The Flash

Season 1

Main Characters

• Barry Allen / Flash (Grant Gustin), a Central City assistant police forensic investigator who is struck by lightning in his laboratory after an explosion at the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator and doused by chemicals affected by the accident which gives him superhuman speed. He uses his new-found power to help the people of Central City as the masked superhero known as the Flash. 

• Iris West (Candice Patton), the daughter of Detective West and Barry Allen's best friend and longtime crush.

• Dr. Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker), a bioengineer, is the medical support for Barry's team who works for Dr. Harrison Wells at S.T.A.R. Labs.

• Cisco Ramon ( Carlos Valdes), a mechanical engineering genius who works at S.T.A.R. Labs for Dr. Harrison Wells. Cisco is the youngest member of the team of scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs.

• Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), the mind and money behind Central City's S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator, who becomes a pariah after the lab explodes. He serves as a mentor to Barry Allen after he exhibits his powers, but Dr. Wells is keeping secrets from Barry, including his plans for the speedster.

• Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), a recent transfer to the Central City Police Department. He is partner to Detective Joe West and Iris West's love interest.

• Joe West (Jesse L. Martin), a cop who acts as a surrogate father to Barry after his mother's death and father's imprisonment, and who is the father of Iris West.

Review

The flash tells the origin story of how Barry Allen was struck by lightning in his laboratory after an explosion at the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator and doused by chemicals affected by the accident which gives him superhuman speed. He uses his new-found power to help the people of Central City as the masked superhero known as the Flash with the help of Dr. Harrison Wells; who serves as a mentor to Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, a mechanical engineering genius who works at S.T.A.R. Labs and Dr. Caitlin Snow, a bioengineer, is the medical support for Barry's team who works for Dr. Harrison Wells at S.T.A.R. Labs.

The Flash is one of the my favorite DC characters. We get to see Barry Allen/ Flash from getting his powers and learning how to use them with the help of his new friends at S.T.A.R Labs - Dr. Wells, Cisco and Caitlin who help Barry to understand and how to use his powers according to the situation. We get to see a lot of villains in this show with super powers who all got their powers after being affected by the Particle Accelerator.

The special effects of the series is good. It's exciting watch the flash run at super speed and fight people who have super powers. We finally have comic book series where there are a lot of characters with super powers and we get to see them in action. The story is consistently interesting and apart from solving crimes there are things going on in Barry's and his friend's life too which are important to the plot.

I like this fresh take on flash. The story, the characters, the special effects, the action, everything is good in the series. Even if you're not a comic fan you'll love this series. The way the series goes, I had expected a little more exciting ending of the series but it's still good. So how's The Flash Season 1 ? It's pretty good and I suggest you watch it.

Rating - 4/5