SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the limited series “ Eric ,” now streaming on Netflix. Abi Morgan wants the sting of her new Netflix limited series “Eric” to linger with the audience long after it’s over. Sure, there is plenty to be happy about in the final moments.
Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe) returns home to his parents. Vincent ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) seeks rehabilitative help for his addiction and behavior issues in an attempt to be a better father and human being. Cassie (Gaby Hoffmann) leaves Vincent to prioritize herself, Edgar and a new baby on the way.
Detective Ledroit (McKinley Belcher III) gets some semblance of justice in the tragic murder of Marlon Rochelle. But as Morgan tells Variety , the joy of one child coming home is a reminder that so many others, like Marlon, never do. “I didn’t want the audience to say that was a happy ending,” says the series creator and writer.
“That was an uncomfortable ending. There is relief, because everyone wants a child to find their way home to their parents. But for me, there is also an ache at the end of the show, and it is a very deliberate and intentional ache that we should all feel.
It is palpable and important that it is present. If it isn’t, then this is just another TV show that used the trope of a kid disappearing as entertainment. I want it to be more than that.
” Over six episodes, Vincent loses everything, as the fear over his culpability in the disappearance of his son compounds h.
