Warning: Don't look into the Deadlights. This article contains spoilers for episode 3 of "It: Welcome to Derry."

Through three episodes of " It: Welcome to Derry ," the HBO show has somehow taken one of the more uninspired ideas out there (hey, what if we made a prequel to the "It" movies?) and made it better than it has any right to be. Contrary to popular belief, it actually helps that the writing team didn't have the benefit of any singular Stephen King text to drawn from. Instead, by taking inspiration from several King novels and aspects of the original "It" book that weren't included in the Andy Muschietti blockbusters, the series enjoys almost endless possibilities for where to take this story next.

That display of creative freedom has been a tremendous boon in the early goi

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