Eric
Appreciate the efforts and ambition of Lucy Forbes and company, but it is clear they bit off way more than they could chew. The show drowns itself in a plethora of heavy themes, topics, and subplots, but ends up choking when it comes to its execution. Besides some very surface level, if well-intentioned, observations regarding addiction, family, grief, homelessness, pedophilia, racism, class, state/police corruption, crime, and the 80s' homophobia (told you it was a lot), it doesn't really end up saying much about anything. In fact, it seems to almost have some tone-deaf plot points that (seemingly) unintentionally reenforce some harmful, homophobic stereotypes - reflecting popular conservative talking points. Additionally, having a "good cop beat the system from the inside" was also a pretty out of touch trope to implement, while trying to discuss these issues with any modicum of seriousness. Vincent's inner struggles being personified by the imaginary Eric was a cute gimmick i applauded at first, but ended up doing very little to service the story, at all.
This is all me nitpicking, sure, especially when the show's intentions are relatively clear, and all this WOULD be more forgivable, if the main narrative/mystery was a little more compelling.
On a technical level, the show is wonderfully shot, with great lighting and colors. The acting is pretty great, too.
The show is captivating from the jump, but fails to deliver any sense of fulfillment, as it slowly trots towards the end.