In Stephen King’s original It novel, the Losers Club learns that Pennywise isn’t just a creepy clown—it’s actually an evil cosmic entity who crash landed on Earth millennia ago.
The creature began hunting humans in the 18th century, but that begs the question: What exactly was it up to before then, and how could the Native communities in the area have missed it? HBO’s prequel series It: Welcome to Derry takes steps to right that plot hole in Episode 4, which gives Native characters a long overdue centrality in the larger King universe.
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