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Premiered

Thursday, September 20, 1990

Ended: Saturday, May 18, 1991

When does The Flash Season 1 come out?

The Flash Season 1 premiered Thursday, September 20, 1990 on CBS and ended Saturday, May 18, 1991. The season has 22 episodes.

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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The Flash Season 1 release schedule

The Flash Season 1 episode release dates
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1. Pilot

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.

Thursday · 36 years ago

2. Out of Control

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

Thursday · 36 years ago

3. Watching the Detectives

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.

Thursday · 36 years ago

4. Honor Among Thieves

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

Thursday · 36 years ago

5. Double Vision

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.

Thursday · 36 years ago

6. Sins of the Father

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.

Thursday · 36 years ago

7. Child's Play

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

Thursday · 36 years ago

8. Shroud of Death

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

Thursday · 35 years ago

9. Ghost in the Machine

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.

Thursday · 35 years ago

10. Sight Unseen

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.

Thursday · 35 years ago

11. Beat the Clock

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.

Thursday · 35 years ago

12. The Trickster

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

Thursday · 35 years ago

13. Tina, Is That You?

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.

Thursday · 35 years ago

14. Be My Baby

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.

Thursday · 35 years ago

15. Fast Forward

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.

Wednesday · 35 years ago

16. Deadly Nightshade

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.

Saturday · 35 years ago

17. Captain Cold

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

Saturday · 35 years ago

18. Twin Streaks

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.

Saturday · 35 years ago

19. Done with Mirrors

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.

Saturday · 35 years ago

20. Good Night, Central City

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.

Saturday · 35 years ago

21. Alpha

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

Saturday · 35 years ago

22. The Trial of the Trickster Finale

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.

Saturday · 35 years ago

The Flash Season 1 guest stars

  • Lycia Naff

    Lycia Naff

    Lila

  • Corinne Bohrer

    Corinne Bohrer

    Zoey

  • Jeri Ryan

    Jeri Ryan

    Felicia Kane

  • Michael Nader

    Michael Nader

    Nicholas Pike

  • Biff Manard

    Murphy

  • Angela Bassett

    Angela Bassett

    Linda Lake

  • David Cassidy

    David Cassidy

    Sam Scudder

  • Priscilla Pointer

    Priscilla Pointer

    Nora Allen

  • Robert Hooks

    Robert Hooks

    Chief Arthur Cooper

  • Ken Foree

    Ken Foree

    Whisper

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    M. Emmet Walsh

    Henry Allen

  • Mark Hamill

    Mark Hamill

    The Trickster

  • Richard Belzer

    Richard Belzer

    Joe Kline

  • Tim Thomerson

    Tim Thomerson

    Jay Allen

  • Parley Baer

    Parley Baer

    Judge

  • Gloria Reuben

    Gloria Reuben

    Sabrina

The Flash Season 1 FAQ

When does The Flash Season 1 come out?

The Flash Season 1 premiered Thursday, September 20, 1990 on CBS.

How many episodes are in The Flash Season 1?

The Flash Season 1 has 22 episodes.

Are new episodes of The Flash Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the The Flash Season 1 finale?

The The Flash Season 1 finale (Episode 22) aired Saturday, May 18, 1991.

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