Season 1

The FlashSeason 1

1990
22 Episodes

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.

Episodes

Pilot
S01E01
7.3

Pilot

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.

20 Sept 199094m
Out of Control
S01E02
7.5

Out of Control

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

27 Sept 199047m
Watching the Detectives
S01E03
7.0

Watching the Detectives

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.

18 Oct 199048m
Honor Among Thieves
S01E04
7.0

Honor Among Thieves

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

25 Oct 199046m
Double Vision
S01E05
2.8

Double Vision

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.

01 Nov 199047m
Sins of the Father
S01E06
7.0

Sins of the Father

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.

08 Nov 199047m
Child's Play
S01E07
7.0

Child's Play

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

15 Nov 199048m
Shroud of Death
S01E08
7.0

Shroud of Death

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

29 Nov 199047m
Ghost in the Machine
S01E09
8.0

Ghost in the Machine

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.

13 Dec 199047m
Sight Unseen
S01E10
6.0

Sight Unseen

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.

10 Jan 199148m
Beat the Clock
S01E11
7.0

Beat the Clock

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.

31 Jan 199147m
The Trickster
S01E12
7.7

The Trickster

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

07 Feb 199148m
Tina, Is That You?
S01E13
7.0

Tina, Is That You?

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.

14 Feb 199148m
Be My Baby
S01E14
7.0

Be My Baby

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.

21 Feb 199148m
Fast Forward
S01E15
7.0

Fast Forward

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.

27 Feb 199147m
Deadly Nightshade
S01E16
8.5

Deadly Nightshade

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.

30 Mar 199148m
Captain Cold
S01E17
3.8

Captain Cold

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

06 Apr 199148m
Twin Streaks
S01E18
6.0

Twin Streaks

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.

13 Apr 199145m
Done with Mirrors
S01E19
7.5

Done with Mirrors

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.

27 Apr 199145m
Good Night, Central City
S01E20
7.0

Good Night, Central City

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.

04 May 199145m
Alpha
S01E21
7.0

Alpha

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

11 May 199145m
The Trial of the Trickster
S01E22
6.0

The Trial of the Trickster

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.

18 May 199145m