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The Flash(TV show/series, 1990-1991)

FSK: 6+ years
| 45min per episode | Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 22 episodes

The FlashRating: 3.7/5 (with 226 votes)
The Flash is an American television series developed by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo that aired on CBS from September 20, 1990 to May 18, 1991. It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. The Flash starred John Wesley Shipp as Allen, along with Amanda Pays, and Alex Désert. Multiple references to the series have been made on the 2014 Flash television series, including Shipp portraying multiple characters. Shipp also reprised his role as Barry Allen from this series in the crossovers "Elseworlds" and "Crisis on Infinite Earths", which established The Flash as existing on a parallel Earth to the Arrowverse series called Earth-90, while Pays, Désert, and Mark Hamill reprised their roles as alternate versions of Tina McGee, Julio Mendez and the Trickster in the main Arrowverse. ()
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About The Flash

When a bolt of lightening 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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The Flash Seasons and Episodes

09/20/1990Season 1 - 22 episodes
#1 | 09/20/1990Pilot
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)
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.
#2 | 09/27/1990Out of Control
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Homeless people are dying and their bodies are disappearing. Tina rekindles a relationship with a former colleague who is an expert in genetic engineering.
#3 | 10/18/1990Watching the Detectives
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#4 | 10/25/1990Honor Among Thieves
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
While arranging security at the Central City Museum, Barry is reunited with an old girlfriend and a former mentor.
#5 | 11/01/1990Double Vision
1.4/5 (with 2 votes)
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.
#6 | 11/08/1990Sins of the Father
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#7 | 11/15/1990Child's Play
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
An orphan boy has information that incriminates a 1960s cult figure who is trying to make a comeback.
#8 | 11/29/1990Shroud of Death
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Pieces of a broken medallion are the only clue to an unknown assassin who is on a deadly rampage in central city.
#9 | 12/13/1990Ghost in the Machine
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#10 | 01/10/1991Sight Unseen
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#11 | 01/31/1991Beat the Clock
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#12 | 02/07/1991The Trickster
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Barry must protect his old girlfriend, Megan Lockhart, from an obsessed, maniacal criminal disguised as The Trickster.
#13 | 02/14/1991Tina, Is That You?
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#14 | 02/21/1991Be My Baby
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#15 | 02/27/1991Fast Forward
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#16 | 03/30/1991Deadly Nightshade
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#17 | 04/06/1991Captain Cold
1.9/5 (with 2 votes)
Captain Cold, who freezes his victims to death, is contracted to kill the Flash.
#18 | 04/13/1991Twin Streaks
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#19 | 04/27/1991Done with Mirrors
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#20 | 05/04/1991Good Night, Central City
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#21 | 05/11/1991Alpha
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
An android built by the government to use an assassin refuses to obey her orders. She escapes, and is befriended by Tina and Barry.
#22 | 05/18/1991The Trial of the Trickster
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "Flash" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Canceled
First episode released on: 09/20/1990
Last episode released on: 05/18/1991
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Flash - O ultimo Vingador"
"闪电侠"
"Blesk"
"Flash – Der Rote Blitz"
"Flash, Le Flash Rouge"
"The Flash (1990)"
"The Flash 1990"
"Flash: Ο άνθρωπος - αστραπή!"
"Вспышка"

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