The Flash

Barry Allen, a forensic scientist working for the Central City police, is struck by lightning and doused in chemicals in his lab. He develops superspeed and creates a superhero identity for himself to fight crime: The Flash. Research scientist Dr. Tina McGee works at S.T.A.R. Labs and helps Barry fight crime while trying to understand how his powers are developing. As well as his superheroics, Barry tries to maintain a private life, and tries to keep his superhero identity from his colleagues, his boss Lt. Garfield, and his best friend, Julio Mendez.

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1. E22

   22. The Trial of the Trickster

   Finale 35 years ago

   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.

2. E21

   21. Alpha

   35 years ago

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

3. E20

   20. Good Night, Central City

   35 years ago

   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.

4. E19

   19. Done with Mirrors

   35 years ago

   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.

5. E18

   18. Twin Streaks

   35 years ago

   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.

6. E17

   17. Captain Cold

   35 years ago

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

7. E16

   16. Deadly Nightshade

   35 years ago

   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.

8. E15

   15. Fast Forward

   35 years ago

   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.

9. E14

   14. Be My Baby

   35 years ago

   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.

10. E13

    13. Tina, Is That You?

    35 years ago

    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.

11. E12

    12. The Trickster

    35 years ago

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

12. E11

    11. Beat the Clock

    35 years ago

    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.

13. E10

    10. Sight Unseen

    35 years ago

    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.

14. E9

    9. Ghost in the Machine

    35 years ago

    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.

15. E8

    8. Shroud of Death

    35 years ago

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

16. E7

    7. Child's Play

    36 years ago

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

17. E6

    6. Sins of the Father

    36 years ago

    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.

18. E5

    5. Double Vision

    36 years ago

    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.

19. E4

    4. Honor Among Thieves

    36 years ago

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

20. E3

    3. Watching the Detectives

    36 years ago

    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.

21. E2

    2. Out of Control

    36 years ago

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

22. E1

    1. Pilot

    36 years ago

    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.