WELCOME TODERRY

Winter Fire

BEFORE WATCHING

The setup

The destruction of a pillar has awakened Pennywise outside its usual cycle, and Will has been taken. The Black Spot has been destroyed and Rich died saving Marge. Lilly still carries a dagger-like piece of the star material that may be able to restore the broken boundary.

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QUICK REMINDER

The only names you need

6 people

Lilly Bainbridge

Carrying the star-metal dagger as she, Ronnie and Marge follow the missing children.

Ronnie Grogan

Searching for Will while helping Lilly resist the dagger’s pull.

Marge Truman

Grieving Rich but still determined to help save Will and the other pupils.

Major Leroy Hanlon

Trying to rescue his son and stop the military from releasing Pennywise beyond Derry.

Dick Hallorann

Overwhelmed by the dead after the Black Spot, but the only person who may enter Pennywise’s mind.

Rose

The keeper of the knowledge needed to repair the entity’s broken containment line.

WHILE WATCHING

Recap as you go

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AFTER WATCHING

Key story points

Hidden because this section reveals what happens in Episode 8.

Content note: Graphic violence and deaths involving adults and children, suicide-related imagery, body horror, blood, mass peril, grief and frightening supernatural scenes.

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