What will be the main plot for It: Welcome to Derry Season 2? Details explored

The horror series It: Welcome to Derry has indicated that its storytelling structure will be unique from other horror Series, as it will proceed backwards through time as opposed to forward. The decision to proceed backwards through time will have a major impact on how the story is told and how the audience becomes aware of Derry's horrifying past. With Season 2 confirmed, many viewers are wondering what the story will focus on next.

The first season of It: Welcome to Derry was set in 1962. It focuses on a town's challenges with fear, silence and long-held violence. And it reveals how Pennywise's feeding patterns affect the town of Derry throughout multiple generations. As such, by the end of the first season, the viewers had already received clues about future events in Season 2.

Season 2 of It: Welcome to Derry is going to take place even earlier on the timeline of Derry. It will go back 27 years to Chapter 1 & 2, in the time frame of The Great Depression.

Season 2 of the show will be based on an actual occurrence from Stephen King's book It. The Bradley Gang Massacre has been mentioned before with little details regarding what transpired leading up to the event and how it related to Derry, Maine. Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs have stated that this season will explore this incident, as only minimal background information was previously provided.

The series has the challenge of providing a comprehensive understanding of the significance of this historical occurrence while still being able to continue with the knowledge that audiences already know the end of the story. The creators of the series, however, seem not to be concerned with this challenge. From what we have seen from It: Welcome to Derry Season 1, they appear to be concentrating on all aspects of the tale rather than just one specific event.

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It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 will focus on the Bradley Gang and the town of Derry

It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 will be taking place in 1935, during the height of the Great Depression. At this point in time, the Great Depression was at its peak with an abundance of poverty, fear, and riots throughout America. Therefore, it only makes sense to have a world filled with fear and desperation, for it created an environment in which evil and terror could thrive in Derry.

The main event of the season will be the Bradley Gang Massacre. The Bradley Gang was a group of eight bank robbers led by brothers George and Al Bradley. After robbing banks across the Midwest, the gang came to Derry to hide from the police. They kidnapped a banker, demanded ransom money, and then killed him even after being paid.

In Stephen King's novel, the people of Derry eventually turned on the gang. Instead of letting the law handle it, the townspeople took matters into their own hands. They chased the gang through the streets and killed them in a violent attack. Pennywise was present during this massacre and took part in the chaos.

Season 1 of It: Welcome to Derry already showed the result of this event. In episode 2, the US military dug up a car buried beneath Derry. Inside were the skeletal remains of the Bradley Gang. This moment confirmed that the massacre would be part of the show's larger story.

Andy Muschietti confirmed in an interview with Variety that It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 takes place during the Depression era and includes the Bradley Gang Massacre. This means Season 2 will likely show the events leading up to the killings, not just the violence itself.

The show is expected to explore how fear spreads through the town and how Pennywise uses that fear. Even though viewers know the gang will die, the focus will be on how Derry reaches that breaking point.

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Pennywise's role and how the It: Welcome to Derry may surprise viewers

In Stephen King's book, Pennywise is deeply involved in the Bradley Gang Massacre. He is described as leaning out of a window and firing a gun at the gang. He appears to float as he does this, reminding readers of his inhuman nature. This image has already been teased in the show.

The opening credits of It: Welcome to Derry include a dark image of the Bradley Gang being shot at by townspeople. Pennywise can be seen in the image as well, firing his own weapon. This suggests that the show will include this moment, though it may be shown in a new way.

Some viewers may feel that there is little mystery left since the ending has already been revealed. However, It: Welcome to Derry Season 1 proved that the creators are willing to change details from the book. They are not simply copying the source material scene by scene.

The biggest example of this was the Black Spot fire in Season 1. In the book, the fire is tragic, but the show made it even more brutal. It showed Pennywise actively hunting and killing during the chaos. The violence was more direct and more personal than in earlier adaptations.

This change suggests that the Bradley Gang Massacre may also be different from the book version. While the basic event will remain the same, the way it is shown could be more intense or more detailed. The creators may also focus more on individual characters within the gang or the town.

It: Welcome to Derry Season 2 is also expected to continue connecting Welcome to Derry to the wider Stephen King universe. Season 1 introduced elements linked to The Shining, including Dick Hallorann and his psychic abilities. These connections suggest that the show is building a larger story across King’s works.

Even though Season 2 goes further into the past, it will still add new layers to Pennywise's story. It will show how each feeding cycle ends and how Derry forgets what happened, only for the pattern to repeat again.