The Flash
When a bolt of lightning 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.
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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.
1.Pilot
7.320-09-199094mA 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.
2.Out of Control
7.527-09-199047mHomeless people are dying and their bodies are disappearing. Tina rekindles a relationship with a former colleague who is an expert in genetic engineering.
3.Watching the Detectives
7.018-10-199048mThe 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 h...
4.Honor Among Thieves
7.025-10-199046mWhile arranging security at the Central City Museum, Barry is reunited with an old girlfriend and a former mentor.
5.Double Vision
2.801-11-199047mSomeone 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.
6.Sins of the Father
7.008-11-199047mA 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.
7.Child's Play
7.015-11-199048mAn orphan boy has information that incriminates a 1960s cult figure who is trying to make a comeback.
8.Shroud of Death
7.029-11-199047mPieces of a broken medallion are the only clue to an unknown assassin who is on a deadly rampage in central city.
9.Ghost in the Machine
8.013-12-199047mBarry 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 c...
10.Sight Unseen
6.010-01-199148mAn 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...
11.Beat the Clock
7.031-01-199147mA 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...
12.The Trickster
7.707-02-199148mBarry must protect his old girlfriend, Megan Lockhart, from an obsessed, maniacal criminal disguised as The Trickster.
13.Tina, Is That You?
7.014-02-199148mBarry 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...
14.Be My Baby
7.021-02-199148mBarry 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.
15.Fast Forward
7.027-02-199147mJay'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. Instea...
16.Deadly Nightshade
8.530-03-199148mThere'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.
17.Captain Cold
3.806-04-199148mCaptain Cold, who freezes his victims to death, is contracted to kill the Flash.
18.Twin Streaks
6.013-04-199145mA 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 emot...
19.Done with Mirrors
7.527-04-199145mA 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 c...
20.Good Night, Central City
7.004-05-199145mA 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 th...
21.Alpha
7.011-05-199145mAn android built by the government to use an assassin refuses to obey her orders. She escapes, and is befriended by Tina and Barry.
22.The Trial of the Trickster
6.018-05-199145mWith 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.
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