The final episode of It: Welcome to Derry confirmed a major theory about one of the show’s characters and their connection to the 2017 film It
This story contains spoilers for episode 8 of It: Welcome to Derry.
It: Welcome to Derry has validated a fan theory regarding one of the programme’s characters – and their link to the 2017 film It.
The prequel series wrapped up on Sunday, December 14, with the eighth instalment, Winter Fire. As the surviving group of youngsters – Marge Truman (Matilda Lawler), Ronnie Grogan (Amanda Christine), and Lilly Bainbridge (Clara Stack) – battled to vanquish Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgard) and rescue their mate Will Hanlon (Blake Cameron James).
Marge’s true identity was at last revealed when she was shown to be the mum of one of the original Losers’ Club members from It (2017), Richie Tozier (Finn Wolfhard).
The HBO Max programme serves as a prequel to the horror flick. The revelation happened when Pennywise frightened Marge in the concluding episode, as he accidentally revealed her destiny. To her bewilderment, he addressed her as Marge Tozier, reports the Mirror US.
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The shape-shifting creature then informed her she isn’t a Tozier “yet” and disclosed further truth by revealing she has a son called Richie. Pennywise then presented her with a missing poster featuring Richie and questioned her, “Don’t you recognize your little boy?”.
He went on to describe a storyline that viewers of It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) will recognise, which is that Richie and his “filthy friends” are responsible for his death. Fans were thrilled about the revelation as many had been theorising that Marge was Richie’s mother, particularly given the romantic storyline between her and Rich Santos (Adrian S. Cartaya).
Many believed that Marge had named Richie after Rich, who perished whilst rescuing her during the Black Spit fire depicted in episode seven. On X – formerly Twitter – one enthusiastic fan declared, “MARGE IS RITCHIE’S MOM YEAH F–K YEAHHHHH.” While another exclaimed, “They confirmed that Marge is really Richie’s mom, FFS, I’m freaking out.”
A third viewer commented, “About Marge being Richie’s mom, yeah I get that this isn’t as bombshell a revelation as it could be, I think it was so obvious when everyone first saw Marge and Rich that it was almost obvious, it would be a surprise if she wasn’t.”
Yet Marge’s confirmation as Richie’s mother wasn’t the sole nod to the sequels, as the finale also included a surprise appearance from Beverly Marsh (Sophia Lillis) during the episode’s conclusion.
The final episode features a post-credits sequence set 26 years into the future, which occurs one year before the events of It (2017) unfold. During this scene, the now-aged Ingrid Kersh is shown in her quarters at Juniper Hill Asylum, where she has resided for the past 26 years.
Madeline Stowe portrayed the younger Ingrid in Welcome to Derry, whilst Joan Gregson returned to reprise her role from the second It film as the older version. Ingrid ventures out of her room, drawn by the sound of sobbing, which leads her to Room 115.
As she enters, viewers are met with the familiar silhouette of a girl weeping next to a man, both standing before the lifeless body of a woman hanging.
The deceased woman, who took her own life, is revealed to be Elfrida Marsh. It soon becomes apparent that the red-haired girl in tears is Beverly, as the woman was her mother, and the unseen man is her abusive father.
Beverly turns fully towards the camera, confirming her identity.
It: Welcome to Derry is the brainchild of Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, all of whom had a hand in the two It films. Fuchs also serves as a showrunner, alongside Brad Caleb Kane.
The It film/TV franchise is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 novel, It, which tells the chilling tale of an evil clown entity named Pennywise that preys on children in Derry, Maine.
Set in 1962, the series follows the Hanlons, a military family who relocate to Derry and find themselves ensnared in the town’s sinister secrets as horrifying events start to unravel. Concurrently, a group of youngsters is trying to piece together the mystery of Derry’s missing children.
Source: Mirror
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