The Most-Watched New Thriller On Netflix Is A Father’s Worst Nightmare
Have you ever wanted to watch Benedict Cumberbatch dance with a giant blue puppet while mourning the disappearance of his young son? I have great news for you: you can see just that in the brand new series Eric, which is streaming now on Netflix. Created by Abi Morgan, the six-episode limited series follows a puppeteer searching for his missing son in 1980s New York City.
In Eric, per Netflix, “A desperate father battles his demons on the vibrant, dangerous, and intoxicating streets of ’80s New York in a race to bring home his missing son.”
While the titular giant puppet throws a tonal wrench into what could be another straightforward crime thriller, it also speaks to the humanity at the Netflix series’ core. Morgan, nominated for her work on films such as The Iron Lady and Shame, is known for hitting that emotional depth in her work. This time, she just added way more puppets.
Morgan told Tudum about her series,
“When I pitched the idea of a New York puppeteer on a quest to find his missing son, with a seven-foot-tall blue monster in tow, it’s to Netflix’s eternal credit that they jumped on board. Eric is a deep dive into the ’80s Big Apple, grappling with rising crime rates, internal corruption, endemic racism, a forgotten underclass, and the AIDS epidemic, exposing the divisions rife between parents searching for their child, a detective battling with a system that is broken, and a lost boy who may never come home—and asks where the real monsters lie. With puppets … lots of puppets.”
Cumberbatch stars in the series with Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler, Clarke Peters, and Ivan Morris Howe.
Viewers have been quickly discovering Eric on the streamer, singing its praises for acting, atmosphere, and overall message about finding your place in the world.
See just a few of those reactions below:
Eric is streaming now on Netflix.
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