This article contains spoilers for "It: Welcome to Derry" season 1, episode 2, "The Thing in the Dark."

At the end of the day, it's no massive surprise that "The Shining" character Dick Hallorann (Chris Chalk) is in town for "It: Welcome to Derry." Stephen King's "It" novel reveals that he spent some time there in his youth and was (very briefly and in a small capacity) involved in some key plot elements that I won't discuss here to avoid potentially spoiling "Welcome to Derry" season 1's endgame.

However, "Welcome to Derry" season 1, episode 2 ("The Thing in the Dark") suggests that its version of Hallorann isn't quite the same guy as he is in the show's source material. For one, the book version of the character is an Army cook. Here, though, Hallorann has switched military branc

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