The Flash 

After being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, fighting crime in Central City.

Creators:

Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg

Stars:

Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 19 wins & 45 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Grant Gustin	...	Barry Allen / ... 92 episodes, 2014-2018
Candice Patton	...	Iris West / ... 92 episodes, 2014-2018
Danielle Panabaker	...	Caitlin Snow / ... 92 episodes, 2014-2018
Carlos Valdes	...	Cisco Ramon / ... 92 episodes, 2014-2018
Tom Cavanagh	...	Dr. Harry Wells / ... 92 episodes, 2014-2018
Jesse L. Martin	...	Joe West / ... 92 episodes, 2014-2018
Keiynan Lonsdale	...	Wally West / ... 42 episodes, 2015-2017

Storyline

Barry Allen is a Central City police forensic scientist with a reasonably happy life, despite the childhood trauma of a mysterious red and yellow lightning killing his mother and framing his father. All that changes when a massive particle accelerator accident leads to Barry being struck by lightning in his lab. Coming out of coma nine months later, Barry and his new friends at S.T.A.R labs find that he now has the ability to move at superhuman speed. Furthermore, Barry learns that he is but one of many affected by that event, most of whom are using their powers for evil. Determined to make a difference, Barry dedicates his life to fighting such threats, as The Flash. While he gains allies he never expected, there are also secret forces determined to aid and manipulate him for their own agenda.

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Plot Keywords:

superhuman speed | superhero | dc comics | based on comic | flash | 

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Taglines:

It's go time (Season 2)

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flash

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Amanda Pays played Tina McGee in the 1990 series as well as this one.

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Goofs

Whenever Barry uses his super speed from a standing start, there is a gust of wind that blows in the opposite direction (for instance, if he superspeeds to the left, there is an airburst that blows to the right). Engaging his super speed in this manner would cause a suction effect creating an airburst in the same direction he's moving in.

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Quotes

[Season 2 opening]
Barry Allen: My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I am an ordinary forensic scientist, but secretly with the help of my friends in S.T.A.R. Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. I hunted down the man who killed my mother, but in doing so, I opened up our world to new threats, and I am the only one fast enough to stop them. I am The Flash.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros and DC Comics logos are red and yellow (the Flash's uniform colours) and are charged with electricity.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Anna Kendrick/Thomas Middleditch/Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster (2015)

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Soundtracks

The Flash Theme
Written by Blake Neely

User Reviews

A great third season

The flash has been one of my favourite shows for the last few seasons and after the end of the last season I was super excited for season 3 and I really enjoyed this season even though it was definitely the weakest season yet. The premise of the season sees after zoom took everything away from him Barry Decided to travel in time to save his parents and create a new timeline called flashpoint which he intends to live his life out in. Grant gustin is Barry Allen and once again he is totally fantastic in his role, he brings so much humanity to the role and I always truly care about Barry. He also brings the humour to his character that does make him such a likable person. The supporting cast is a bit of a mixed bag this season, Danielle panabaker as Caitlin snow is given a lot more to do this season with her role and I really found her an interesting watch. Savitar is the villain this season, the god of speed when revealed becomes an interesting character and i found his story with Barry to be really interesting to watch. Tom cavanagh is back but as a third version as Harrison wells and I will admit this is easily my least favourite version of the character, I just found him incredibly eccentric and over the top and I didn't enjoy this version of the character. Iris west is an interesting character and they go far this season with the iris and Barry relationship and I just found her to be really underutilized this season. The story of the season is interesting seeing Barry dealing with this alternate universe and this season had a real emotional tale to it and I thought it was really interesting seeing the characters dealing with these situations. The script was really good season probably doing the best job of combining humour and drama to its show that is possible. The style is good, the action is still great with high production levels really selling the action. However, there are a few too many filler episodes this season and I am a bit bored of the two speedsters fighting dynamic that I do believe is starting to hurt the show. Overall this is a really enjoyable season of the flash and I hope they get even better next season.