SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains massive spoilers for the second episode of IT: Welcome To Derry, “The Thing In The Dark.” If you have not yet watched (it’s now available to stream with a HBO Max subscription), proceed at your own risk!
If you’re a Stephen King fan, there is nothing airing on television right now that encourages rewatches and pause moments like HBO’s IT: Welcome To Derry. While the series is technically adapting a specific storyline from IT, the filmmakers have filled episodes to the brim with various easter eggs and references that tie the show both with the hit IT movies and the larger King canon. The pilot was chock full of them, and now that they second episode has premiered, we can analyze all of the fun stuff in the latest chapter.
