. Meanwhile, Rose hides Hank, believed dead. Pennywise reawakens, appears at Will's house, and captures him.
8
8
No.
8
Title
"Winter Fire"
Directed by
Andy Muschietti
Written by
Jason Fuchs
Original release date
December 14, 2025 (2025-12-14)
U.S. viewers(millions)
TBD
Under a dense fog, Pennywise kills the school principal and hypnotizes the children, leading them away as Ronnie, Lilly, and Marge pursue him. Leroy seeks Hallorann's help, and with Rose's tea they silence the voices and track Lilly's dagger; Pennywise separates Marge after sensing her future son, Richie Tozier, will be involved in his death. Hallorann freezes the entity long enough to free Will and the other children, but Shaw and the military intervene, killing Taniel and detaining the adults. Pennywise kills Shaw and pursues the children as they try to restore the "cage", while the adults subdue the soldiers and shoot Pennywise, slowing him until Rich's spirit helps place the dagger that imprisons him. Marge explains to Lilly that the entity experiences time differently and may be acting to avoid its own future death. After Rich's funeral, Ronnie and Will share a kiss before she leaves Derry with Hank, Hallorann leaves to work as a hotel chef, Charlotte and honorably discharged Leroy remain in Derry, and Ingrid is institutionalized. Twenty-six years later, Ingrid witnesses Elfrida Marsh's suicide and meets her daughter, Beverly.
Under a dense fog, Pennywise kills the school principal and hypnotizes the children, leading them away as Ronnie, Lilly, and Marge pursue him. Leroy seeks Hallorann's help, and with Rose's tea they silence the voices and track Lilly's dagger; Pennywise separates Marge after sensing her future son, Richie Tozier, will be involved in his death. Hallorann freezes the entity long enough to free Will and the other children, but Shaw and the military intervene, killing Taniel and detaining the adults. Pennywise kills Shaw and pursues the children as they try to restore the "cage", while the adults subdue the soldiers and shoot Pennywise, slowing him until Rich's spirit helps place the dagger that imprisons him. Marge explains to Lilly that the entity experiences time differently and may be acting to avoid its own future death. After Rich's funeral, Ronnie and Will share a kiss before she leaves Derry with Hank, Hallorann leaves to work as a hotel chef, Charlotte and honorably discharged Leroy remain in Derry, and Ingrid is institutionalized. Twenty-six years later, Ingrid witnesses Elfrida Marsh's suicide and meets her daughter, Beverly.
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Under a dense fog, Pennywise kills the school principal and hypnotizes the children, leading them away as Ronnie, Lilly, and Marge pursue him. Leroy seeks Hallorann's help, and with Rose's tea they silence the voices and track Lilly's dagger; Pennywise separates Marge after sensing her future son, Richie Tozier, will be involved in his death. Hallorann freezes the entity long enough to free Will and the other children, but Shaw and the military intervene, killing Taniel and detaining the adults. Pennywise kills Shaw and pursues the children as they try to restore the "cage", while the adults subdue the soldiers and shoot Pennywise, slowing him until Rich's spirit helps place the dagger that imprisons him. Marge explains to Lilly that the entity experiences time differently and may be acting to avoid its own future death. After Rich's funeral, Ronnie and Will share a kiss before she leaves Derry with Hank, Hallorann leaves to work as a hotel chef, Charlotte and honorably discharged Leroy remain in Derry, and Ingrid is institutionalized. Twenty-six years later, Ingrid witnesses Elfrida Marsh's suicide and meets her daughter, Beverly.
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Original release date
viewers(millions)
1
"The Pilot"
Andy Muschietti
Jason Fuchs
October 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)
0.334
In 1962, Matty Clements begs a family to take him out of Derry, but their behavior grows disturbingly strange until the mother gives birth to a mutant baby that attacks him. Four months later, Major Leroy Hanlon arrives at the Derry base and faces a racist incident. Meanwhile, Lilly Bainbridge has a terrifying vision of Matty singing with bloody fingers. Her friend Marge Truman, Teddy Uris, and Phil Malkin dismiss her, until Teddy also suffers a horrific hallucination of a human lampshade. Investigating Matty's disappearance, the group meets Ronnie Grogan, who reveals she has also heard children singing the same eerie song in the sewers. Leroy survives an ambush with the help of his partner and friend Pauly Russo. Lilly, Ronnie, Teddy, Phil and his sister Susie search for answers at a movie theater. There, a film shows Matty accusing them before unleashing the mutant baby, which kills everyone except Lilly, whom Ronnie manages to save.
2
"The Thing in the Dark"
Andy Muschietti
Austin Guzman
November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)
0.155
The police investigate Ronnie’s father, Hank, suspecting him in the children's murders. Leroy believes the attack was the work of Soviet spies, while racist Sergeant Masters is imprisoned for it. Charlotte tries to stop a fight in Derry, with adults glaring at her. Ronnie experiences a vision of her dead mother. The army searches for something in the woods with Dick Hallorann, observed by Native Americans. Ronnie tells Lilly about her vision, and they discuss the story Lilly gave the police. Will, Leroy’s son, struggles to fit in but befriends Ronnie and Cuban American Rich. Chief Clint Bowers blackmails Lilly, and Hank is arrested, prompting Ronnie to confront her. Leroy later clears Masters, and General Francis Shaw reveals he staged the attack to test Leroy's fear, explaining that only Leroy can retrieve a "weapon" that inspires overwhelming fear. After another vision, Lilly returns to Juniper Hill. Meanwhile, the army discovers a car filled with corpses, which is a beacon to locate the weapon.
3
"Now You See It"
Andrew Bernstein
Guadalís Del Carmen & Gabe Hobson
November 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)
0.279
In 1908, a young Shaw is pursued by a terrifying man until Rose, a Native American girl, rescues him and explains what the creature is; the two grow close and spend the entire summer together before Shaw leaves Derry. In the present, Lilly is discharged from Juniper Hill and teams up with Ronnie to gather visual evidence to clear Hank's name. After finding nothing useful in the car, Shaw sends Hallorann to use his psychic abilities, triggering visions of soldiers dying in war and bodies drifting before Leroy pulls him back from falling out of the helicopter. Shaw later confronts Rose at her pawn shop about her cease-and-desist letter, hiding the true purpose of the excavations. Meanwhile, Lilly and Ronnie recruit Will and Rich, who claims the entity is an evil orisha, and the group attempts a summoning ritual in a cemetery. When Rich admits he isn't sure it will work, they leave, only to be chased by visions of Teddy and Susie's spirits. They manage to escape and capture several photos, one revealing a clown.
4
"The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet's Function"
Andrew Bernstein
Helen Shang
November 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)
0.286
The group brings their photos to Bowers, but the spirits no longer appear. Leroy takes Will fishing, where Will has a vision that tells him that he will die in flames; Leroy pulls him out and sees real burns. Will warns that there is something evil in Derry. Later he theorizes with his friends that this evil feeds on fear. Charlotte visits Hank, who admits he was having an affair with a married white woman that night. Marge attempts to prank Lilly but is overwhelmed by a vision in which her eyes burst, injuring one before Lilly intervenes. Will then sees a clown staring at him from his window, and Leroy finds a red balloon when he goes outside. Meanwhile, Hallorann enters the mind of Taniel, Rose's nephew, and learns the entity's origins, of how it grew stronger every time he killed and how the natives imprisoned it beneath what would later become Derry. Taniel finally reveals that the entity is in the Neibolt Street house.
5
"29 Neibolt Street"
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.
Brad Caleb Kane
November 23, 2025 (2025-11-23)
0.286
Shaw tells Leroy his plan is to seize the pillars that contain the entity so they can control it. The kids find Matty at their meeting spot, and he reveals Phil is alive. The Native Americans warn that, as always when the entity wakes, a deadly act will occur before it returns to sleep for 27 years. Rose urges Shaw to stop pursuing it, but he refuses. Hank is sent to Shawshank, but the bus crashes and he escapes. The kids, joined by Matty and newcomer Marge, enter the sewers to find Phil and take Lilly's mother's pills, only to become drugged. The army enters with Taniel, but the mission goes awry. The kids discover their friends' bodies just as Matty turns into Pennywise, forcing them to flee. Leroy and Pauly encounter them; Leroy fires, thinking they are illusions, but Pauly intervenes, realizing they are real, and is killed. Pennywise nearly eats Lilly, but the pillar stops him, forcing him to retreat. Hank finds Ingrid and tells her how to help him, and she goes to Charlotte. Hallorann emerges from the sewers and sees a dead Pauly.
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"In the Name of the Father"
Jamie Travis
Jason Fuchs & Cord Jefferson & Brad Caleb Kane
November 30, 2025 (2025-11-30)
TBD
Leroy scolds Will for going into the sewers and orders him to stay at the base, but Will refuses, leading Leroy to lose control and slap him. Lilly shows the group the pillar that saved her and insists on returning to destroy the entity; Ronnie argues fiercely with her. Hank hides in the Black Spot until Charlotte can get him out of Derry, which frustrates Hallorann. When Leroy suggests using Hallorann's enhanced gift to locate the pillars, Hallorann becomes furious. Marge confronts her old friend group, the Pattycakes, while growing closer to Rich. Lilly discovers that Ingrid was the clown the group saw, as she was searching for her missing father, the original Pennywise. Ingrid reveals she saw "Pennywise" disguised as her father kill a little girl at Juniper Hill in 1935, and accepted that the entity became her father. She pushes Lilly to accept it and go with her, claiming the entity can become her dead father, but Lilly flees. Meanwhile, the demoted Bowers receives a tip about Hank's whereabouts and leads a group of armed and masked white men to the Black Spot.
7
"The Black Spot"
Andy Muschietti
Jason Fuchs & Brad Caleb Kane
December 7, 2025 (2025-12-07)
TBD
In 1908, Bob Gray, Ingrid's father and Pennywise's performer, is lured into the woods by the entity disguised as a child and never returns. In the present, Bowers' mob arrives at the Black Spot demanding Hank, and when the patrons refuse, they set the building on fire. Hallorann saves Hank, Ronnie, and Will, while Rich dies protecting Marge, who survives. Ingrid, in her Periwinkle costume, arrives as Pennywise kills her husband Stan after feeding on the victims; realizing he is not her father, Pennywise shows her the deadlights, leaving her catatonic. Marge and Ronnie inform a paranoid Lilly, increasingly attached to the pillar, about Rich's death. Hallorann, sensing Pennywise entered hibernation, leads the military to a pillar, which they remove and burn, while Shaw tells Leroy he intends to free Pennywise and use its powers to control Americans. Meanwhile, Rose hides Hank, believed dead. Pennywise reawakens, appears at Will's house, and captures him.
8
"Winter Fire"
Andy Muschietti
Jason Fuchs
December 14, 2025 (2025-12-14)
TBD
Under a dense fog, Pennywise kills the school principal and hypnotizes the children, leading them away as Ronnie, Lilly, and Marge pursue him. Leroy seeks Hallorann's help, and with Rose's tea they silence the voices and track Lilly's dagger; Pennywise separates Marge after sensing her future son, Richie Tozier, will be involved in his death. Hallorann freezes the entity long enough to free Will and the other children, but Shaw and the military intervene, killing Taniel and detaining the adults. Pennywise kills Shaw and pursues the children as they try to restore the "cage", while the adults subdue the soldiers and shoot Pennywise, slowing him until Rich's spirit helps place the dagger that imprisons him. Marge explains to Lilly that the entity experiences time differently and may be acting to avoid its own future death. After Rich's funeral, Ronnie and Will share a kiss before she leaves Derry with Hank, Hallorann leaves to work as a hotel chef, Charlotte and honorably discharged Leroy remain in Derry, and Ingrid is institutionalized. Twenty-six years later, Ingrid witnesses Elfrida Marsh's suicide and meets her daughter, Beverly.

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