TV Review - The Cape

Have today off, which I'm quite happy about. Leaving around 2pm to look at flats again with realtor.
It's cold, it's gloomy, the sky has this dull yellow-grayish light, reminding me once again why I dislike January.

Just finished watching the new mid-season show The Cape - which has promise, but isn't quite there yet. It feels too much like too many other superhero series that I've watched recently to hold my interest. Had to keep rewinding, because I kept wandering off to do other things during it - surf the web, make lunch, knit, untangle yarn, putter. In short - it has a few intriguing ideas, but the execution is sorely lacking. Ah execution, very important, or so I'm learning. Been having that problem with a lot of things lately - great idea, really bad execution.

Simple enough plot-structure, unlike Heroes, which had a complicated plot-structure. Cop gets framed, is believed to be dead, family thinks he was a dirty cop and dead - he takes on a new identity to fight to a)clear his name, b) defeat the guy who framed him and c) clean up his city (some fictional place in the US). He falls in with a bunch of carnival folk who rob banks as a sideline. Luckily all the banks are run by the villain, Chess, so it's not that big a deal morally speaking to rob them. Chess is the big bad corporate honcho who has taken over town and privatized the police force. Yes, it's another libertarian fantasy/nightmare piece about the evils of lobbyist supported centralized government, which most likely means it won't have much appeal outside the US of A.
( vague plot spoilers )

Rather snarky mood this weekend for some reason, I blame the weather. ;-)

Downton Abbey

Watching Downton Abbey and tried to place Mrs. Isobel Crawley - and thought..."Doctor Who"?
So looked her up on line and sure enough she played Prime Minister Harriet Smith on Doctor Who and Children of the Earth...I think. Great actress.

Downton reminds me a great deal of Godsford Park and Upstairs Downstairs....and once again a rather
interesting depiction and condemnation examination of the British cast/class system.
As well as women's roles within that system. Not sure how historically accurate it is, but since it's fictional, not sure it matters.

Question: Does anyone know what's being cut out of the US presentation and why? (It's being shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting System (which is supported by state funding and subscribers) - which means there are no commercials). Because at the end of each 1hr and 30 minute episode - after the credits roll and the previews roll, a ten minute blurb which is wonderful, yet I don't see it in the next episode - this great "teaser" blurb. What I want to know - is this a cut scene or just an upcoming one? If it's a cut one - I want to kill whoever edited this.

Rather enjoying this series. Love, and I mean, love the characters - almost all of them except for Mrs. O'Brien and Thomas - who I sort of want to kick, but they provide a bit of conflict, so maybe not.( spoilers for episode 3 )

Off to bed, work again tomorrow.