"It took a minute (four hour-long episodes, to be exact), but it finally feels like Welcome to Derry is going somewhere. It's not just the arrival of Pennywise in his familiar clown form - though it is a relief to see him after all the heavy teasing. It's more the sense that the storylines are coming together in a way that gives the plot forward momentum."
"The kids don't have much time to debate it before they're interrupted by a new arrival: Matty, whose supposed death was the series' inciting incident. He is filthy but alive, and he has a harrowing story to share about what he's escaped from in the sewers. "That's where it lives, the clown," he reveals, launching into gruesome details about watching Pennywise eat Teddy's brains and seeing Susie slowly bleed to death."
Four hour-long episodes build to Pennywise's arrival and converging plotlines that propel the story. Characters physically collide in the sewers beneath Derry during "Neibolt Street," creating momentum. Lilly continues to visit Marge despite suspicion that Marge stabbed her in the eye; Marge claims broken glasses and now aims to repair the friendship after learning the monster is real. Ronnie suggests Marge could tell the truth to exonerate Hank. Matty returns filthy and alive with a harrowing account of sewer horrors, including Pennywise eating Teddy's brains and Susie bleeding to death. Matty refuses police out of fear of being returned to his father, and Phil appears alive but incapacitated. The prequel's nature limits closure but the narrative now feels more confident in its journey.
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