Written by Jason Fuchs And Cord Jefferson And Brad Caleb Kane
Directed by Jamie Travis
Pennywise: "Hello Mabel. You finally came and you brought a friend."
Ingrid: "Papa?"
Well, gotta admit, I didn't see that coming. Ingrid Kirsch really did turn out to be a woman of many secrets. Last week, there was the reveal that she was sleeping with Hank but that now seemed like small potatoes compared to what happened here.
A flashback to 1935 in Juniper Hill revealed that Ingrid used a young girl named Mabel in order to summon Pennywise. Granted while it wasn't Ingrid's intention for Mabel to be harmed, that's exactly what ended up happening. Why was Ingrid so desperate to get Pennywise's attention?
It turned out that Ingrid was convinced that Pennywise was her father who disappeared when she was a girl. Her father was part of a circus act as was Ingrid herself and she's convinced herself about the truth of Pennywise's real identity. Of course, it got better/worse, depending on perspective here.
In the worse category, this meant that Ingrid had effectively betrayed Lilly and put the latter and her friends in danger. Ingrid was the clown at the graveyard and she did a horrible job of trying to get her side of the story across to Lilly. Needless to say Lilly's reaction to this news was an expected one.
As for the rest of the Losers, we had both Lilly and Ronnie fall out big time with Will, Marge and Rich caught in the middle of them both. On the plus side, Ronnie did get a reunion with Hank but then things took a turn for the worst with Bowers by the end of the episode. Saying that, it was expected.
Last but not least, Leroy well and truly messed up with this episode. His slapping of Will was a shocker that even Charlotte ended up packing her bags. Things with him and Hallorann weren't exactly great. Hallorann in particular was pretty snappy this week.
- Ingrid went by Periwinkle in her own clown costume. Cool name for a sidekick.
- Rich and Marge got closer as did Will and Ronnie. Lilly was the most isolated member of the group.
- I liked the use of black and white during the Ingrid flashbacks. Marge also standing up to the Pattycakes was a nice moment.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off and 1935 flashbacks. Nice set up for Season 2 there.
In The Name Of The Father was a very strong episode. Madeleine Stowe and Chris Chalk gave the best performances but again, this show's casting has been so strong and the new layers with Pennywise are great.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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