IT: Welcome to Derry

Main characters aren’t safe this time..

Destiny Velazquez Martinez, Staff Writer

November 7, 2025

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IT Welcome to Derry cover poster

As many know, the IT franchise ended with Chapter 2 in 2019. However, a new story takes place 27 years before the events of the first movie, in the form of a television series. We all know that the first two movies ended with a happy ending of defeating the evil alien clown once and for all, with almost none of our main characters dying in the first or second movie. Now it’s a whole different story, and with how the first episode ended, a lot of people can say that Pennywise is not playing around this time as he not only goes after kids but also adults.

When you first click play, you are hit with very jolly tune for an intro, but if you look closer to the opening scene you can see all victims of Pennywise before they actually die in the show. Hopefully later seasons can cover those events. As the episode plays on you are introduced to the main group of kids. You’re introduced to Matty Clements, then Freddy Uris (yes like Stan Uris from the movies,) Lilly Bainbridge, Phil Malkin and his little sister Suzie Malkin.

I wouldn’t say they are the original losers club but in 1962 anyone who isn’t deemed normal are considered outcasts, or in other words losers. We have Lilly Bainbridge who they call ”Looney Lilly,” Teddy Uris who they call ”Teddy Urine” and the others that didn’t have any nicknames mentioned to us in the first episode. Continuing on with how Pennywise is acting in this show without spoiling to those who haven’t seen the first two episodes, I would say that if you were a kid in 1962 in a town named Derry, you weren’t safe anywhere.

I think this show is honestly showing how the kids in the movie had it really easy when dealing with Pennywise. One thing I would say is that I don’t like the suspense of not knowing what’s going to happen for a whole week, since episodes come out every Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO max or Hulu. I can’t wait to see what episode 3 has in store for us viewers, will it be as gory as episode 1 or as mind boggling as episode 2? This show is a must watch if you liked the original movies and if you like a little bit of blood.

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Destiny Velazquez Martinez, Staff Writer

Destiny Velazquez Martinez is a senior and serves as a staff writer, entering her first year on the Knight Writers team. This year, Velazquez Martinez is looking forward to taking photos at our basketball games and track & field events, as well as writing opinion pieces. “I love anime, the game of thrones universe and I like listening to K-pop. My interests encourage me to be a more proficient writer,” Velazquez Martinez says. Outside of newspaper, Velazquez Martinez has interests in reading fiction books and her job. Her passions impact her as a writer and what she wants to read about on the daily. Velazquez Martinez plans become a better writer, which is why she decided to join the team, and she also wants to establish the skill of photography. “Well, I want to go to college and be a surgical technician. If I don’t do that, I would possibly want to be an EMT. I really like the healthcare field, and I want to do something with it,” Velazquez Martinez says. When Velazquez graduates from Robinson, she wants to go into healthcare, potentially at the University of South Florida, and she feels that joining the newspaper would help her write better reports or summarize anything and everything that happens while dealing with a patient.