There's just one episode left of It: Welcome to Derry, and I'm already mourning the spin-off's new Losers. Not because they're definitely doomed – though I wouldn't take bets on my chances against a murderous, clown-costumed cosmic entity – but because they presumably won't be in any follow-up chapters if HBO decides to renew the horror hit. [Spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry episodes 1-7 follow]
Even before the show premiered, director Andy Muschietti had shared his plans for future instalments. They would essentially go back in time, he revealed, with season 2 being set in 1935 and season 3 taking place in 1908. Using the interludes from Stephen King's original novel as springboards for the show, each installment would center on a tragic, violent event from Derry's past: 1962's The Black Spot fire first, which we saw play out in Derry's heartbreaking episode 7, then the Bradley Gang Massacre and, finally, the Kitchener Ironworks explosion. To begin with, I was hyped by this novel approach… but that was before I met Will Hanlon, Lilly Bainbridge, Ronnie Grogan, Marge Truman, and Rich Santos.
