Could The Cape be the next Heroes?!

(Season one people, the only season worth talking about was season one).

As this season's offerings come to a close we're starting to get a few glimpses of what to look forward to next season. Among them and in the wake of shows like Heroes and Human Target is The Cape, a modern day retelling of the Robin Hood stories (with a few little twists like a family). Vince Faraday is a family man and the only good cop still serving on what is presumably the New York Police Department, after he is framed and left for dead he becomes an outlaw, cut off from his wife and son and unable to return to his home.

In exile he meets a Circus master who shows him the ticks of the trade he needs to become "The Cape" and fight back against the corruption that plagues his fair city. Modelled on his son's favourite Comic book hero, "The Cape" becomes a crusader for good and an outlaw who is hunted by his former comrades in arms. Along the way he picks up a few friends, including Summer Glau who plays his insider as a Blogger with access to vast amounts of media (read Marian, though one hopes not a love interest since there's the pesky matter of his wife and kid), a strange "Little John" amalgam made up of Verne Troyer and Vinnie Jones, and various other secondary characters.

I won't lie, even though the trailer is the ultimate cheese I'll probably watch a few episodes. Hopefully Summer's penchant for picking good projects will hold true. And hopefully NBC's tendency to let new shows reach their stride will overrule the other part of Summer's penchant which is being on good shows that end before they should...