‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Ending Explained: What’s Next for the Stephen King Series

Another year, another Stephen King adaptation has come to a close. 

Season 1 of IT: Welcome to Derry concluded Sunday night with the eighth episode, titled Winter Fire. The finale tied up loose ends, brought pressing storylines to a close and revealed just how high the stakes can go with this iteration of King’s classic killer clown. That said, it seems that, like Pennywise himself, co-creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti — along with showrunners Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane — have a long game…