The revelation specifically comes as Pennywise threatens an isolated Margaret, leading the creature to reveal his knowledge not only about Margaret's future baby (Finn Wolfhard and Bill Hader's Richie Tozier in the films), but also the fact that Richie and his friends wind up permanently killing Pennywise in 2016.

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It: Welcome to Derry, which serves as a prequel to the It films, released the eighth and final episode of its first season on December 14, 2025, and the finale quietly slipped in a reference that view

The Stephen King adaptation wrapped up its first season on HBO last night with plenty of mayhem and a few plot contortions.

Marge won't return in the next season, as we're going back in time, but we know she plays a massive role in the franchise's future. In the finale, Pennywise reveals that one day she will have a son named Richie, and that he will be one of the people that kills It.

Pennywise was always going to slither away for another 27-year slumber, but boy did he wave good-bye with gusto.

Spoilers ahead for It: Welcome to Derry through season finale “Winter Fire,” which premiered on HBO on December 14.

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