Scripted series · CBS
The Flash
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
John Wesley Shipp
Barry Allen / Flash
22 eps
Amanda Pays
Christina 'Tina' McGee
22 eps
Alex Désert
Julio Mendez
22 eps
Lycia Naff
Lila
1 eps
Corinne Bohrer
Zoey
1 eps
Jeri Ryan
Felicia Kane
1 eps
Michael Nader
Nicholas Pike
2 eps
Biff Manard
Murphy
17 eps
Angela Bassett
Linda Lake
1 eps
David Cassidy
Sam Scudder
1 eps
Priscilla Pointer
Nora Allen
3 eps
Robert Hooks
Chief Arthur Cooper
1 eps
Ken Foree
Whisper
1 eps
M. Emmet Walsh
Henry Allen
2 eps
Mark Hamill
The Trickster
2 eps
Richard Belzer
Joe Kline
10 eps
Tim Thomerson
Jay Allen
1 eps
Parley Baer
Judge
1 eps
Gloria Reuben
Sabrina
5 eps
Paula Marshall
Iris West
1 eps
Marsha Clark
Denise Cowan
1 eps
Ricky Dean Logan
Scott
1 eps
Eric DaRe
Tyrone
1 eps
Stan Ivar
Dr. Carl Tanner
1 eps
Jeff Perry
Charlie
1 eps
Vincent Guastaferro
Thomas Castillo
1 eps
John Toles-Bey
Father Michael
2 eps
Helen Martin
Sadie Grosso
1 eps
Jordan Lund
Noble John Spanier
1 eps
Ian Buchanan
Stan Kovacs
1 eps
Miguel Fernandes
Reuben Calderon
1 eps
Clarence Clemons
Darrell Hennings
1 eps
Zitto Kazann
The Santero
1 eps
Elizabeth Gracen
Celia Wayne
1 eps
Michael Earl Reid
Mickey
1 eps
Joyce Hyser
Megan Lockhart
3 eps
Richard Yniguez
Peter Paul Aguilar
1 eps
Lydie Denier
Kate Tatting
1 eps
Paul Whitthorne
Shawn - age 17
1 eps
Bryan Cranston
Philip Moses
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Flash actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Flash reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a bolt of lightning 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.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 22 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
199022 episodes
7.2IMDbBarry 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.
Best episode · S01E12 The Trickster
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E22
The Trial of the Trickster
- Directed by Danny Bilson
- Written by Howard Chaykin, John Francis Moore
S01E20
Good Night, Central City
- Directed by Mario Azzopardi
- Written by Jim Trombetta
S01E19
Done with Mirrors
- Directed by Danny Bilson
- Written by Howard Chaykin, John Francis Moore
S01E18
Twin Streaks
- Directed by James A. Contner
- Written by Stephen Hattman
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Craig W. Van SickleProducer
- Gail Morgan HickmanProducer
- Danny BilsonExecutive Producer
- Paul De MeoExecutive Producer
- Steven Long MitchellProducer
Writing
- Howard ChaykinWriter
- Jim TrombettaWriter
- Jule SelboWriter
- Gail Morgan HickmanWriter
- Stephen HattmanWriter
- Danny BilsonWriter
Direction
- James A. ContnerDirector
- Jonathan SangerDirector
- Gus TrikonisDirector
- Mario AzzopardiDirector
- Gilbert M. ShiltonDirector
- Bruce BilsonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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The wider universe
Connected Series
DC Television
Gotham, Metropolis and everywhere between.
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