In the mystery 'Eric,' desperation and decline manifest into a life-size monster puppet
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In the Netflix miniseries, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann play a troubled couple whose son goes missing, and a detective, played by McKinley Belcher III, has to unravel the disappearance.