Hold on tight! Episode 4 of IT: Welcome to Derry just dropped, and it wasted no time to creep inside your mind. The show goes straight for the eyeballs—literally! One moment, Marge Truman is trying to stay in the popular crowd. The next, she’s staring into a mirror as her eyes slide right out of their sockets like something straight from your worst nightmare. This shocking scene hits harder than most Pennywise moments, mainly because Marge does not just panic. Instead, she grabs sharp tools and tries to fix her own eyes! Matilda Lawler, who plays Marge, laughs remembering the shoot: “Luckily, the saw had tape on it. Don’t worry - no children were harmed in the making of this show! But yeah, they go there; it got gory and that was fun,” she told Gold Derby. The suspense builds even earlier in the episode during science class. Marge listens to a lesson about a nasty parasitic worm that makes a snail’s eyes bulge in a creepy way. Marge is distracted, tangled in a small plan to embarrass her old friend Lily. Just as guilt hits her hardest—bam! Pennywise strikes. She rushes to the bathroom, feeling a sharp sting. Her pupils turn into long slimy stalks that knock off her glasses. Screaming “My eyes, my eyes!”, she stumbles down the hallway and crashes into the shop room. There, Marge grabs anything sharp, including a table saw! Lily rushes in to stop her, but the damage is done. Students flood the hall to find a bloody, terrifying scene. Matilda admits the eye scenes freaked her out too: “Whenever I see people touch their eyes, it always icks me out!” To help, she wore a large prosthetic on her face and wires that later became those slimy extended eyes with CGI. At one point, she even had foot-long wires hanging from her face! The episode ends on a heavier note. Shaw brings in Dick Halloran, whose psychic abilities reveal the local indigenous community’s long battle with Pennywise. Rose’s people had fought to trap this monster for centuries, only for colonists to accidentally set him loose again. This deepens the story, showing Derry is not just a spooky town, but one built on old wounds with a monster tied to its very roots. FAQs: - Why do Marge’s eyes change? Pennywise attacks her at a moment of guilt and fear. - Did Matilda Lawler wear real prosthetics? Yes, with wires used for CGI effects. - Does this episode reveal more about Pennywise’s past? Yes, Halloran exposes the indigenous community’s history with him. - Was the table saw scene real? The saw was safely padded; gore was from prosthetics and VFX. - How does this connect to Stephen King’s original story? It expands the lore and brings Halloran deeper into Pennywise’s dark tale.