Anyone else watch the premiere of THE CAPE last night?

I have to admit I was impressed. And I had initially no intention of watching the show at all. I had been watching DATELINE and, since THE CAPE premiered right after that, I just decided "Hey, why not give it a look?"

I liked the whole concept of all the super-hero stuff really being learned as tricks from a circus troupe. I didn't exactly buy the way the hero used various poisons to set an immunity to them within his own body, but it was great drama for sure. And the major villain was snarky and slimey in a way that made your skin crawl. (Kudos to the cameraman doing those closeups with the uplighting that makes the villain's eyes look like reflective snake-eyes. When in his worse crazed baddie planning mode, the lighting is doing that to his eyes making him look so creepy. And then the guy moves to another position and the effect purposefully disappears as the villain returns to the guise of businessman. Man, is that technique effective!)

The show is dark and moody and quite violent. I will tune in again, though whether I will watch it on a regular basis, I'm still not sure. Violence tends to get to me anymore and I'm already hooked on FRINGE, which can rachet up the violence meter as well.

Just wondered what others thought of this new show.