The Flash (The CW)

:For other uses of "The Flash", see The Flash (disambiguation).
:For the superhero with the same name, see Barry Allen (Earth-1).
The Flash is an American TV series, a modern re-imagining of the DC Comics superhero, The Flash. The series premiered on October 7, 2014, airing at 8 pm. Grant Gustin portrays Barry Allen/The Flash in the eponymous lead role.
Originally, the twentieth episode of s second season, , was going to act as a backdoor pilot and if it was popular enough the series would be green-lit."UPDATE: CW Eyes ‘Flash’ Series With ‘Arrow’s Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & David Nutter" - Deadline However, after executives from The CW saw and , Barry's premiere episodes on , they made the call to order the series straight to pilot."The Flash To Get His Own Pilot Episode, Separate From Arrow" - FlashTVNews On May 8, 2014, The Flash was picked up to series."It’s Official: The Flash Is Picked Up To Series!" - FlashTVNews On October 21, 2014, The Flash was green-lighted for a full season by the CW, extending from 13 episodes to 23."The Flash Gets A Full Season Order!" - FlashTVNews 
The Flash was renewed for a second season on January 11, 2015."The CW Renews Arrow, Supernatural, The 100, Reign, Jane and 3 Others" - TVLine 
On March 11, 2016, The CW renewed The Flash for a third season."The CW Renews The Flash, Vampire Diaries, The 100, Reign (!) and 7 Others" - TVLine 
The Flash was renewed for a fourth season on January 8, 2017. 
On April 2, 2018, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered in the 2018–19 season."'Riverdale,' 'Flash,' 'Supernatural' Among 10 CW Renewals" – The Hollywood Reporter 
The Flash was renewed for a sixth season on January 31, 2019, which premiered during the 2019-2020 season."The CW Renews ‘Arrow’, ‘Charmed’, ‘Supergirl’, ‘The Flash’ & 6 More for 2019-2020" - RenewCancelTV 
The Flash was renewed for a seventh season on January 7, 2020."The CW renews The Flash, Riverdale, Supergirl, Legacies, Nancy Drew, and 8 other series" - Entertainment Weekly 
The Flash was renewed for an eighth season on February 3, 2021."'Walker,' 'Flash,' 'Riverdale' Among 12 CW Shows to Score Early Renewals" - Variety
The Flash was renewed for a ninth season on March 22, 2022."The CW Renews 7 Series: ‘The Flash’, ‘Kung Fu’, 'All American', 'Nancy Drew’, ‘Superman & Lois’, ‘Walker’ & ‘Riverdale’" - Deadline On August 1, 2022, The CW announced that Season 9 would be the series' final season."‘The Flash’ To End With Season 9 On the CW, Final Episode Count Revealed" - DeadlineThe Flash Season 9: All You Need To Know About The Show | DailyResearchplot.com It premiered on February 8, 2023.https://collider.com/the-flash-season-9-trailer/
==Synopsis==
==Introduction==
In Season 1, the intro features a voice-over of Barry Allen where he briefly describes the hardships that he faced in the past. Barry states that he will use his new powers to fight crime and find the one who killed his mother to bring justice for his father. 
In Season 2, Barry states how he must now use his powers to stop the new threats that have been brought into the world after finding his mother's murderer. 
Season 3 featured two different intros. The first half sees Barry facing the ultimate consequence from when he went back in time to save his mother, which in turn created a new timeline, leaving him facing threats from that timeline who are manifesting powers in the 'real' world. The second version was introduced in and tells us Barry attempts to save Iris from being killed by Savitar right after he witnessed her death in the future.
Season 4 mentions the new threats Team Flash have created after they brought Barry out of the Speed Force.
Season 5 mentions Nora West-Allen traveling back to the past to meet Barry and the new threats created from that.
The "Blood and Truth" half of Season 6 had no intro at all. But the second half was different; it had music playing, but no dialogue given during the introduction and showed a montage of each main character and the series as a whole.
===Season 1===
:"My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. When I was a child, I saw my mother killed by something impossible. My father went to prison for her murder. Then an accident made me the impossible. To the outside world, I'm an ordinary forensic scientist. But secretly, I use my speed to fight crime and find others like me. And one day, I'll find who killed my mother and get justice for my father. I am The Flash.
===Season 2===
:"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 at 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."
===Season 3===
:"My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I'm an ordinary forensic scientist. But secretly, with the help of my friends at S.T.A.R. Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. After defeating Zoom and saving the multiverse, I ran back in time and created the alternate timeline Flashpoint. I restored the timeline to how it was, only to find things weren't as I left them. I brought new threats to our world, and I'm the only one fast enough to stop them. I am The Flash."
====Midseason variant====
:"My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I'm an ordinary forensic scientist, but secretly, with the help of my friends at S.T.A.R. Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. In an attempt to stop the evil speedster Savitar, I was accidentally thrust into the future, and I saw him murder the woman I love. But I won't let that happen. I'm going to do everything in my power to change the future, and I'm the only one fast enough to keep her alive. I am The Flash."
===Season 4===
:"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 at S.T.A.R. Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. But I became lost in time. It took everything in my friends’ power to bring me back. And in doing so, our world was opened up to new threats, and I'm the only one fast enough to stop them. I am The Flash."
===Season 5===
:"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 at S.T.A.R. Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. But when my daughter came back from the future to help, she changed the present, and now our world is more dangerous than ever and I'm the only one fast enough to save it. I am the Flash."
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash and Barry Allen/Savitar (seasons 3, 7 and 9)
*Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
*Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow, Killer Frost/Frost/Hellfrost (seasons 3—9) and Khione (seasons 8—9)
*T.J.Williams as Barry Allen/The Flash
*Rick Cosnett as Eddie Thawne/Malcolm Gilmore/Cobalt Blue (season 1; special guest seasons 2—3 and 8-9)
*Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe/Mecha-Vibe (seasons 1—7)
*Tom Cavanagh as Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash (seasons 1—2 and 4—6; special appearance seasons 7—8; special guest seasons 8—9), Harrison Wells (seasons 1 and 7; special guest season 9) Harrison "Harry" Wells (seasons 2—7), Harrison "H. R." Wells (seasons 3 and 7), Harrison Sherloque Wells (seasons 5—7) and Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah (seasons 6—7)
*Jesse L. Martin as Joe West (seasons 1—8; special guest season 9)
*Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West/Kid Flash (seasons 2—4; special guest seasons 5—6 and 9)"‘The Flash’: David Ramsey, Keiynan Lonsdale and Sendhil Ramamurthy Return To Reprise Roles In 9th & Final Season" - Deadline
*Neil Sandilands as Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (season 4)
*Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man (seasons 5—6; recurring season 4)
*Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton (seasons 5—9; guest season 1; recurring seasons 3—4)
*Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West-Allen/XS (season 5; special appearance season 4; special guest season 7—9)
*Chris Klein as Orlin Dwyer/Cicada (season 5)
*LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu/The Monitor (season 6; guest season 5)
*Efrat Dor as Eva McCulloch/Mirror Monarch (seasons 6—7)
*Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia (seasons 7—9; recurring season 6)
*Brandon McKnight as Chester P. Runk (seasons 7—9; guest season 6)
*Jon Cor as Mark Blaine/Chillblaine (season 9; recurring seasons 7—8)
==Trivia==
*In an interview, Grant Gustin revealed that in order to prepare for the role of Barry Allen, he read certain Flash comics to get a feel for the character. He originally went back to the beginning of The Flash comics, and started reading some of the older stuff, but realized it'd be impossible for him to read all of the character's source material. When he got into the New 52 series, he narrowed his focus to those comics, as he felt those were most similar to the TV series. However, he also stated that what's done in the show is unlike the comics, as "a lot of the characters are very different than they are in the comics, but they have the same heart"."‘The Flash’ spoilers: How did Grant Gustin research Barry Allen role?" - Matt and Jess TV
*The Flash has had one supplemental comic book series, , one supplemental internet blog, , and two supplemental web series, and . In addition, The Flash has also had several supplementary books.
*Grant Gustin had confirmed that elements of the "The Trial of The Flash" comic, where Barry is incarcerated for manslaughter when he accidentally kills Eobard Thawne, would be used in the future after the appearance of Barry in a prison outfit appeared in season 1, hinting at the eventual adaptation of the story with Clifford DeVoe in season 4."‘The Flash’ Season 2 Spoilers: Barry In Jail? Caitlin Snow Starts Killer Frost Transformation" - Fashion & Style However, he falsely indicated it would probably get its own season."The Flash Season 2 Spoilers: Grant Gustin teases what’s next as Carlos Valdes talks Cisco" - Unreality TV
*Grant Gustin is the only cast member to have appeared in every episode of the series.
**Below is a list of the episodes that marked the first time the original series regulars did not appear:
***Rick Cosnett - 
***Tom Cavanagh - (although he appeared through archive footage near the end, meaning was the first episode to not feature him in any capacity)
***Jesse L. Martin - 
***Carlos Valdes - 
***Danielle Panabaker - 
***Candice Patton - (although she appeared through archive footage near the beginning, meaning was the first episode to not feature her in any capacity)
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*The only actors who have appeared in every season of The Flash (so far) at least one time are; Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Jesse L. Martin, Tom Cavanagh, Patrick Sabongui, David Ramsey and John Wesley Shipp.
*The only actors who have been part of the main cast in every season of The Flash are; Grant Gustin, Candice Patton and Danielle Panabaker.
*The Flash has the fourth highest number of series regulars in the Arrowverse with 18.
** has the most with 23, has 21, and both have 12, and has 9.
**The Flash is tied with Batwoman in the number of remaining series regulars from its first season, with 4 out of 7 original cast members remaining regulars (Batwoman has 4 of 8). has 3 out of 6, and has 2 out of 10.
*Season 6 is the first season to not have an opening monologue in any episode in addition to introducing a new opening sequence.
*From the sixth to eighth season, a clip of Joseph West was used as one of the clips of Joe West during the opening sequence.
*The first eight seasons were presented in matted widescreen format. But in the ninth season, it is presented in letterbox format.
==Gallery==
===Logos===
The Flash first logo.png|Season 1
The Flash second logo.png|Seasons 2-present
The Flash third logo.png|Season 3 (briefly)
===Title cards===
The Flash title card.png|Official title card for seasons 1–3
Flash vs. Arrow title card.png|Title card variant from and 
Fast Enough title card.png|Title card variant from 
Running to Stand Still title card.png|Title card variant from and 
Invasion! (The Flash) title card.png|Title card variant from 
The Flash seasons 4-5 title card.png|Official title card for Seasons 4–6.
Crisis on Earth-X title card.png|Title card variant from 
We Are The Flash title card.png|Title card variant from 
Nora title card.png|Title card variant from and . Also seen as the end title card variant in 
Elseworlds, Part 1 title card.png|Title card variant from 
The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 title card.png|End title card variant from . Also seen as the title card variant in 
Crisis on Infinite Earths title card.png|Title card variant from 
The Flash season 6 second half title card.png|Official title card for the second half of Season 6–present.
===Promotional images===
Barry Allen as The Flash - first look.png|First look at Grant Gustin as The Flash.
Barry Allen as the Flash full-body promo.png|Barry Allen as the Flash, fully suited.
The Flash coming soon poster.png|The Flash promotional poster.
Flash series logo.png|The Flash icon
The Flash promotional title card.png|Promotional title card.
Flash concept.png
The Flash promo poster - Discover what makes a hero.png|Season 1 poster.
The Flash season 2 poster - It's Go Time.png|Season 2 poster.
The Flash season 3 poster - New destinies. New dangers..png|Season 3 poster.
The Flash season 4 poster - Reborn. Recharged.png|Season 4 poster.
The Flash season 5 poster - Fast, Present and Future.png|Season 5 poster.
The Flash season 6 poster - Speed. Force..png|Season 6 poster.
The Flash season 7 poster - The Future Favors the Fast.png|Season 7 poster.
The Flash season 8 poster - Life in the Flash Lane.png|Season 8 poster.
The Flash season 9 poster - The Final Run.png|Season 9 poster.
==External links==
*Official website
==References==
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