The Flash

Season 1

22 episodes 1 season

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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The Flash Season 1 released on September 20, 1990.

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S01E01 Aired September 20, 1990

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.

S01E02 Aired September 27, 1990

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.

S01E03 Aired October 18, 1990

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.

S01E04 Aired October 25, 1990

Honor Among Thieves

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

S01E05 Aired November 01, 1990

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.

S01E06 Aired November 08, 1990

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.

S01E07 Aired November 15, 1990

Child's Play

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

S01E08 Aired November 29, 1990

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.

S01E09 Aired December 13, 1990

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.

S01E10 Aired January 10, 1991

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.

S01E11 Aired January 31, 1991

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.

S01E12 Aired February 07, 1991

The Trickster

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

S01E13 Aired February 14, 1991

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.

S01E14 Aired February 21, 1991

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.

S01E15 Aired February 27, 1991

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.

S01E16 Aired March 30, 1991

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.

S01E17 Aired April 06, 1991

Captain Cold

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

S01E18 Aired April 13, 1991

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.

S01E19 Aired April 27, 1991

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.

S01E20 Aired May 04, 1991

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.

S01E21 Aired May 11, 1991

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.

S01E22 Aired May 18, 1991

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.