ERIC Ending Explained: From the creator Abi Morgan, Netflix released their investigation thriller mini-series in six episodes with the famous Benedict Cumberbatch as the main lead. A kid named Edgar goes missing and his father Vincent and his mother Cassandra start searching for him with the police investigating it parallely.
Things get messed up when another kid goes missing before Edgar too and is not yet found. Many things get unveiled when a police officer Michael Ledroit starts digging on both cases.
Episode 6 starts with Vincent waking up in the underground place. People who ran away from that place were getting food from the trucks. Sebastien was there, Cassie was also sitting there without sleep. Cut to Michael Ledroit, he woke up in the bed half naked after his romantic last night with Gator. Gator had a chat with Michael Ledroit. Apparently Michael Ledroit and Gator had a relationship back then. Michael Ledroit told it to William Elliot too. Gator asked Michael Ledroit about William Elliot. Michael Ledroit said he was a good man and funny. Michael Ledroit told Gator about how they met first.
Gator took out the CCTV tape and gave it to Michael Ledroit. Gator told Michael Ledroit that he can’t watch it again. Michael Ledroit saw the number 8 written on the tape. He put it on his player and played the video. The video had Mayor Costello and Marlon Rochelle. Marlon Rochelle was the missing kid before Edgar.
Marlon Rochelle was having an intimate moment with Mayor Costello. And suddenly the police guy and other people came there and took the boy from there and kicked him many times on the ground. The kid died there and the other guys helped to move the dead kid. Michael Ledroit promised Gator that he will use all his powers to make them pay for this.
Michael Ledroit went to the office and gathered every officers inside it and played the video. Michael Ledroit showed them the brutality that happened and told each officer to get ready to arrest Misha Varga and Alexander Lakatos. Michael Ledroit’s officer tried to stop him but he raised his voice against him too. Michael Ledroit warned him he would take this to Internal Affairs if needed. Michael Ledroit and officers went to Misha Varga and Alexander Lakatos and arrested them.
Michael Ledroit found Marlon Rochelle jersey t-shirt with blood stains in it from Misha Varga’s house. Cocaine was also found in Alexander Lakatos’s office. Michael Ledroit arrested Richard for the murder of Marlon Rochelle. The press and people were all over behind this case.
Michael Ledroit interrogated everyone and found out what really happened. Richard had sympathy for the kid, he never intended to kill him, but others killed him. He was in pain after that incident. The CCTV visuals showed he was not involved in killing Marlon Rochelle. Vincent saw Yuusuf and found the drawings. Vincent asked about Edgar. Yuusuf said he was a good kid and he was here before. Yuusuf also said Edgar was afraid of his father that’s why he came out of the house. Vincent asked where is Edgar and Yuusuf showed the way Edgar went. Vincent couldn’t find Edgar there.
People were protesting on their lost homes on the roads. Suddenly Vincent got the idea of showing Eric on tv. He went to his place and took the Eric costume and wore it. He interrupted the protest and talked to the camera like he is talking to Edgar. Edgar came out of the underground and went to a coffee shop. While eating he saw his father as Eric on tv.
Vincent said sorry for what he did to Edgar. Vincent promised him he wouldn’t be like that again. And he asked Edgar to come back. Suddenly Edgar ran to home, at the same time Vincent went running crying to the house. When Vincent reached home Edgar was outside the house. Cassie also came there running. Edgar hugged Vincent and Cassie. Everything went well, Vincent started a proper life. Vincent left the home. Lennie was caught up with his old cases again. Vincent started doing his job properly by respecting co-workers. Vincent met his father and said goodbye.
Cassie and Sebastian started living with Edgar. Persons who were involved in Marlon Rochelle’s death were all arrested by Michael Ledroit. Marlon Rochelle’s mother gave a speech about her son’s death and some thoughts about society. Vincent held a show with Eric again. Edgar came to see Cassie and Sebastien. After the show, Cassie left Edgar there with Vincent for that say. Edgar put on Eric’s costume and came to Vincent. They had a funny chat with each other at the end.
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Overall the series had a happy ending. Both the cases were solved and the people involved int it were arrested. Vincent got changed. Edgar came back.
