The Flash

Name: The Flash
Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1990-09-20
Rating: 7.4
Cast: John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert

CANCELED1 Season22 Episodes★ 7.4

The Flash is an action-adventure series on CBS that ran from 1990 to 1991. It was canceled after 1 season and 22 episodes.

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NetworkCBS

First AiredSep 20, 1990

Last AiredMay 18, 1991

GenreAction & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime45 min

Created ByDanny Bilson, Paul De Meo

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionWarner Bros. Television, Pet Fly Productions

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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Cast

John Wesley Shipp

Barry Allen / Flash

Amanda Pays

Christina 'Tina' McGee

Alex Désert

Julio Mendez

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 22 episodes

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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.

E1Pilot

Sep 20, 199094m★ 7.2

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.

E2Out of Control

Sep 27, 199047m★ 7.7

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

E3Watching the Detectives

Oct 18, 199048m

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.

E4Honor Among Thieves

Oct 25, 199046m

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

E5Double Vision

Nov 1, 199047m★ 5.9

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.

E6Sins of the Father

Nov 8, 199047m

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.

E7Child's Play

Nov 15, 199048m

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

E8Shroud of Death

Nov 29, 199047m

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

E9Ghost in the Machine

Dec 13, 199047m

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.

E10Sight Unseen

Jan 10, 199148m

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.

E11Beat the Clock

Jan 31, 199147m

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.

E12The Trickster

Feb 7, 199148m★ 7.7

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

E13Tina, Is That You?

Feb 14, 199148m

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.

E14Be My Baby

Feb 21, 199148m

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.

E15Fast Forward

Feb 27, 199147m

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.

E16Deadly Nightshade

Mar 30, 199148m

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.

E17Captain Cold

Apr 6, 199148m★ 5.8

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

E18Twin Streaks

Apr 13, 199145m

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.

E19Done with Mirrors

Apr 27, 199145m

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.

E20Good Night, Central City

May 4, 199145m

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.

E21Alpha

May 11, 199145m

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

E22The Trial of the Trickster

May 18, 199145m★ 7.3

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.

About The Flash

The Flash is an action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series on CBS. The show first aired on Sep 20, 1990 and currently has 1 season and 22 episodes. The Flash has been canceled. It has a rating of 7.4/10 based on 532 votes. The cast includes John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert. Created by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo.