Apparently I have a thing for media that tries to address urban inequity, homelessness and mental health because between this and Joe Wright's The Soloist (2009), I am far more favorable a viewer than most. I get that there are flaws, but they seem relatively trite to all the bold swings I think are pulled off here. Eric is awfully bleak, and even with an ending that satisfies all of its many plot threads, I found the final of its 6 episodes to be the most depressing. It's also at the end of the series that the symbolism supersedes the literal storytelling, but I didn't mind. There's probably something to be said about how some accuse Eric of being too short & filled with ideas while others claim it's too drawn out and repetitive. Some do it in the same breath. Maybe another episode or two might have curtailed some of its more coincidental turns while a leaner run might have forced out some of its themes to streamline its social conscience. I don't know. I think it gets a lot right, and I think there's enough meaning to be mined from all it presents. I'm bummed folks don't seem to give it a second glance.