The Cape

The Cape

2011
The Cape
The Cape

The Cape

5.7 | TV-14 | en | Drama

"The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" - his son's favorite comic book superhero - and takes the law into his own hands.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP10  Endgame
Mar. 11,2011
Endgame

The Cape's worlds collide as Dana defends Marty after Fleming sets him up to the take the fall for corruption in Palm City.

EP9  Razer
Feb. 28,2011
Razer

Concerned about the protection of his gang’s city territory, Scales makes a controversial pact with Fleming and plans to bring a dangerous villain, Razer, to the city. Vince intercepts Razer’s arrival, disguises himself as the villain, and infiltrates the inner circle of Scales and his gang. Meanwhile, Fleming battles internally with his alter ego, Chess, and Orwell remains in a dreary state, hinting at a uncertain future.

EP8  The Lich (2)
Feb. 21,2011
The Lich (2)

The Cape, Max, and Rollo are forced to rely on Dana's legal connections to help them discover The Lich's whereabouts. Heavily entranced by Conrad Chandler's (The Lich) potent serum, Orwell struggles to fight off the physiological and mental effects of the strong dose. Meanwhile, Netta's strange loyalty to The Lich is clarified. In a sedated, weak state, Orwell drifts between reality and fantasy sequences, which slowly reveal her history and past.

EP7  The Lich (1)
Feb. 14,2011
The Lich (1)

Orphaned since birth, Conrad Chandler, the heir of one of Palm City’s founders, exacts revenge on the public and threatens to paralyze and control the city. The Cape and Max alert Marty of the impending danger to the city, which backfires on The Cape. Meanwhile, the Secretary of Prisons, Patrick Portman, aids Orwell in her search for the lone heir. Orwell locates Conrad through Netta, his mysterious caretaker, but soon discovers his deeply disturbing past and finds herself in danger. Elsewhere, Dana becomes increasingly uncomfortable with her new social life.

EP6  Goggles and Hicks
Feb. 07,2011
Goggles and Hicks

Badly bruised and exhausted, The Cape heeds advice from Max to take some time off to recover. Determined to finally kill The Cape, Peter Fleming hires a tech-savvy team, including Goggles and Hicks, to track and destroy The Cape. Meanwhile, Orwell faces digital challenges against the teams’ strong expertise and Dana becomes more involved in uncovering the truth about Vince’s case.

EP5  Dice
Jan. 31,2011
Dice

Peter Fleming (aka Chess) and the ARK Corporation prepare to unveil a special device that may alter the fate of Palm City. Tracey Jerrod (aka Dice), a young savant and inspiration for the device, emerges and targets Chess to avenge her father's death. Realizing he must keep his enemy alive in order to fully destroy him, Vince (aka The Cape) suddenly finds himself defending his archnemesis. With the help of Rollo, Ruvi, Raia and Max, Vince attempts to master new skills and also tries to accept how his choices will affect his wife, Dana and son, Trip.

EP4  Scales
Jan. 24,2011
Scales

When "The Cape" tips off Dominic Raoul (aka Scales) that Peter Fleming has been extorting money from him, Scales heads to a costume party on a train to confront Fleming. "The Cape" and Orwell, also at the party, discover Max and the gang are going to heist the train, and Vince/The Cape is conflicted about what to do. Meanwhile, Dana and Trip must endure scrutiny and taunts while trying to deal with their loss.

EP3  Kozmo
Jan. 17,2011
Kozmo

Max Malini's old friend Gregor Molotov has come to town, but not for a friendly visit. He is looking for whoever has the cape, and The Cape/Vince has to protect the carnies who took him in. Dana, Vince's wife, returns to work after grieving his loss and sees Palm City's corruption at work in the public defender's office. She also discovers there were witnesses when Vince vanished.

EP2  Tarot
Jan. 09,2011
Tarot

Ark Corporation's aim is at prison privatization, but The Cape will battle Chess and his newest ally Chef to stop it. As Chess and Chef set their sites on Secretary for the Bureau of Prisons Patrick Portman, the Cape intervenes, barely surviving the encounter. Orwell, Max Malini, and the circus gang band together to help the Cape recover and also save Patrick. Aired the same date as the previous episode.

EP1  Pilot
Jan. 09,2011
Pilot

Former police sergeant Vince Faraday is framed as notorious criminal Chess and left for dead at the hands of the corrupt ARK corporation's security. Mentored by Max Malini among a group of bank robbers who use carnival talents, Vince must leave behind his wife and son to fight against corruption in Palm City, including villains Chess and Scales. Under the guise of The Cape, Vince must trust mysterious blogger Orwell to help in the fight.

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5.7 | TV-14 | en | Drama , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 2011-01-09 | Released Producted By: Universal Media Studios , BermanBraun Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.nbc.com/the-cape/
Synopsis

"The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" - his son's favorite comic book superhero - and takes the law into his own hands.

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Cast

David Lyons , Keith David , Summer Glau

Director

Cece Destefano

Producted By

Universal Media Studios , BermanBraun

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Reviews

hearuc This was a great short lived show. It was nice to see mostly human super heroes & villains. The Cape was one of only a few shows in recent years that held my attention enough to watch every episode.The cast worked well together. Several of the characters were both heroes & criminals. There was enough relationship building to keep my wife interested in the show. There was enough action & plot to keep us entertained. They developed the characters to a point that we wanted to know more about them & would have enjoyed another season to see many of the villains return. Overall a great show that could have ended better & too few episodes to fully develop a culture & all its characters to their potential. It's probably too far gone to bring it back. Though they could do a movie or animated comic or incorporate some of the characters into other media.
WakenPayne I have just spent the past three days (in my spare time) watching this cancelled TV Show (At least give the people who like it dignity and give us an episode or TV movie that ties up all the loose ends). The premise is that A cop is framed as a serial killer he is pursuing by the serial killer, who happens to be the most powerful man in the city. The cop goes on the run and then fakes his death. He then gets dragged into a circus and eventually gets trained skills to fight the most powerful man back, After that he assumes the identity of THE CAPE! a superhero his son likes.I have seen every episode - it's good TV Drama (for a fact I looked at the pilot - not knowing whether I would like it or not) but it also seems like - on occasion, It wanted to tread in the Joss Whedon style of Comedic Drama. Sometimes the jokes work, sometimes they don't (in the pilot you will find some in the latter). The Acting is good (aside from Ryan Wynott) with the best performance being David Lyons.Take my advice: If you are a comic-book reader like me but thought "NO THIS SHOW IS THE ULTIMATE #### YOU TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY READ COMICS" then you have nothing to worry about because I watched the pilot prepared to think that, it didn't happen. However, yes some parts are corny - but it is not overdone (thank goodness).
lulurma I do not know why good shows are given a short period of time to make it on a network and other shows that are corny and have very little value are given not only a whole season but two or more seasons. This is a good entertaining show that anyone in the family can watch. In a time when Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Green Hornet, Green Lantern, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Wonder Woman, Ironman, and now Captain America, I think we have room for another superhero and this one does a great job of defending the American way. Why is the network talking cancellation when the show has barely had a chance to get started. Most shows don't find their groove until the second season when they have time to work out all the bugs and find out what works and what doesn't. I think NBC needs to give The Cape a reprieve and lets see what the show can with a few more shows under its "cape".
Green_Saturn First of all, to all the people who have made snarky remarks about how lame the idea of a magic cape sounds- IT'S NOT MAGIC! If you take the time to actually WATCH the show you'll see that the character learns to use the cape as a weapon. He's called The Cape. If it was a magic cape he'd be The Magic Cape. Criticize the rest of the show all you want, but please stop complaining about the magic cape when it isn't magic. You could even say that the idea of a guy using a cape as a weapon is dumb- just DON'T call it MAGIC! It's not magic!Anyway, this is truly a remarkable show. Only two episodes have aired so far, so the acting is still finding its footing, but from what I've seen this is definitely a show worth sticking with. The character Vince Faraday is entertaining. His back story is cool. The origin of The Cape character is creative. David Lyons is an excellent choice to play the character and everything works in harmony with him on this show.The soundtrack is one of my favorite parts of this show. I'm really glad they decided to write their own scores for this- it makes the show feel as full as a full-length film. I can see an award for best original score coming sometime in thus show's future.I'm going to stick with this show for as long as it runs- and I'm betting it's going to run for quite a while. Amidst endless crime shows and dreary medical shows, The Cape is one of those rare diamonds you find in the dust. Please, NBC, do yourselves a favor and keep this show for as long as you can!