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Excitement is building for the chilling show the Derry series, already garnering praise and drawing from elements from other Stephen King works. Just one day after launch, the network declared that the next chapter will premiere ahead of schedule, released fittingly for Halloween.

Early Release Information

Beginning on the last day of October at 12 a.m. Pacific Time, the second episode of It: Welcome to Derry will launch on the streaming service, ahead of its traditional TV airing. The remaining installments of the show's first season will premiere on Sundays on the network and streaming service, culminating in the final episode on the 14th of December.

Storyline Summary

Taking place within the world of King's It, Welcome to Derry borrows elements from King’s iconic novel while expanding on the setting brought to life by director Andy Muschietti in the recent movie adaptations. It Chapter One highlighted kids and teens facing supernatural evils, thus it's suitable that the series continues that tradition. Yet, the premiere episode of HBO’s Welcome to Derry demonstrates it intended to raise the stakes, providing heightened horror than the movies and creating a brutal tone for the upcoming episodes.

Story World and Concepts

Located in the early '60s, this show features a fresh cast of grown-ups and kids living in a apparently peaceful community hiding a dark secret. The town follows a vicious, repeating pattern—one marked by violence, bigotry, and the supernatural, as a evil entity returns each 27-year cycle. Although It: Welcome to Derry might seem like it skews too close to the cinematic adaptations at first, what sets apart the streaming show is its two-sided viewpoint—unfolding through the eyes of both children and adults at the same time. Children stay particularly vulnerable to the monster's horror, but grown-ups aren’t spared confronting their own nightmares born from Derry’s deep-seated bigotry and covert otherworldly powers.

Episode 2 airs on October 31 at 3 a.m. EST.