The Cape #SixSeasonsandaMovie

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15 years ago yesterday The Cape premiered on NBC 🦚

Only to be cancelled 10 episodes later

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On January 9, 2011, NBC would premiere the first two episodes of The Cape, an original superhero TV series from creator Tom Wheeler. Starring David Lyons as Vince Faraday, a cop turned superhero who gets left for dead and then taken in by circus performers who moonlight as thieves, The Cape had all the makings of a classic comic from a certain era. In the series, he utilizes his training from the circus and its leader, Max Malini (Keith David), using acrobatics, tightrope walking, and illusion tricks, alongside his titular cape, to try and stop crime while also clearing his name and bringing down the devious leader of Palm City.

It sounds all well and good from the surface, but The Cape was largely ignored by the public. Reviews for the series were mixed at best, with a 54 rating on Metacritic. What’s most noteworthy about the series is two-fold, though, the first being how its ending was completely botched by the network and the second being a creative gag that had almost nothing to do with the show itself. In the end, The Cape is largely forgotten, but the joke it inspired on Community is a meme that everyone .....

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