The Cape: S1 Ep2-Kozmo (Spoilers Ahead)

The Cape returns this week in its regular time slot.

Here's what TV Guide has to say about "Kozmo"

 Vince fights to protect his new friends from an old pal of Max's who comes in search of the cape. Meanwhile, Dana returns to work at the public defender's office, and Peter and Marty try to determine Orwell's real identity.

Looks like we're going to get some background on the history of the actual cape that Vince Faraday uses as The Cape.  I'll be back with my thoughts after the show.

Decent episode tonight.  We learned that the cape seems to have some kind of power to know what lies deep down in the soul of its wearer.  In recent history, Max Malini was the wearer of the cape that has been passed along through generations.  Max passed along the cape to his apprentice, Gregor, but Max saw that Gregor had a dark soul, so Max took the cape back and tipped off the authorities about Gregor's crimes.  Gregor escapes from prison and hunts down Max to take back his cape.

Meanwhile, Peter Fleming (James Frain) aka Chess and his stooge Marty got close to capturing and eliminating Orwell.  We also see Peter trying to find out where his daughter is.  Seems she's been on the run from him for some time.  It was heavily hinted at in tonight's episode that Orwell may indeed be the daughter of Chess.

Dana Faraday is settling in to her new job at the public defender's office (at least it seems like the public defender's office and not the District Attorney's office as some sources are saying).  While going through the large pile of new cases, she comes across a defendant that lives at the Train Yards.  When she goes to talk to this defendant, she uncovers evidence that suggests that her husband was framed.

Later on we see ARK is rounding up all the folks at the train yards to hopefully bury any evidence that supports the notion of Vince's innocence.

We see Orwell beginning to come out of her shell a little bit tonight.

Best moments:
Gregor is looking for information on where his cape might be.  He joins a card game and gets the information he's looking for, then kills the other players with playing cards to the jugular.

I also like that the show is building up a decent Rogue's Gallery.  In the big showdown between Vince and Gregor, Vince has the chance to kill Gregor, but decides to take the high road and have him turned over to the authorities back in Russia which sets up an opportunity for a return.

Next week, we see the return of Vinnie Jones as Scales.

Main Cast:
David Lyons (ER) - Vince Faraday aka The Cape
James Frain (True Blood) - Peter Fleming aka Chess
Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse) - Orwell
Keith David (Pitch Black) - Max Malini
Jennifer Ferrin (As the World Turns) - Dana Faraday
Ryan Wynott (Flash Forward) - Trip Faraday
Martin Klebba (Scrubs) - Rollo