The Flash (CBS)

The Flash (1990 TV series)
Information
Type	Television series
Original network	CBS
Seasons	1
Episodes	22
Original run	September 20, 1990 – May 18, 1991
Time slot	Thursdays at 8:30 pm* Wednesday at 8:30 pm* Saturdays at 8:00 pm*
Cast	John Wesley Shipp Amanda Pays Alex Désert Paula Marshall

The Flash is a television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The series ran for one season of twenty-two episodes from September 20, 1990, until May 18, 1991.

John Wesley Shipp later reprised the role of Barry Allen/The Flash during the Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds, bringing the series into the same continuity as the shared multiverse.

Cast

Main cast

• John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen/The Flash and Pollux
• Amanda Pays as Tina McGee
• Alex Désert as Julio Mendez
• Paula Marshall as Iris West *

Notes:

1. Marshall appeared in the pilot as a co-star, though she was written out of the series as of the second episode.

Episodes

#	Episode name	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original airdate
1	"Pilot"	Robert Iscove	Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo		September 20, 1990
2	"Out of Control"	Mario Azzopardi	Gail Morgan Hickman		September 27, 1990
3	"Watching the Detectives"	Gus Trikonis	Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore		October 18, 1990
4	"Honor Among Thieves"	Aaron Lipstadt	Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore	Milo Bachman, Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo	October 25, 1990
5	"Double Vision"	Gus Trikonis	Jim Trombetta		November 1, 1990
6	"Sins of the Father"	Jonathan Sanger	Stephen Hattman		November 8, 1990
7	"Child's Play"	Danny Bilson	Stephen Hattman & Gail Morgan Hickman		November 15, 1990
8	"Shroud of Death"	Mario Azzopardi	Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore		November 29, 1990
9	"Ghost in the Machine"	Bruce Bilson	John Francis Moore & Howard Chaykin		December 13, 1990
10	"Sight Unseen"	Christopher Leitch	Gail Morgan Hickman & John Vorhaus		January 10, 1991
11	"Beat the Clock"	Mario Azzopardi	Jim Trombetta		January 31, 1991
12	"The Trickster"	Danny Bilson	Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore		February 7, 1991
13	"Tina, Is That You?"	William A. Fraker	Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes & David L. Newman		February 14, 1991
14	"Be My Baby"	Bruce Bilson	Jule Selbo		February 21, 1991
15	"Fast Forward"	Gus Trikonis	Gail Morgan Hickman		February 27, 1991
16	"Deadly Nightshade"	Bruce Bilson	John Francis Moore & Howard Chaykin		March 30, 1991
17	"Captain Cold"	Gilbert Shilton	Paul De Meo & Gail Morgan Hickman		April 6, 1991
18	"Twin Streaks"	James A. Contner	Stephen Hattman		April 13, 1991
19	"Done with Mirrors"	Danny Bilson	Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore		April 27, 1991
20	"Good Night, Central City"	Mario Azzopardi	Jim Trombetta		May 4, 1991
21	"Alpha"	Bruce Bilson	Gail Morgan Hickman & Denise Skinner		May 11, 1991
22	"Trial of the Trickster"	Danny Bilson	Howard Chaykin & John Francis Moore		May 18, 1991

Shared universe

On December 12, 2018, Marc Guggenheim confirmed their version of Barry Allen follows the same continuity as CBS's The Flash.

Trivia

• The Flash has had one supplemental comic book series, The Flash TV Special and two supplemental TV movies, The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster and The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade.

References

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