Welcome to Derry? The finale episode, titled “Winter Fire,” centers on General Shaw, who is determined to lead with his mission as dense fog covers the town. The Hanlons, Rose, Dick, and the children must together save Derry.

Marge won't return in the next season, as we're going back in time, but we know she plays a massive role in the franchise's future. In the finale, Pennywise reveals that one day she will have a son named Richie, and that he will be one of the people that kills It.

Pennywise was always going to slither away for another 27-year slumber, but boy did he wave good-bye with gusto.

On Dec. 14, the season 1 finale of IT: Welcome to Derry premiered on HBO and HBO Max. The latest episode featured Pennywise ( Bill Skarsgård) continuing his horrific hobby of terrifying the town's children, feeling unstoppable after escaping capture. But the residents didn't run from a fight.

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,

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,

IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 7 “The Black Spot” is yet another hour of non-stop horror from the HBO show, featuring a horrific race massacre, the tragic tale of the real Pennywise the Dancing Clown ( Bill Skarsgård ), and the full, awful power of the Deadlights.

Spoilers follow for IT: Welcome to Derry Episodes 1-7.

HBO Max's prequel series is the first Stephen King TV series adaptation with a 4K Blu-ray edition in the US.

Just as Pennywise shifts his form to shock and surprise, so too does IT: Welcome To Derry, with every twist bolder than the last. But one twist in particular will flat-out break your heart in ways you’ll never see coming,