Eric, the new miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is streaming now on Netflix, but who is the kidnapper of the missing boy?
In the show, which was written by Abi Morgan (Shame, Suffragette), Cumberbatch plays Vincent, the puppeteer father of nine-year-old Edgar, who has gone missing in New York.
Vincent tries to track his son down by creating an enormous furry puppet, which he names Eric, that the kid had been doodling before he disappeared.
The six-part psychological thriller is streaming in full now on Netflix after its May 30 release. Watch the trailer below: In a three-star review of the series, NME wrote: “Eric does, undoubtedly, have valid things to say about racial politics in the US – as well as how terrible it is to suppress your true identity.
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