IT: Welcome to Derry

Shh.

I don't want to go.

Oh, there's nothing to be afraid of down there.

Come on.

Good girl.

What's your name, dear?

Mabel.

So, Mabel...

this is where the clown told you to meet him?

You can tell me.

It's okay.

Sweetheart, it's okay. It's just a balloon.

(ECHOING) Duck and cover, kiddos.

- (MUFFLED SOUND) What you don't understand is,

I could have killed you down there.

But instead, I had to send my best friend home

in a box.

- (SOUND UNMUFFLES) - Because you disobeyed me.

Come on, Dad. That's not fair.

You know what killed Uncle Pauly.

What I know is I have a son that has no goddamn sense.

- Okay, Leroy. - Charlotte, I'm sorry.

You have to stay out of this. You were not there.

This thing could change its shape.

Like, it could see inside my head.

- How is that possible, Lee? - I don't know.

But I do know these weren't mind games.

This was real. This was solid.

- It killed trained soldiers. - Dad, I know what it can do.

It's come after us a bunch of times,

and it's not gonna stop.

Well, it can't touch you out here. Outside of Derry.

So, from now on, you don't leave your room

without my permission.

Do you understand?

No.

- (HESITATES) - Baby, mind your daddy now.

No! You always told me

that a man should never hide from trouble.

That what makes life count are the friends you make

and the risks you take. Well, I've got friends now, Dad.

I've got friends and they need me,

and I'm gonna be there for them, just like you would.

You are not me.

Yeah, I know that. I know I'm not you

'cause I would never let my friends die.

Leroy!

- (SOFTLY) I'm sorry, son. - It's gotten to you too.

It's gotten to your head.

No.

- Come here, son. - Get away from me!

What is that?

It was under the water

when the clown was coming after me.

It started to glow, and...

and he looked at it almost like...

like he was afraid.

Afraid? Really?

Yeah.

Then he backed away and just...

disappeared.

Can I see?

I'll hold it.

Fine.

They look like hieroglyphs.

I thought those were Egyptian.

All ancient civilizations have hieroglyphs.

It's a Greek word.

Exactly.

Whatever it is, if this thing is scared of it,

maybe we can use it.

We go back down there, all of us together,

and we kill it.

You really expect us to listen to you?

You're the one who dragged us down there

in the first damn place.

We almost died.

And now you want us to go back?

You are crazy.

What did you call me?

Lilly?

- Just give it-- - Don't touch it!

You think I wanted this?

If I could go back, I'd never have gone to your house

in the first place.

You were up in the booth. You didn't see.

I was the only one who made it out of that theater.

And for Matty to come back and tell us

there was a chance that Phil was still alive?

What was I supposed to do?

If you hadn't come to my house that day,

they probably would still be alive.

And the cops wouldn't be hunting my daddy

like some kind of animal.

All I wanted was to help you.

A lot of good it did. I wish I never tried.

- Guys-- - And I wish I'd never met you, Lilly Bainbridge!

Can't you see?

This is what it wants! To turn us against each other.

They should have never let you out of Juniper Hill!

I'll go make sure she's okay.

- She didn't mean that. Don't.

Just... Just leave me alone.

Hallorann? - (DOOR CLOSES)

Where you been?

Can't tell you.

Okay. Place looks good, huh?

Yeah, we're gonna get something going later tomorrow night,

bring some ladies, some music,

break this place in.

Yeah, it's gonna be a real good time.

Shit.

You need this?

More than you know.

You good?

Yeah.

Fuckin' ice box leakin'. Need to replace that.

Floorboard is rottin'.

I'm gonna polish off this bottle of Pap,

catch myself a couple Z's in the back.

- (WHISKEY POURING) - Y-- You can't.

We got something we gotta talk about.

Can you believe her? It's like she won't stop

until one of us is dead.

We barely made it out of those tunnels alive,

and now she's trying to serve us up to that thing again?

She must have snapped her cap!

You agree with me, right?

Yeah. Definitely.

You think I went too far?

I mean...

Maybe I did, but...