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Benedict Cumberbatch’s Disturbing but Poignant ‘Eric’ Is About Much More Than a Missing Boy: TV Review
Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffman are exceptional in Netflix's 1980s-set series "Eric" which is about much more than a missing child case.
In Netflix ’s limited series “Eric,” from screenwriter Abi Morgan (“Shame,” “The Hour”), famed puppeteer Vincent Anderson ( Benedict Cumberbatch) and his wife, Cassie (Gaby Hoffmann), are forced to grapple with what-ifs when their 9-year-old son, Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe), vanishes. While Cassie leans on the NYPD and Missing Persons Squad detective Michael Ledroit (a compelling McKinley Belcher III), Vincent begins to unravel. At the urging of a detective, Vincent leans into the microphone and says, “Edgar, if you’re watching this … I’m sorry, buddy.” This eerie message lingers in the air as the series pulls back in time to two days earlier.
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