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There are definite comparisons to be made between IT and [[Stranger Things]], but IT definitely pushes the horror aspect much further, as seen in this episode with two of the living children being attacked by visions of their dead parents in awful ways. | |||
90% of the way through the episode I was still wondering how the Air Force stuff was tying in, but then it turned very interesting. A search for hidden unknown technology that causes intense fear (which of course is surely connected to Pennywise), and an Air Force officer with just the right kind of brain damage to prevent him from feeling fear as a tool to help retrieve it. | |||
Dick Halloran from the Shining also shows up in this episode. One of the things I'd been spoiled about. I guess as long as you're expanding one Stephen King tale, though, bringing in parts from other source material isn't too crazy. King's work already sets up a multiverse, so sure, why not some where IT and The Shining have direct overlap? In this case it seems like they were using his powers to help track down the "fear tech" they're hoping to win the Cold War with.}} | |||
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Revision as of 15:29, 12 January 2026
SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
X01: Episode name 2025 October 26
(First watched 2026-01-11) OK, so I went into this _mostly_ blind, beyond a few spoilers that floated in front of my face in recent months. So I'm still catching on to who is who, and what things connect to the main IT story previously known.
The end of the episode, if they aren't doing a big fakeout (which is kind of a hallmark of IT), is pretty shocking. Did they play with our expectations, set up the familiar scenario of a group of kids trying to investigate the situation, and then kill most of them off before the end of the episode?
Also wondering how the Cold War Air Force branch of the story is going to tie into things.
X02: Episode name 2025 November 2
(First watched 2026-01-12) Nope, those kids are sure as shit dead!
There are definite comparisons to be made between IT and Stranger Things, but IT definitely pushes the horror aspect much further, as seen in this episode with two of the living children being attacked by visions of their dead parents in awful ways.
90% of the way through the episode I was still wondering how the Air Force stuff was tying in, but then it turned very interesting. A search for hidden unknown technology that causes intense fear (which of course is surely connected to Pennywise), and an Air Force officer with just the right kind of brain damage to prevent him from feeling fear as a tool to help retrieve it.
Dick Halloran from the Shining also shows up in this episode. One of the things I'd been spoiled about. I guess as long as you're expanding one Stephen King tale, though, bringing in parts from other source material isn't too crazy. King's work already sets up a multiverse, so sure, why not some where IT and The Shining have direct overlap? In this case it seems like they were using his powers to help track down the "fear tech" they're hoping to win the Cold War with.
X03: Episode name 2025 November 9
X04: Episode name 2025 November 16
X05: Episode name 2025 November 23
X06: Episode name 2025 November 30
X07: Episode name 2025 December 7
X08: Episode name 2025 December 14