HBO Max's It: Welcome to Derry wrapped up with a gritty season finale. For now, Derry seems safe, Pennywise has gone back to the sewers, but it's only a matter of time until he strikes back again. Now, before we roll into further details, here's what the creators have to say about the epilogue scene, which connects the series to the franchise films.In a candid chat with Entertainment Weekly, show creators and EPs Andy Muschietti and Jason Fuchs revealed how it was a last-minute decision to include Sophia Lilli's cameo as a young Beverly in the epilogue scene of the Season 1 finale. Muschietti said"It was important for me to make a stronger connection to the movies. The idea of bringing Beverly back in the epilogue was a last-minute idea."How did Andy Muschietti decide to include Sophia Lillis' cameo as Beverly Marsh in It: Welcome to Derry season finale? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostIt: Welcome to Derry is a part of the wider IT franchise; it was necessary to include some Easter eggs or a link to connect it with the past films. And this is what struck EP and co-creator Andy Muschietti's mind. While the team was prepping for the additional photography, Andy felt that something was missing. Since the series draws a majority of its fan base from the IT movies, it was essential to include a visual link that would be more than a random cameo.This is how they came up with the idea of including Sophia Lillie's Bev. Now, since Ingrid Kirsh was already a pivotal character of It: Welcome to Derry, connecting her with Bev was not a difficult task. Fusch adds,"That scene takes on a different meaning when you go back and rewatch."It: Welcome to Derry Season 1 ending epilogue scene connects it to the IT franchise View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe finale ends on a surprising note. The scene begins with an elderly Ingrid at Juniper Hill Asylum, screaming out of fear as the doctors and the staff rush to comfort her. She repeatedly yells and begs until the music soothes her,"Help me, help me please, where am I? The wolves, the wolves are looking at me, they're staring at me. Don't let them look at me. Please. Do not ignore me. They killed my father. I saw the handkerchief"The next sequence leaps to 26 years later, i.e., just a year before the events of the first IT film, IT: Chapter One (2017). It's October 1988, and an elderly Ingrid (Ingrid Kersh), now calm and composed, paints quietly in her room. She stops when she hears the grieving sounds of a young woman. She steps outside her room, and we see a young Beverly crying for her mother, who has killed herself. Her father pushes her away as she tries to console him. As she turns back, she sees Ingrid staring at her, as she creepily says"Oh dear, don't be sad. You know what they say about Derry. No one who dies here ever really dies."In the 2019 movie, we learnt that Elfrida Marsh killed herself, and we also see Bev's abusive father blaming Bev for her mother's death. In this ending epilogue scene, we come to know that Elfrida was a patient at the Juniper Hill asylum. The moment also teased Bev's bond with her abusive father: a clear hint of Bev's traumatic childhood.Also Read: IT: Welcome to Derry sets up another Stephen King classic - here's howFollow Soap Central for more updates on It: Welcome to Derry.