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"Eric" features a soundtrack full of 70s and 80s songs that set the mood for the 1980s New York setting. The show's focus is more on eerie scenes and dialogue, with music playing a supporting role to establish the era. The large cast of characters brings the crime drama to life, including a giant puppet that serves as a symbol throughout.

This article contains spoilers for the Netflix show Eric.

Netflixs 2024 limited series Eric plays mostly period-accurate songs, following the search for a missing child in 1980s New York. The soundtrack contains many songs from the 70s and 80s, with only a few outliers. Eric doesnt focus much on its music compared to other period dramas, opting for the eeriness of quieter scenes and dialogue. Despite this, the songs Eric does use manage to engage the audience and help establish the show's era. Almost all the songs on the soundtrack...

Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for Eric episodes 1-6 on Netflix.

Vincent in Eric is no clever detective like Sherlock Holmes; his sloppy search for his son is far from the usual Sherlock standards. Detective Ledroit in Eric takes on the role of the impressive detective, making him more similar to Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock character. Fans of mystery elements and Cumberbatch's acting should check out Sherlock after watching Eric.

Benedict Cumberbatch's new TV show, Eric, is officially streaming on Netflix and the series flips his Sherlock role in an intriguing way. Eric is set in 1980s New York, and the Netflix series chronicles the disappearance of nine-year-old Edgar Anderson. Cumberbatch plays Eric's father, Vincent Anderson, who has a tense relationship with his son when the series opens. Vincent is a puppet maker, and he's haunted by one of Edgar's designs after he disappears. Ultimately, Eric's titular puppet does help bring Edgar home.

Eric is a brand-new Netflix original, and it is all about the lives of the people in New York City during the 1980s. This is a period drama, and the general population of the era was all kinds of regressive. The show is set during a time when New York City authorities were planning for a massive redevelopment of the city in the hope of getting rid of the poverty and rampant homelessness. This was also a time when homophobia was at its peak, and men or women being gay was not openly accepted. Countless gay men were working regular jobs and living normal lives, but hiding behind the façade of being happy men. Some men were willing to be in denial about their sexuality, while others led dual lives of having a family but meeting male prostitutes from time to time.

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Leonard “Lennie” Wilson is one of...

It has been a while since Netflix dropped a good period show. This time it was all about life and times in New York during the 1980s, when the city was on the verge of massive redevelopment in the hope of uplifting the homeless. Around that time and before, the crime rate was high, and homophobia was widespread. The rampant corruption in government bodies and the police wreaked havoc in people’s lives. Abi Morgan, the creator of the Netflix original Eric, talks about everything mentioned above, along with the racist attitude towards the African American population in the city.

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Who was Edgar Anderson?

Edgar Anderson was the young child of Vincent Anderson and Cassie. Edgar was a sensitive kid who had his father’s talent for coming up with creative puppets for the show. Vincent was the producer of the puppet show for children named Good Day Sunshine.

The new Netflix original series Eric tells a compelling story about a father’s realizations and determination against the backdrop of difficult social times in New York City in the 1980s. Set during a time when the spread of HIV/AIDS and homophobia were both on the rise, the six-episode series follows an egoistic puppeteer, Vincent, as he reacts to the sudden disappearance of his young son, Edgar. Vincent, portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, is undoubtedly the highlight of the show, although McKinley Belcher III’s determined police detective, Michael Ledroit, is even more enjoyable. Eric successfully delivers a layered and emotional tale and makes for a rather inspiring watch.

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What is the Netflix series about?

Set in New York City in 1985, Eric begins with an introduction to the central characters, a puppeteer named Vincent Anderson and his nine-year-old son, Edgar. Brilliantly talented in designing and using puppets, Vincent...

Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for Eric on Netflix.

The puppet in Netflix's Eric is voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, who also plays Vincent in the gripping psychological drama. Eric is an extension of Vincent's mind, so it makes sense that the actor portrays the giant, furry puppet. Cumberbatch initially considered a more "startling" voice for Eric, but the creative team decided against this.

Netflix's Eric gets its name from a puppet who helps Vincent Anderson find his son, and viewers might be wondering who voices Benedict Cumberbatch's big, furry companion in the show. Although Eric is about the disappearance of nine-year-old Edgar Anderson, the series features puppets throughout its six-episode run. This is because Edgar's father works on Good Day Sunshine, a children's production that designs and utilizes puppets to entertain its audience. Vincent and Edgar bond over their shared interest in drawing and design, and Edgar shares his idea...

Eric on Netflix immerses viewers in a gritty, realistic drama inspired by 1980s missing-persons cases. Though not true stories, Edgar and Marlon's disappearances in Eric feel hauntingly similar to real events. Writer Abi Morgan captures the era's unsettling vibe in Eric, using other details of the decade to fully bring it to life.

Netflix's limited series, Eric, chronicles the search for two missing children, and it may leave viewers wondering if Benedict Cumberbatch's new show is based on a true story. Eric has the gritty feeling of a true crime drama, as it centers on two devastating disappearances. Detective Michael Ledroit (McKinley Belcher III) attempts to track down Edgar Anderson and doing so pushes him to return to an earlier investigation that involves police corruption and a nightclub's sex trafficking ring.

The realistic 1980s setting of Eric makes the story even more believable, and the cast of the...

What monsters hide in the darkest corners of our minds?

Eric, the emotional thriller from playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan and director Lucy Forbes, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent Anderson,explores the concept of both physical and psychological monsters. For Vincent, the successful, yet troubled creator of an ’80s children’s show Good Day Sunshine, the brooding monster lurking around every corner is both. He’s also big, blue and white, and goes by the name Eric.

But Vincent’s real life is far more frightening than the imaginary beast that haunts him. His 9-year-old son, Edgar (Ivan Howe), goes missing in the gritty streets of 1985 New York City — where structural inequity has led to an addiction epidemic...

Plot: Vincent, one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet, Eric, convinced that if he can get Eric on TV then Edgar will come home. As Vincent’s progressively destructive behaviour alienates his family, his work colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it’s Eric, a delusion of necessity, who becomes his only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home.

Review: The idea behind Eric, as depicted in the trailer for the series, is a fascinating concept. A man driven to the edge of sanity after the disappearance of his son bonds with an imaginary monster created by his child to rescue him.

The new Netflix miniseries Eric asks one of the universal questions: What if Jim Henson was an emotionally abusive drunk, his son went missing in mid-Eighties New York City, the investigation involved crooked cops and a queer nightclub and an underground encampment for the unhoused, and Henson began hallucinating conversations with his newest Muppet as a way to cope with all of this?

You know, that old chestnut.

Technically, Benedict Cumberbatch is not playing Henson, but a fictional peer of the late, great puppet master: Vincent Anderson, creator and chief puppeteer of a beloved,...