IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 7 opens with an unxpected flashback. Like the third episode, this prologue's flashback is also set in 1908. But this time, the prologue focuses on Bob Gray, the man who is a part of a travelling circus as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. To the viewer's surprise, he seems to be a good clown adored by the kids of Derry.This flashback reveals the origin of IT's Pennywise the Clown form. Turns out, The demonic entity encountered Robert "Bob" Gray when he is on a break in his clown outfit and killed him.IT: Welcome to Derry's Bob Gray flashback explained:Bob Gray performs a tragic and hopeful stage performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown on stage in this prologue and the kids join him at the end. A mysterious kid observes this performace from a nearby salon. Later in the night, the same child approaches Bob in his clown costume during a break. It is clear that this is IT who has taken the form a kid they killed.IT notes that the kids are are drawn to Pennywise, giving the former an idea idea a new idea for drawing unsuspecing kids. The child says that he has lost his parents and asks Bob for help. That's when the two hear a screaming woman from the forest, and Bob decides to help the unnamed child. The scene then cuts to the circus troupe finds a bloodied handkerchief, making it clear that IT ate Bob Gray.This is a unique addition to the IT lore as the entity used the name "Bob Gray" even in the book. However, we are never given explanation about the name in the source material. This is why the makers of IT: Welcome to Derry had the freedom of expanding upon this backstory of this myssterious character.This flashback also has some hope that we may get more of Bob or even this mysterious kid in the hypothetical IT: Welcome to Derry Season 3, which the Muschiettis confirmed would be set in 1908.Ingrid Kersh finally accepts the truth: View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe sixth IT: Welcome to Derry episode confirmed that Ingrid is Bob Gray's daughter, and she believes that the demonic entity that looks like her Bob's clown form is actually her father. However, it seems that she has finally accepted the truth in epsiode 7 when Pennywise tells her that he is going to sleep (which he will wake up 27 years from 1962).Ingrid pleads him to not abandon him, but finally realizes that the being in front of her is not her father. This is where IT mocks her revels that they ate Bob that ftaeful night in 1908. Then, IT uses the deadlights, which renders Ingrid catatonic. The last we see of Ingrid in the episode is when Ronnie, Marge, and Will see her being taken to a hospital, when they are recuperating from The Black Spot fire.Welcome to Derry episode 7 adapts the devastating 1962 racist hate crime from the book: View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe 2017 IT movie had a reference to the burning of The Balck Spot as The Losers' Club discover the demonic entity's cycle. But the latest IT: Welcome to Derry episode shows what happend inside the bar as the racist mob attacked it under the guise of bringing Hank Grogan to justice. This evenrt is mentioned even in the prelude of the book.During the recent Variety interview, the reporter asked Andy Muschietti if the filmmaker always expected to bring this event from the book to life, he responded:"In the big ocean that is the book, the Black Spot seems small, but it’s actually a very substantial event in the interludes. Since we’re basing the show on the interludes, we really wanted to show the events of the Black Spot and use it as a guideline. Apart from a dramatic low point, it is a guideline that leads our characters towards a catastrophic conclusion, or, if not a conclusion, a big pivotal point in the story."The last scene of the episode saw Pennywise using the deadlights on Will Hanlon, and taking the boy hostage to draw either his father, Leroy, or Lilly, Marge, and Ronnie. Watch IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 7 on HBO Max if you haven't already.