The Flash

45min

Action & Adventure

Crime

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry Allen, transforming him into the fastest man alive--The Flash.

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television

Pet Fly Productions

Episodes

Cast

Pilot

1. Pilot

1h 34min

20th Sep 1990

A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.

Out of Control

2. Out of Control

47min

27th Sep 1990

Homeless people are dying and their bodies are disappearing. Tina rekindles a relationship with a former colleague who is an expert in genetic engineering.

Watching the Detectives

3. Watching the Detectives

48min

18th Oct 1990

The corrupt District Attorney Thomas Castillo hires a private eye named Megan Lockhart to find out the Flash's identity. He then blackmails Barry to work for him, or he'll expose his secret.

Honor Among Thieves

4. Honor Among Thieves

46min

25th Oct 1990

While arranging security at the Central City Museum, Barry is reunited with an old girlfriend and a former mentor.

Double Vision

5. Double Vision

47min

1st Nov 1990

Someone spreads graffiti, and messages asking to meet "Flash" at a church. Barry goes to the church. Shortly after that, he begins to experience black outs and memory losses.

Sins of the Father

6. Sins of the Father

47min

8th Nov 1990

A bank robber escapes from prison. He goes back to Central City to get his money and revenge on the cop who busted him, Henry Allen, Barry's father.

Child's Play

7. Child's Play

48min

15th Nov 1990

An orphan boy has information that incriminates a 1960s cult figure who is trying to make a comeback.

Shroud of Death

8. Shroud of Death

47min

29th Nov 1990

Pieces of a broken medallion are the only clue to an unknown assassin who is on a deadly rampage in central city.

Ghost in the Machine

9. Ghost in the Machine

47min

13th Dec 1990

Barry befriends an African American who was once a super hero that defeated a terrorist called the Ghost, who blackmailed the city through television sets. When the presumed dead criminal is defrosted, the Night Shade is back in business.

Sight Unseen

10. Sight Unseen

48min

10th Jan 1991

An invisible man gets into Star Labs, and releases a neurotoxin with Tina inside the lab. Then he starts killing scientists who worked on the project. Flash must find the invisible man and save his friend.

Beat the Clock

11. Beat the Clock

47min

31st Jan 1991

A jazz musician friend of Julio's is about to be executed. An hour before the execution, a friend calls and says he has evidence that could exonerate their friend. Before Barry can contact him, he disappears. They have less than an hour to save a condemned man.

The Trickster

12. The Trickster

48min

7th Feb 1991

Barry must protect his old girlfriend, Megan Lockhart, from an obsessed, maniacal criminal disguised as The Trickster.

Tina, Is That You?

13. Tina, Is That You?

48min

14th Feb 1991

Barry is having trouble sleeping. Tina tries to use bio-feedback to help him, but it back fires on Tina. She joins a gang, and she's able to hold Flash at bay with her knowledge of his strengths and weaknesses. Barry has got to find a way to save his friend.

Be My Baby

14. Be My Baby

48min

21st Feb 1991

Barry tries to help a young woman. She found out about her husband's criminal life, and is trying to escape from him. She takes their daughter with her, but he wants them back.

Fast Forward

15. Fast Forward

47min

27th Feb 1991

Jay's killer, Nicholus Pike, is released from jail and blames the Flash for Jay's death. He sets the Flash up by using a heat seeking bomb on him, but something goes awry. Instead of killing the Flash, it sends him into the future where Pike is in charge and outlaws anyone from mentioning the Flash.

Deadly Nightshade

16. Deadly Nightshade

48min

30th Mar 1991

There's a new vigilante in town, the Deadly Nightshade, who fights crime by killing criminals. The Flash and the original Nightshade team up to take him down.

Captain Cold

17. Captain Cold

48min

6th Apr 1991

Captain Cold, who freezes his victims to death, is contracted to kill the Flash.

Twin Streaks

18. Twin Streaks

45min

13th Apr 1991

A scientist and his business partner are trying to develop a being with super speed, their attempts fail. They manage to clone the Flash. Their creation learns quickly, but is emotional moral equivalent of a child. Barry must stop his twin.

Done with Mirrors

19. Done with Mirrors

45min

27th Apr 1991

A battery is stolen by a criminal calling himself the Mirror Master. He soon steals a crystal from Star Labs. Tina will get fired if they can't recover the crystal. Tina's mother comes for a visit, and an old friend of Barry's also stirs up trouble.

Good Night, Central City

20. Good Night, Central City

45min

4th May 1991

A small time crook gets a hold of a device that puts people to sleep. He goes on a spree while the people are unconscious. He has a plan to knock out the entire city, it's up to the Flash to stop him.

Alpha

21. Alpha

45min

11th May 1991

An android built by the government to use an assassin refuses to obey her orders. She escapes, and is befriended by Tina and Barry.

The Trial of the Trickster

22. The Trial of the Trickster

45min

18th May 1991

With the help of an insane admirer who wants to be his sidekick, the Trickster escapes from police custody and places the Flash under his mind control.

First air date

20th Sep 1990

Last air date

18th May 1991

Status

Canceled

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks