At long last, this week’s episode of It: Welcome to Derry gave fans what they’d been waiting for: Pennywise the Dancing Clown in full circus regalia, complete with glowing eyes and way too many pointy teeth. The big moment was well worth it, and even if it felt like episode five was a long time to hold out on It‘s signature villain, the show’s creative team—which includes Barbara Muschietti, Andy Muschietti, Brad Caleb Kane, and Jason Fuchs—has often spoken about why they wanted to build that anticipation. But now that Pennywise is here, what’s next?
For starters: more details about his past, beyond what we already know about the asteroid thanks to the It movies and Stephen King’s book, not to mention earlier episodes of Welcome to Derry. Speaking to TV Guide, Fuchs promised “a lot of Pennywise” moving forward, with Kane teasing, “He’s in! He’s another character,” meaning Welcome to Derry‘s already large ensemble is simply going to have to make room for more.
If you watched the teaser for episode six, which arrives Sunday on HBO, you might have spotted a familiar face: Bill Skarsgård, not in his Pennywise greasepaint, but instead in the guise of Pennywise’s most notable human form: “Bob Gray.” He pops up in King’s book, but Welcome to Derry aims to dig even deeper into what he means to the story.
“Certainly, when we talk about the mysteries we’re excited to discover, we’re excited to understand why the shapeshifter has chosen to return, time and again, to the form of Pennywise,” Fuchs told TV Guide. “And what was that first encounter with Bob Gray? What did that look like? Who is Bob Gray? We have a lot of whys we want answers to, and the story of Bob Gray and the story of Pennywise are certainly in that bucket. So without spoiling anything in those final episodes, you’re going to see that mystery looked into in a really serious way.”
But what will Bob Gray’s chompers look like? Find out on It: Welcome to Derry, which drops new episodes Sundays on HBO and HBO Max.
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