Pilot
- Episode aired Oct 7, 2014
- TV-PG
- 44m
CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a coma, nine months after he was hit by lightning, and discovers he has superhuman speed.CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a coma, nine months after he was hit by lightning, and discovers he has superhuman speed.CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a coma, nine months after he was hit by lightning, and discovers he has superhuman speed.
- Nurse #2
- (as Yoshie Bancroft)
- Uniform with Junkie
- (as Osmond Bramble)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Wesley Shipp (Henry Allen) previously played Barry Allen / The Flash in The Flash (1990).
- GoofsCisco Ramon repeatedly uses the term "knots per hour" as a speed unit, which is wrong, because a knot (nautical mile per hour) is already a measure of speed.
- Quotes
Oliver Queen: So why come to me? Something tells me you didn't just run 600 miles to say "hi" to a friend.
Barry Allen: All my life, I've wanted to... just do more - be more - and now I am, and the first chance I get to help someone, I screw up. What if Wells is right? What if I'm not a hero. What if I'm some guy who was struck by lightning?
Oliver Queen: I don't think that bolt of lighting struck you, Barry. I think it chose you.
Barry Allen: I'm just not sure I'm like you, Oliver. I don't know if I can be some... vigilante.
Oliver Queen: You can be better, because you can inspire people in a way that I never could, watching over your city like a guardian angel... making a difference... saving people... in a flash. Take your own advice: Wear a mask.
[rappels to the next building]
Barry Allen: Cool.
Oliver Queen: [sees Barry runs off in a flash] Cool.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Flash: What's Past Is Prologue (2018)
"The Flash" lacks personality. Before starting the first episode, I watched the direct-to-video "Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox". "Flashpoint Paradox" wasn't amazing; it was clichéd and predictable. But it was fun to watch, and it had a story to tell. And it moved me. "The Flash" failed. Actually, it failed the very moment twerking was mentioned. There's enough twerking in the world without it entering superhero comic book adaptations, goddammit. This is escapist stuff, it should have that feeling, atmosphere. The stuff those dumb "Kick- Ass" comics and movies lack. A soul. Class. Imagine Batman in JLU singing "Wrecking Ball" instead of "Am I Blue?".
Instead I get an origin story mostly copied from Sam Raimi's 2002 "Spiderman".
I'm still going to give this show a chance, they say it gets better later on. But seeing how Green Arrow was portrayed - pretty sure I'm not wasting my time on Arrow.
It was... a sad experience. I had high expectations.
- SongOfFall
- May 23, 2015
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD