"Constantly swigging from small bottles of what might well be gin, he's intolerant, aggressive, arrogant and sexist, liable to greet the mildest of comments with a sarcastic tirade of abuse."
In Abi Morgan's six-part drama, the son of a brilliant puppeteer Vincent Anderson (Benedict Cumberbatch) goes missing in 1980s New York. "It's a city riddled with squalor, homelessness, racism and rampant crime," said Adam Sweeting at The Arts Desk, and Vincent's mental health is suffering. "Constantly swigging from small bottles of what might well be gin, he's intolerant, aggressive, arrogant and sexist, liable to greet the mildest of comments with a sarcastic tirade of abuse."