The Flash (TV Series) - Intro
The Flash is an American superhero television drama series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW. It is based on the Barry Allen incarnation of DC Comics character the Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds.
It is a spin-off from Arrow, existing in the same fictional universe known as Arrowverse. The series follows Barry Allen, portrayed by Grant Gustin, a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities.
Initially envisioned as a backdoor pilot, the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry’s world in more detail. The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Flash premiered in North America on October 7, 2014, where the pilot became the second-most watched premiere in the history of The CW, after The Vampire Diaries in 2009. It has been well received by critics and audiences, and won the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite New TV Drama” in 2014.
The series, together with Arrow, has spun characters out to their own show, Legends of Tomorrow, which premiered on January 21, 2016. The series was renewed for an eighth season in February 2021 and premiered on November 16, 2021.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 1
The first season follows crime-scene investigator Barry Allen who gains super-human speed after the explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs’ particle accelerator which he uses to fight crime and hunt other metahumans in Central City as the Flash, a masked superhero.
Barry eventually discovers that his mentor Harrison Wells is actually Eobard Thawne, his archenemy from the future who murdered his mother Nora Allen when he was a child. By the end of the season, Eobard’s ancestor Eddie sacrifices himself to erase Eobard from existence only to open a singularity in the process.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 2
In the second season, the singularity brings speedster Zoom from a parallel universe of Earth-2, who seeks to eliminate all other speedsters in the multiverse where Barry meets his father Henry Allen’s Earth-3 counterpart Jay Garrick. After Zoom kills Barry’s father, Barry defeats Zoom and travels back in time to save his mother’s life.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 3
In the third season by changing his past, Barry creates the alternate timeline “Flashpoint”. He is somewhat able to restore the timeline, but causes the emergence of Savitar, a god-like speedster with a grudge against Barry.
When Barry accidentally travels to the future and sees Iris West killed by Savitar, he becomes desperate to change the future to prevent that from happening. After saving Iris and defeating Savitar, Barry takes his place in the Speed Force in order to repent for his creation of Flashpoint.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 4
The fourth season sees Team Flash successfully bring Barry back from the Speed Force, but in the process release dark matter that turns a dozen people on a city bus into metahumans, masterminded by Clifford DeVoe, an adversary with the fastest mind alive. After the defeat of DeVoe, the team is approached by Barry and Iris’ daughter from the future Nora West-Allen.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 5
During the fifth season, the team discover that Nora’s presence has altered the timeline and unleashed Cicada, a serial killer bent on killing metahumans, as well as the aftermath of thwarting Thinker’s plot causing ordinary items to be imbued with dark matter that turns them into Meta-Tech.
They also eventually learn of her allegiance with an imprisoned Eobard, who orchestrated Nora’s arrival and previously trained her when it came to her fight with Godspeed. Barry and Nora succeed in subduing an escaped Eobard, but are forced to let him go and Nora is erased from the timeline.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 6
In the sixth season, Barry and Iris learn that the date of the crisis in which Barry disappears has moved up to December 2019, and that in order to save billions, the Flash must die. Meanwhile, Ramsey Rosso has discovered a way to cure people through dark matter, only to turn himself into a metahuman with a violent bloodthirst.
Following Rosso’s defeat, Barry surviving Crisis, and the multiverse’s destruction and rebirth, Team Flash try to navigate the world post-Crisis all while the secret organization Black Hole and quantum engineer Eva McCulloch, who is trapped in a dimension called the Mirror Dimension, move forward with their mysterious plans.
Eva captures Iris and Kamila and later Captain Singh and imprisons them in her Mirror Dimension using their mirror versions to fight Team Flash.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 7
In the seventh season, Team Flash continues their fight against Eva as they successfully create a new Speed Force while Iris continues to search for a way out of the Mirror Dimension. Afterwards, Team Flash must contend with the other forces created from the Speed Force’s rebirth like the Strength Force, the Sage Force, and the Still Force.
Afterwards, Team Flash gets caught up in a war between the different Godspeed drones who are looking for August Heart. Flash is reunited with his future daughter Nora and meets his future son Bart Allen.
With the Speed Force tapping into the Negative Speed Force, Thawne is restored to help fight Godspeed when he regains his memory. While Godspeed is defeated, Thawne gets away vowing to become faster than Flash.
The Flash (TV Series) - Season 8
Season eight starts off with the five-part event “Armageddon” where Flash is targeted by Despero who claims that Barry was running at a speed that destroys the Earth from Despero’s point in the future.
As Barry persuades Despero to give him seven days to prove him wrong, he starts to suffer from memory issues where he can’t remember causing havoc in Central City or Joe West somehow dying six months ago. This was because Thawne caused a Reverse-Flashpoint where he was Flash and Barry was Reverse-Flash.
With the help of the Damien Darhk of Reverse-Flashpoint, Barry is able to restore the timeline and prevent Joe’s death. After Barry undid Reverse-Flashpoint, Thawne & Damien Dahrk were revealed to still be alive, but fading away.
Thanwe publicly asks Barry to save him, else he’d be erased from the timeline. Despite knowing what Thawne has done, and Thawne himself claiming that he would continue attacking Barry & Team Flash if allowed to live, Barry ultimately decides to save him by removing his Speed & connection to the Negative Speed Force.
With Thawne in custody, the team goes out to celebrate. Damien Darhk gives Joe his Time Stone before he fades, believing Joe will need it soon.
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