(episode review) - IT: Welcome to Derry - Episode 2

So the last episode ended with an unexpected turn of events, and I am pretty sure anybody watching did not expect that to happen. The little black girl steps in to help everyone out, but due to events prior, she is extremely upset that the little tormented girl is not telling or withholding the truth from the authorities. One of the children gets a vision via a lampshade, and the black man in the military gets attacked. The show so far has given us some of the children and a couple of the adults, so going forward into this episode, we get more and a better understanding of what is going on in Derry and why the military is there.

The black man in the military we were introduced to in the first episode, Leroy, his wife, Charlotte, finally gets into town with their boy, and she goes into town for supplies while he goes to school and makes a new friend. We are also introduced to another character, an adult by the name of Dick Hallorann, who is a black man who also works in the military and has been tasked to work with Leroy as a navigator, whilst Leroy and Pauly set out on a special task| for General Francis Shaw. The little black girl, Ronnie, has a dream/vision of her mother that leads her to speak to the other kids about it, but also tries to convince the troubled girl, Lilly, to tell the truth to the police, which does not work and her father, Hank, is arrested. Lilly has an incident in the supermarket involving some pickle jars.

(episode review) - IT: Welcome to Derry - Episode 1

 

When I was younger, the IT series with Tim Curry did not get watched by me, nope! I am not afraid to say that the idea of a clown living in the sewer made me more than uncomfortable. I remember seeing a few scenes, but I did not watch it, or at least, it was such a long time ago, I have no memory of watching it all, but the movies, on the other hand, I did. IT Chapter 1 and IT Chapter 2 were great. I found that the first one was better than the second, though. I think the second one was lacking something, but both were still very enjoyable. So with this series, I decided to get involved, and so far, so good.

So this episode introduces us to a lot of the main characters, but starts off letting us know exactly what we are in for immediately. The first scene starts with a child in the cinema who has snuck in, leading to him being chased out of the cinema until he hitches a ride with some passers by. But the IT franchise, being exactly what it is, shows us moments or scenarios that start off normal, but gradually start to become weird and creepy. The car ride, although the family appear innocent and nice at first, the trip descends into terror. The next scene gives us another child, and she is clearly going through something in school and possibly her personal life, and she later meets two boys who are just being young kids, but also trying to figure out what has happened to their missing friend. Out of the Adults in the series, we are introduced to a black man from the military who has moved to Derry, but is not surprised that he is met with racism among his fellow military men. At the end of the episode, having gone to the library to look for clues surrounding the missing boy, the kids, along with a young black girl who also has something in common with them, go to the cinema to investigate, but things take a surprising turn.

(trailer review) - Welcome to Derry

First and foremost, I do not remember the 'IT' movie with Tim Curry. I think I saw it, but I might have been too scared or simply not interested, but I did watch the 'IT Chapter 1' and IT Chapter 2' movies, and I enjoyed them. Chapter 1 was a little better than Chapter 2, but ultimately, I enjoyed the two films. With that said, this trailer, I am not fully sold on this series, and even the reveal at the end felt forced and, well, not scary.

Seeing a black family in this show is cool for representation purposes, but there better be some racism here, especially during this era. I want tension that I am not simply receiving from just the clown, because people are disgusting and horrible, too. I mean, the creepy smiles is definitely good and unsettling, especially the woman at the window and you can see in the reflection the kids running and a red balloon floating, but let us see some retribution, some well earned deaths, some great scenes with the kids taking on Pennywise, fighting to stay alive. There was a shot in one of the movies, I believe it is the first one, where Pennywise comes out of the projector, which has to be one of the most terrifying shots I have ever seen on film, and by the way, the kid at the beginning had the right idea. Get out of Derry! The line about "no adult is going to believe what we saw" is great. Let's just hope we get a bit more from this show. But this is a teaser trailer so maybe we will.