"Allow me to begin this week with an apology. Last week, It: Welcome to Derry ended with the U.S. military digging up an old car full of skeletons. I mistakenly thought it was the station wagon of the family that picked up Matty and drove him to a hellish end. It's not! But in my defense, the scene was dimly lit, and as much as I love cars, I just couldn't tell the difference between a 1960s station wagon and a 1930s mob car. Sorry!"
"But the point stands: Pennywise's evil can imbue itself into objects, as it apparently did during a mob massacre that killed gangster Al Bradley, which took place in Derry during Prohibition and that Pennywise, or rather "The Entity," was involved. It's why General Shaw (James Remar) holds on to his slingshot from his childhood. He, too, encountered it in a forest many moons ago."
"Episode 3 of IT: Welcome to Derry, "Now You See It," is a mostly strong episode hindered by one of the worst climaxes I've seen on television in years. Although the episode impressively spans decades and places focus on some tertiary characters while still advancing the A-plot to formalize its core group of kids, I just can't get past the atrocity of the climax."
Episode 3, "Now You See It," reveals Pennywise's ability to infect objects, connecting a Prohibition-era mob massacre that killed gangster Al Bradley to the entity's influence. General Francis Shaw retains a childhood slingshot after a forest encounter, and his son Francis Shaw returns to Derry with military resources and Dick's psychic abilities to pursue the entity. The episode spans decades and develops tertiary characters while advancing the group's formation among the kids. The episode contains impressive period detail and interwoven timelines. The climax, however, fails dramatically and qualifies as one of the worst on television in years.
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