"The first season of IT: Welcome to Derry ended on a high note, with an incredible finale that wrapped up its story with nary a thread dangling. But while the show is looking to the past for its potential second and third seasons, an end-credits scene previews the "future"the year 1988which bridges the prequel series to Andy Muschietti's IT duology, IT (2017) and IT Chapter Two (2019). It all hinges on one name, and one surprise cameo: Elfrida Marsh."
"She raves about wolves that aren't there, telling doctors the wolves ate her father. \"I saw the handkerchief,\" she says, a reference to her childhood memory when she learns Bob Gray is dead. It's a poetic fate for Ingrid. She spent years trafficking children from Juniper Hill to Pennywise as his food. Now, Ingrid herself is sentenced to stay at Juniper Hill, where she must live out her days being calmed by old music."
The first season of IT: Welcome to Derry concluded with a definitive finale that tied up its storylines. An end-credits scene jumps to October 1988 and links the prequel series to Andy Muschietti's IT duology. Ingrid, traumatized after The Black Spot fires, is institutionalized at Juniper Hill and later appears older, played by Joan Gregson. Joan Gregson previously played Mrs. Kersh in It Chapter Two and died in June 2025. In 1988 a Juniper Hill patient, Elfrida Marsh, is found hanging in her room while staff work to retrieve her body. Two people are shown crying in the corner, implying a personal connection to the victim.
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