The final episode sees Lily, Marge, and Ronnie following Pennywise’s trail of blood, while the adults hatch their own plans to defeat the monstrous force

The HBO Max series is a prequel to the horror film, but fans have been left wondering whether Pennywise the Clown's abilities extend to being able to see into the future

This narrative pivot strongly suggests that the upcoming second season of IT: Welcome to Derry, set in 1935, and the third season, set in 1908, will feature the creature attempting to prune the timeline to secure its own survival.

IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 7 “The Black Spot” is yet another hour of non-stop horror from the HBO show, featuring a horrific race massacre, the tragic tale of the real Pennywise the Dancing Clown ( Bill Skarsgård ), and the full, awful power of the Deadlights.

But the show chose to depict Pennywise's exploitation of this already horrific event in a much different way than King in his original novel. In Stephen King's "It," the Black Spot fire is recalled during a flashback interlude wherein Mike Hanlon's father,

IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 ends with multiple twists that not only wrap up the events of this story, but also set up Season 2 and make major changes to Pennywise lore. The first season of the IT prequel has already had some dramatic and devastating moments,

Bill Skarsgård's bloodied Pennywise with a meat cleaver in IT: Welcome to Derry Image via HBO Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the IT: Welcome to Derry finale. After six weeks of shocks,

Spoilers follow for IT: Welcome to Derry Episodes 1-7.