'Eric' is two entirely disparate stories. Apart in nearly every aspect.
One story was about a homosexual, black police officer trying to locate missing children. This story was brilliant. It was gritty, intriguing and genuinely interesting which linked many of the characters together at the end.
The other story about a substance abuser losing his child and his ridiculous behaviour after the event was terrible. The characters in this half of the show were all horrendous, even Edgar. I was genuinely hoping he had drowned at the end- that would have been the deserved outcome- instead we get ten minutes of Benedict Cumberbatch confessing all his misdeeds on television in an ending that was so saccharine it would have caused diabetics into a hyperglycaemic shock. There in lies my biggest gripe, totally the show was all over the place. One moment we're watching a child murdered and dumped then we're watching a comedy drama. If somebody recut this and removed the scenes with the puppet and some of the scenes of Cumberbatch's spiral then it would be great television.
One story was about a homosexual, black police officer trying to locate missing children. This story was brilliant. It was gritty, intriguing and genuinely interesting which linked many of the characters together at the end.
The other story about a substance abuser losing his child and his ridiculous behaviour after the event was terrible. The characters in this half of the show were all horrendous, even Edgar. I was genuinely hoping he had drowned at the end- that would have been the deserved outcome- instead we get ten minutes of Benedict Cumberbatch confessing all his misdeeds on television in an ending that was so saccharine it would have caused diabetics into a hyperglycaemic shock. There in lies my biggest gripe, totally the show was all over the place. One moment we're watching a child murdered and dumped then we're watching a comedy drama. If somebody recut this and removed the scenes with the puppet and some of the scenes of Cumberbatch's spiral then it would be great television.
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