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Welcome to Derry Episode 4 Reframes Pennywise’s Origins Ahead of Fuller Reveal

The latest episode deepens the mythology to set up a fuller Pennywise reveal next week.

Overview

  • HBO aired Episode 4 on November 16 at 9 p.m. ET, with Season 1 continuing weekly on Sundays through December 14.
  • The chapter delivers a significant lore update that links the entity’s arrival and confinement to Derry’s earlier inhabitants without resolving every mystery.
  • A final tease points to a pivotal Derry location associated with the old well, signaling the clown’s on-screen return in upcoming episodes.
  • HBO Max released a midseason trailer previewing Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise and a return to Neibolt Street on November 23.
  • The creators emphasize a slow-burn strategy that treats It as a shapeshifter, a choice shaped in part by an eight-month 2023 strike-related production pause.