A police forensic scientist, Barry Allen, battles crimes as the super-fast superhero "The Flash".
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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.
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Barry considers moving, after Pike is acquitted of his brother's murder. Pike launches a missile to kill the Flash, who is sent 10 years into the future where Pike is now Mayor. The Flash's powers ...
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| Complete series cast summary: | |||
| John Wesley Shipp | ... | Barry Allen / ... 22 episodes, 1990-1991 | |
| Amanda Pays | ... | Christina McGee 22 episodes, 1990-1991 | |
| Alex Désert | ... | Julio Mendez 22 episodes, 1990-1991 | |
| Vito D'Ambrosio | ... | Officer Tony Bellows 17 episodes, 1990-1991 | |
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Biff Manard | ... | Murphy 17 episodes, 1990-1991 |
| Mike Genovese | ... | Lt. Warren Garfield 17 episodes, 1990-1991 | |
| Richard Belzer | ... | Joe Kline 10 episodes, 1990-1991 | |
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In a freak accident, police crime scene investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and doused in chemicals. Barry discovers that this accident had given him powers, able to move at nearly the speed of sound. With the help of STAR Labs scientist Tina McGee, he learns to control his powers...but when his older brother Jay (a motorcycle cop) is killed in the line of duty, Barry asks Tina to make him a special costume that can withstand the rigors of hyperspeed travel. He sets forth to clean up the streets of Central City as The Flash. Written by Gregory A. Sheets <m-sheets2@onu.edu>
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20 September 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The role of Barry Allen/The Flash was originally written for Richard Burgi. Burgi ended up guest starring as Deadly Nightshade in The Flash: Deadly Nightshade (1991). See more »Connections
Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Anna Kendrick/Thomas Middleditch/Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster (2015) See more »Contribute to This Page
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The Flash was based on the DC comic of the same name. The TV show stayed pretty faithful to the comic version. Following the adventures of police scientist Barry Allen, who is transformed into a super fast costumed hero known as The Flash.The show maintained very high production values, awesome effects,especially when depicting The Flash running at super speed,and a great theme by Danny Elfman who did the music for the Batman movie the year before.The high production cost is probably why the series was axed after only one season.