The adventures of Vince Faraday, his nemesis Peter Flemming, and Max Malini’s carnival of crime are coming to a close… online. Early last month NBC cut The Cape‘s episode count from 13 to 10 and decided more recently not to air the 10th and final episode of the season. The terribly rated superhero drama ran its ninth episode this past Monday “Razer” which was originally intended as a two-parter to close out the season; at the last minute NBC yanked the second hour from the schedule and placed a rerun of Chuck in that slot. Nothing against Chuck, but yeah, that’s how badly the Peacock wants this show off the air–they wouldn’t even let it whimper before killing it. So Cape fans (all five of you), the plan to release episode ten goes like this according to the official site:

Flash: The creators of The Cape are prepping an exclusive episode just for online fans! Keep watching this site in the days ahead to see a full-length special episode.

And that’s all we know. NBC has yet to officially cancel the show, but if they are so against airing one more episode to close things out for the season, I have much doubt we’ll be seeing Faraday and friends in the fall. When NBC announces the online-only air date for the finale you’ll know about it as soon as it makes itself known.

The Event will take over the Monday night 9PM slot starting next week (3/7). Curious to see how this one will perform after its lengthy and much needed hiatus.

[Via Deadline; TVSeriesFinale]