- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 9, 2011
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 86 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 53 out of 86
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Mixed: 16 out of 86
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Negative: 17 out of 86
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May 11, 2011This is the best new series I have seen in years. Reminiscent of The Shadow, with a good dose of quirky humour and story. Also graced with great actors and an originality lacking in many television shows today.
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Jan 10, 2011NBC is making a good turn with this show. The first REAL superhero show of the 2010s or even the 21st Century, The Cape is what network TV needs. A show with heart.
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Jan 10, 2011
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Jan 11, 2011
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Jan 11, 2011It Sure got some flaws! But that said i think if you look past the at times cheesy dialog and the obvious batman reference it's actually good entertainment.
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Jan 11, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 28, 2011
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Dec 20, 2011The cape was a great show! especially for just starting and having the funding it did for one season. It was maybe a little cheesy given it was made for t.v., but it definitely was very suspenseful and well done! they should bring it back for another season and see how it does.
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Jan 10, 2011The Cape is by far the best show on Sunday nights. A break from either a news show or a drama aimed at females, The Cape offers a good ol' superhero show that nerds and regular viewers alike can watch. Great performances by all of the actors. Tripp could be a little better but he's just a kid.
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Jan 9, 2011
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Jan 9, 2011
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Jan 10, 2011The Cape is a great reminder that there still can be good TV. With the motivation of his family, good cop Vince Faraday becomes The Cape, a hero that uses his cape as a weapon in his fight against Chess, the multimillionaire CEO of ARK Corporation, a private military force that is taking over police ops in Palm City.
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Jan 10, 2011
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Jan 16, 2011
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Jan 10, 2011The Cape is a brilliant mix of nostalgia and grit. It's a great TV that brings to mind the great comic shows of old. It might be hard for people used to "Heroes" type superhero shows to adapt but I feel it won't be so hard.
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Jan 11, 2011
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Feb 6, 2011
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Feb 7, 2011
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Feb 14, 2011This show is fun. I really enjoy watching a light show with comparatively little violence and basically sexless. The premise is fresh and the acting very good. Tonight's episode " Beauty and the Lich" is a very good story enriching the entire series with information that keeps building and building with great twists.
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Feb 15, 2011I look forward to seeing The Cape every Monday night. I have seen the old Batman and Star Trek TV series and I always thought they were great. This series keeps the campy feeling while being current with special effects and great story lines.
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Feb 21, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 10, 2011The Cape is a great show. It has a mix of everything you need in a superhero movie or show in one bundle. This is a must watch for any comic book or superhero fan.
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Jan 10, 2011
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Jan 13, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 15, 2011I thought the pilot was pretty good for a superhero show. Not an actual good show though, so I doubt it'll last. No superhero show has been really good or has lasted besides Smallville but this one has potential and there's a lot of fans out there for this genre. I hope it stays around fir a while.
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Feb 3, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Feb 8, 2011
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Feb 8, 2011
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Feb 23, 2011This show is down right laughable. The story is awful. The acting is mediocre. It's just plan out not fun to watch and with a show premise like the one from The Cape, you need it to be fun before it is anything else.
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Jan 12, 2011i love this series. I never forget to watch it. It is worth seeing. I liked the acting of the characters in this show. It is quite impressive.
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Jan 16, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 9, 2011I agree with Miknificant. The casting is alright. But everything else struggles. If it's serious (with the occasional joke) then it's got problems. If it's deliberately being cheesy, then I guess it's not for me. Didn't need to be 2 hours though.
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Feb 23, 2011
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Jan 9, 2011Still deciding if the producers of the show are intending it to be as cheesy as it is, or if it's just terrible. The only good part about this show so far is the cast.
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Jan 9, 2011Too convoluted and cliche in the first episode. The best way to describe this show comes in the form of lines from said episode. Store Clerk, "What do they call you?"
The Cape,"The Cape."
Clerk, "The Cape? Well You'll work on it."
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Jan 10, 2011The Cape seems a bit corny and cliche. The show sort of like Robocop meets "Dark Angel" plus a little of Heroes season 4 (maybe even a sprinkle of "Spawn") - except in regards to the "Dark Angel" aspect, the roles of the hero and cyber-geek character are reversed.
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Jan 16, 2011Fell asleep during my first watching of the pilot. Had to start it over when I woke up, and it was torturous to get through. I know you should always give new shows a few episodes before you really judge, and I might tune in again mid season (if it isn't canceled) but for right now I could not, in good conscience, give it a higher rating than this.
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Jan 20, 2011The pilot was terrible but the last 2 episodes have been pretty decent.The problem with the show is that its waaaay too cheesy,the dialogue is cringe inducing at times,and the lead actor(David Lyons)is stiff and boring.If they can fix it up a bit,Ill stick with it.
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Feb 17, 2012
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Sep 8, 2012I don't know why this show has gotten such bad ratings. I think it's a great show. Good acting, great comic book style story, some very unique ideas and engaging, semi realistic action makes this a must see. Disappointing that it got cancelled. Also, this show is NOTHING like heroes and it isn't trying to be! So stop saying that people! If you think it is then you obviously haven't seen heroes.
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Aug 25, 2012This show is a joke. I wanted to love it but it fell apart. The pilot was decent but the show just got worse and worse. The enemies were laughable and the heroes were dry. In the end, this show was just a massive dissapointment.
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Mar 27, 2014Minus 3 for originality. It is pretty much a combination of batman and the the Green Arrow, except has a crap back story. Minus another but for the awful, awful costuming and story-line. Good for five year-old who dream of smashing people's face in. Not worth watching.
Awards & Rankings
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Every time he flaps into view in his baggy hoodedness, he looks like Batman in need of a tailor. [17 Jan 2011, p.40]
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The source of the show's downfall is more basic: It rushes through everything, pulverizing potentially engaging characters and story until the whole production starts to feel like a long trailer for itself.
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It's a series that looks like a whole bunch of cooks decided to build the most creatively awesome and different kitchen imaginable, forgetting for a moment that none of them can really cook.