The Flash

1990
The Flash

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Pilot Sep 20, 1990

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.

EP2 Out of Control Sep 27, 1990

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

EP3 Watching the Detectives Oct 18, 1990

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.

EP4 Honor Among Thieves Oct 25, 1990

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

EP5 Double Vision Nov 01, 1990

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.

EP6 Sins of the Father Nov 08, 1990

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.

EP7 Child's Play Nov 15, 1990

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

EP8 Shroud of Death Nov 29, 1990

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

EP9 Ghost in the Machine Dec 13, 1990

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.

EP10 Sight Unseen Jan 10, 1991

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.

EP11 Beat the Clock Jan 31, 1991

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.

EP12 The Trickster Feb 07, 1991

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

EP13 Tina, Is That You? Feb 14, 1991

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.

EP14 Be My Baby Feb 21, 1991

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.

EP15 Fast Forward Feb 27, 1991

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.

EP16 Deadly Nightshade Mar 30, 1991

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.

EP17 Captain Cold Apr 06, 1991

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

EP18 Twin Streaks Apr 13, 1991

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.

EP19 Done with Mirrors Apr 27, 1991

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.

EP20 Good Night, Central City May 04, 1991

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.

EP21 Alpha May 11, 1991

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

EP22 The Trial of the Trickster May 18, 1991

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.
7.1| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 20 September 1990 Canceled
Producted By: Warner Bros. Television
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.dc.com/tv/the-flash-1990-1991
Synopsis

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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emaughan It was great to find this series again as I missed many of the original episodes when they came out. This series is great in that it has more heart than the new series. The special effects are, at times, better than the CGI intensive new episode. It is refreshing to see the Flash speed pummel an adversary, old Flash is more buff an less wimpy/whinny then new Flash. Old Flash is more action and less angsty than new Flash. The new series does have some better villains and Cisco's humor is great. It is interesting to see that the main characters from the first series are given roles in this series. I like both, but the old one has the edge!
RealLiveClaude Those who know about the reboot of the actual TV show with Grant Gustin should take it lightly. The 1990 version is a bit campy, very art-deco vs. modern and it is less about sentiments, more about commitment.Some of the classic Flash villains are represented here. John Wesley Shipp does do a great personification of Barry Allen. However, there is few to compare to what is today, as Star Labs is represented here as a simple laboratory compared to the "stadium" structure of today...Good note here: Mark Hamill makes us forget his Star Wars heroics by portraying the wacky Trickster. And Amanda Pays is so cute, even as a bad girl in one of the episodes.However, enjoy it for its camp humour.The Flash still rules in Central City !
trekmann01 Recently I have been watching this series on DVD. Reason being that back in the day when it was being aired I didn't have cable. And trying to watch it via broadcast airwaves was next to impossible. That being said I was really excited when it became available on DVD. Upon viewing this series although good, it seems for lack of a better word, a bit campy. With almost every scene having some kind of artwork in the back ground and the odd use of old style cars mixed in with modern cars of the day. It kind of didn't set an accurate time line for the series. However seeing it now with actors and actresses I recognize makes me go "Wow, that's so and so". The suit was awesomely done and the acting was A1. For being filmed in the 90's it's too bad that it wasn't given the chance of at least one more season. So I'm looking forward to seeing a movie on this super hero character adding to the long list of other super hero movies. Hopefully it will be here in a Flash.
gcarnagey It just ran one season, 1990, and there were 22 episodes, including the 2hr pilot. It was heavily inspired by the recent Tim Burton Batman movies, even as far as a Danny Elfman theme. But still stylish, silly, and a lot of fun. They managed to capture the Barry Allen costume and not look silly, along with lots of innovative sets and lighting, and the effects were quite good for the time. The character was a mix of Barry Allen, killed off several years earlier in the comics, and Wally West, the current comic book Flash, and played by John Wesley Shipp. Amanda Pays played a sidekick/romantic interest fairly similar to her character on Max Headroom. Mark Hamill played the Trickster in two episodes (sidekick Prank seemed like a fairly direct reference to Joker & Harley Quinn), David Cassidy played Mirror Master in another. Another episode was a nice homage to the popular team-ups of "Golden Age" WWII era Flash with the modern day Flash in the comics, here a retired hero called the Prowler, complete with a deep-frozen villain of the originals. But, it was up against The Cosby Show and the Simpsons, got bounced around all over the place schedule-wise, and interrupted several times by Gulf War I. And it must been very expensive to produce. It never really had much of a chance.