The most recent of these is Juniper Hill worker Ingrid Kersh (Madeleine Stowe), who is in a secret relationship with Hank Grogan (Stephen Ryder), and whose remarkable last name we finally learned in episode 5. it In the films and novel by Stephen King, Mrs. Kersh is an elderly woman who is visited by Beverly Marsh, who turns out to be one of its many forms.
However, in the show she appears as a real person. And episode 6 finally gives us some interesting new information about him.
So what exactly happens, and what could it mean for his character?
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Episode 6 sees Lily (Clara Stack) wandering into Mrs. Kersh’s house, where she finds black-and-white photographs of a young Ingrid from 1908, which show a familiar-looking man in a clown costume.
“My father was a carnival performer,” says Mrs. Kersh, who seems too pleased to be bothered by the idea of Lily watching IT. “He called himself Pennywise the Dancing Clown. I loved him. And he was taken away from me. The carnival went ahead but I stayed in Derry. I guess you could say I felt… drawn.”
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In a black-and-white flashback, we see a young Mrs. Kersh encounter Pennywise – whom she believes to be her father – while working at Juniper Hill. Even when he bites a child in front of her, she is not discouraged.
“This was it,” says Mrs. Kersh. “Whatever he went through, or where he lived, probably brought about different changes. Oh, but it was all the same. A daughter knows.”
But is he actually related to Pennywise, or is there something else going on here?
Is Mrs. Kersh really Pennywise’s daughter?
The short answer is no, almost certainly not. Pennywise is an ancient alien entity that likes to access the minds of humans and borrow their fears and traumas as a disguise. He may have used Mrs. Kersh’s father as inspiration for his clown name and identity, but it is clear from his reaction to Mrs. Kersh calling him “Papa” (confusion followed by laughter) that this connection is only in his mind.
Mrs. Kersh tells Lily, “This shadow stole my father away every time he returned.” “I had to find a way to free her. So I did what I had to do to see her again.”
What seems far more likely to be the reason Mrs. Kersh is actually related to Pennywise is that the creature decided to use her as a means of finding more children to feed itself. We know from the books and movies that IT sometimes treats vulnerable adults as pawns – it seems Ingrid is just another Henry Bowers.
new episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry Premieres Sunday at 9pm ET on HBO and HBO Max.
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