Written by Brad Caleb Kane
Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.
Pennywise: "Duck and cover, kiddos."
And that's how you do a reveal. I've been a bit impatient in wanting to see Bill Skarsgard back at it as Pennywise but my God, that was actually worth it. What a delightfully horrifying way of bringing Pennywise to the forefront.
I should've guessed that there was something about Matty suddenly reappearing to the gang that seemed off. A gang that now added Marge into the ranks given that she and Lilly got their friendship back on track.
Anyways, the gang plus "Matty" decided to take some Benzos and head down to the sewers in order to locate Pennywise in the latest attempt to free Hank. It went about as well as expected as "Matty" morphed into Pennywise and scared the bejesus out of the kids big time.
Don't worry, the adults weren't getting off lightly either. General Shaw managed to track the location to the episodes title and the military also learned in record time that Pennywise wasn't to be fucked with. The two characters who learned that lesson the most - Leroy Hanlon and Pauly Russo.
The episode felt that properly the deaths from the first episode wasn't enough. In this episode, Leroy came close to killing both Charlotte and Will. He snapped out of it first time but had Pauly not sacrificed himself, Leroy would have had his son's death on his hands.
As for the rest of the episode, there was time for Hank to escape Shawshank and for it to be revealed that Ingrid's the married white woman he's having an affair with. Oh and we got a look into Hallorann's past with his grandparents and it wasn't a bit pleasant.
- I'm glad that Marge helped clear Lilly's name. Rich clearly has a crush on her as well.
- I'm not getting any good vibes off Ingrid's husband whatsoever. He seems abusive.
- Standout music: Timi Yuro's Satan Never Sleeps.
- Chronology: A few days since the events of the previous episode.
29 Neibolt Street was the jolt needed for the show. While I'll admit there's some CGI issues in general, the handling of Pennywise was practically note perfect. What a brilliant way of bringing him out.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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