Pleasantly surprised!
I liked the two part theatrical release of IT a few years ago. I kept seeing screencaps from Welcome To Derry appearing in my Tumblr feed but it looked like a cheap knock-off of the films. Still, they intrigued me enough that I finally sat down last night and started watching, and it was only the late hour that prevented me from binging the entire series to date. Yeah, it’s that good.
I really pulled me in without reservation was when the character Dick Hollerand was introduced. Does that name sound familiar? If you’re familiar with The Shining, it should. And then it all clicked. Same character. Same abilities. Both Welcome to Derry and The Shining are part of the same universe. Knowing this—and King’s running theme of government experimentation in areas it shouldn’t be—I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if references to The Mist as well as Dreamcatcher pop up as the series progresses.