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The Flash (1990 – 1991)

1990 • 1 season • Crime, Action & Adventure • TV-PG
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The FlashSeason 1

22 episodes · Sep 20, 1990

By day, Barry Allen is a meticulous forensic scientist with the Central City Police Department, but his life takes an electrifying turn when a freak lab accident – lightning striking while surrounded by chemicals – grants him incredible speed. Driven to use this extraordinary ability for good, Barry becomes The Flash, a swift and unexpected force against crime. Working alongside brilliant research scientist Dr. Tina McGee at S.T.A.R. Labs, he battles injustice while she diligently studies the science behind his burgeoning powers. Balancing this double life proves challenging, as Barry struggles to keep his heroic identity hidden from those closest to him: his police boss, Lieutenant Garfield, and his loyal best friend, Julio Mendez.

1. Pilot
Sep 20, 1990 · 94m · 7.3

During a lab mishap, a police scientist finds himself imbued with extraordinary swiftness, a power he now employs to confront a dangerous criminal gang and operate as a masked hero.

2. Out of Control
Sep 27, 1990 · 47m · 7.5

People living on the streets are dying, and their remains vanish without trace. Tina reconnects with a past colleague, a specialist in genetic engineering.

3. Watching the Detectives
Oct 18, 1990 · 48m · 7.0

District Attorney Thomas Castillo, deeply entangled in corruption, engaged a private investigator, Megan Lockhart, to uncover the identity of the Flash. Subsequently, he leveraged this knowledge, threatening to reveal Barry’s secret unless

4. Honor Among Thieves
Oct 25, 1990 · 46m · 7.0

As Barry coordinated security arrangements for the Central City Museum, he unexpectedly encountered both an old girlfriend and a former mentor.

5. Double Vision
Nov 1, 1990 · 47m · 5.2

Graffiti appeared throughout the neighborhood, cryptic messages urging people to seek out “Flash” at the local church. Drawn by curiosity, Barry made his way there. Not long afterward, unsettling episodes began – sudden blackouts followed b

6. Sins of the Father
Nov 8, 1990 · 47m · 7.0

Having broken free from custody, the convict returned to Central City with a singular purpose: to reclaim what he believed was rightfully his and exact retribution upon the officer responsible for his imprisonment – Henry Allen, Barry’s fat

7. Child's Play
Nov 15, 1990 · 48m · 7.0

A young boy, orphaned years ago, holds knowledge that could bring down a once-celebrated icon of the 1960s, now attempting a return to public life.

8. Shroud of Death
Nov 29, 1990 · 47m · 7.0

Fragments of a shattered medallion offer the sole lead in the hunt for an elusive assassin terrorizing the heart of the city.

9. Ghost in the Machine
Dec 13, 1990 · 47m · 8.0

Barry struck up a friendship with an African American man who had previously been a celebrated superhero, instrumental in defeating the Ghost—a terrorist who had terrorized the city through televised demands. Now, with the presumed-dead cri

10. Sight Unseen
Jan 10, 1991 · 48m · 8.0

A figure, unseen, infiltrated Star Labs, unleashing a potent neurotoxin while Tina remained within its confines. He then began systematically eliminating the scientists involved in the project's development. Now, it falls to Flash to locate

11. Beat the Clock
Jan 31, 1991 · 47m · 7.0

Julio’s close friend, a jazz musician, faced imminent execution. Just an hour remained when a call arrived – a friend claimed to possess evidence proving his innocence. But before Julio, known as Barry, could reach out, the caller vanished.

12. The Trickster
Feb 7, 1991 · 48m · 7.7

Barry found himself tasked with safeguarding his former lover, Megan Lockhart, from a deranged criminal who styled himself as The Trickster—a man consumed by obsession and driven to unsettling extremes.

13. Tina, Is That You?
Feb 14, 1991 · 48m · 7.0

Barry found himself struggling to sleep. Tina attempted to ease his restlessness through biofeedback techniques, but the effort rebounded, affecting her instead. Driven by an unknown impulse, she unexpectedly aligned herself with a group, a

14. Be My Baby
Feb 21, 1991 · 48m · 7.0

Barry became entangled in the plight of a young woman desperately seeking refuge. Her world had fractured when she uncovered the dark reality of her husband’s dealings – a life steeped in criminality. Now, she was attempting to flee, and ha

15. Fast Forward
Feb 27, 1991 · 47m · 7.0

Having served his time, Nicholus Pike, Jay’s murderer, was released and harbored a bitter resentment toward the Flash, laying blame for Jay's death squarely at his feet. He devised a trap, utilizing a heat-seeking explosive intended to elim

16. Deadly Nightshade
Mar 30, 1991 · 48m · 8.5

A shadow has fallen over the city with the emergence of a ruthless vigilante known as Deadly Nightshade, dispensing lethal justice upon those he deems guilty. Now, The Flash joins forces with the original Nightshade in a determined effort t

17. Captain Cold
Apr 6, 1991 · 48m · 5.8

Captain Cold, known for freezing his targets until they succumb, has been hired to eliminate the Flash.

18. Twin Streaks
Apr 13, 1991 · 45m · 8.0

Driven by ambition, a scientist and his associate pursued the elusive goal of creating a creature possessing extraordinary swiftness, though their efforts proved repeatedly fruitless. Eventually, they succeeded in cloning The Flash. Their y

19. Done with Mirrors
Apr 27, 1991 · 45m · 7.5

A daring thief, who styles himself the Mirror Master, made off with a battery. He quickly followed this theft by pilfering a crystal from Star Labs. The loss of that crystal puts Tina’s job in jeopardy. Complicating matters further, Tina’s

20. Good Night, Central City
May 4, 1991 · 45m · 7.0

A petty thief came into possession of a peculiar device – one capable of inducing instant slumber. Emboldened, he embarked on a series of opportunistic exploits under cover of his victims’ unconsciousness. Now, with a grander scheme taking

21. Alpha
May 11, 1991 · 45m · 7.0

Constructed by the government as a covert operative—an instrument of assassination—the android found herself unwilling to follow directives. Defying her programming, she fled, seeking refuge beyond the reach of her creators. There, she enco

22. The Trial of the Trickster
May 18, 1991 · 45m · 7.3

Aided by a devoted, unstable follower eager to serve as his lieutenant, the Trickster managed to break free from police confinement and subsequently seized control of the Flash's mind.

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