In Stephen King’s original It novel, the Losers Club learns that Pennywise isn’t just a creepy clown—it’s actually an evil cosmic entity who crash landed on Earth millennia ago.

The creature began hunting humans in the 18th century, but that begs the question: What exactly was it up to before then, and how could the Native communities in the area have missed it? HBO’s prequel series It: Welcome to Derry takes steps to right that plot hole in Episode 4, which gives Native characters a long overdue centrality in the larger King universe.

In a move that makes about as much sense as Jurassic World’s pitch to use velociraptors as war weapons, Welcome To Derry’s military bigwigs remain convinced that It is their key to winning the Cold War. Unfortunately for them, their only plan for pinpoint

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