The Flash

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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  E1Pilot

  Sep 20, 1990· 94m

  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.

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  E2Out of Control

  Sep 27, 1990· 47m

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

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  E3Watching the Detectives

  Oct 18, 1990· 48m

  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.

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  E4Honor Among Thieves

  Oct 25, 1990· 46m

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

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  E5Double Vision

  Nov 1, 1990· 47m

  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.

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  E6Sins of the Father

  Nov 8, 1990· 47m

  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.

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  E7Child's Play

  Nov 15, 1990· 48m

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

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  E8Shroud of Death

  Nov 29, 1990· 47m

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

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  E9Ghost in the Machine

  Dec 13, 1990· 47m

  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.

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  E10Sight Unseen

  Jan 10, 1991· 48m

  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.

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  E11Beat the Clock

  Jan 31, 1991· 47m

  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.

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  E12The Trickster

  Feb 7, 1991· 48m

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

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  E13Tina, Is That You?

  Feb 14, 1991· 48m

  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.

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  E14Be My Baby

  Feb 21, 1991· 48m

  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.

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  E15Fast Forward

  Feb 27, 1991· 47m

  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.

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  E16Deadly Nightshade

  Mar 30, 1991· 48m

  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.

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  E17Captain Cold

  Apr 6, 1991· 48m

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

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  E18Twin Streaks

  Apr 13, 1991· 45m

  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.

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  E19Done with Mirrors

  Apr 27, 1991· 45m

  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.

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  E20Good Night, Central City

  May 4, 1991· 45m

  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.

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  E21Alpha

  May 11, 1991· 45m

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

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  E22The Trial of the TricksterFinale

  May 18, 1991· 45m

  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.