While It: Welcome to Derry expands on Stephen King’s iconic novel, it also features several easter eggs, referencing the author’s other popular works. Now that the first season has wrapped up, here’s a look at all the easter eggs from the season finale.
List of Stephen King easter eggs in It: Welcome to Derry finale
With It: Welcome to Derry, the showrunners have taken the opportunity to pay homage to Stephen King’s legacy with well-placed and well-timed easter eggs. The finale, titled “Winter Fire,” features several such easter eggs, and here’s a breakdown of what they are.
- When Leroy Hanlon calls home in the hope of reaching his son, he instead hears Pennywise’s voice. After learning that the clown has taken his son, Leroy threatens him, saying, “I’ll rip your f—ing heart out.” This is a nod to how the kids killed the clown in the books.
- In an attempt to catch up to Pennywise and the kids he took, Marge, Lilly, and Ronnie hop into a milk truck and drive away. This could be referring to Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1) and Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2) from Skeleton Crew, a collection of King’s short stories.
- To help Dick Halloran locate the dagger, Rose offers him a tea made from the Maturin root. It is the same tea that Mike Hanlon consumes in It Chapter Two.
- Desperate to stop the kids from burying the dagger, Pennywise takes the shape of a winged creature to attack them. This creature is similar to the bird featured in the book, which terrorized Mike at Kitchener Ironworks, hinting at his deep-rooted fears of crows.
- After defeating Pennywise, Lilly, Marge, Will, and Ronnie are their hangout. During their conversation, Lilly and Marge look over the town. In the corner of the shot, there is a sign that says “Bangor Chew” on a nearby building. Moreover, Bangor is a real-life town in Maine that inspired the idea of Derry.
- While saying his goodbyes to Leroy, Halloran reveals that he’s going to take a job at a restaurant in his friend’s hotel. This is a reference to the Overlook Hotel from The Shining, where he served as the head chef. He was one of the most prominent characters in the book and the movies.
- Following a 26-year time jump, the show features Ingrid as an elderly woman, still living at Juniper Hill. The old version of Ingrid is played by Joan Gregson, the same actress who played Mrs.Kersh in It: Chapter Two. She appears when adult Beverly revisits her old apartment.
- The scene then continues to show a woman who had died by suicide. A grieving young girl is crying on the floor, who turns out to be Beverly. Sophia Lillis, the same actress from the original It movie, reprised her role for the scene.
