«In Episode 3, the second he touches that slingshot, it’s over,» Chris Chalk said.
Welcome to Derry has shown us countless terrifying incarnations of the monstrous cosmic evil known simply as “It,” but have we seen the iconic Stephen King villain in his Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) form? Does Pennywise haunt IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 3 “Now You See It” or is the HBO show holding out on us?
**Spoilers for IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 3 “Now You See It,” now streaming on HBO Max**
While we haven’t seen Pennywise in all his clownish glory quite yet, two characters come very, very close this week.
Halfway through IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 3 “Now You See It,” Dick Hallorann (Chris Chalk) uses his abilities to “shine” to psychically travel to Pennywise’s subterranean lair. He not only sees Pennywise’s clown wagon, his floating victims, and the sewers, but he also appears to see glowing eyes, aka the deadlights.
Later, at the end of the episode, the new “loser’s club” that’s emerged on IT: Welcome to Derry — comprised of Lilly Bainbridge (Clara Stack), Ronnie Grogan (Amanda Christine), Will Hanlon (Blake Cameron James), and Rich Santos (Arian S. Cartaya) — attempts to contact their dead friends with a graveyard séance. Their hope is to photograph their ghosts, therefore proving the horrific visions they’ve been seeing are real. The plan works so well they even get a blurry snapshot of what Will saw in a crypt: a clown.
Whether you need to know more about Dick Hallorann’s first use of his “shining” ability or want to know if those child actors had any fun whatsoever shooting that scary graveyard sequence, here’s everything you need to know about the end of IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 3 “Now You See It”…
IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 3 ends with kids’ plan to photograph It in action going a little bit too well. Soon, the ghosts of their friends are chasing them through a graveyard in a montage that evokes some of classic IT scenes. At one point, Will becomes separated from the group. He walks into a crypt and snaps a photograph as a creepy monster leering at him from the shadows.
When the kids finally develop the film, a blurry image pops up in the photo.
