The essential episodes of The Flash
Watch these 25 in order and you've got The Flash — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Barry discovers his powers and puts them to the test, only when he finds its no longer a test but the real thing when he encounters a certain someone.
- 02
Harrison presents Barry with an impossible choice: save Nora and create an alternate timeline, while letting Harrison escape. or let his mother die as she did in the original timeline.
- 03
The team's visitor, Jay Garrick, explains that he comes from a parallel world and was a speedster there, but lost his powers transitioning over. Now he insists that Barry needs his help fighting a new metahuman, Sand Demon, who came from Jay's world. Meanwhile, Officer Patty Spivot tries to join Joe's Metahuman Taskforce.
- 04
After Dr. Light escapes from her pipeline cell, Barry asks Linda to help them lure Zoom to their world. Meanwhile, the team questions Harrison's motives and Cisco tries to use his powers on the Earth-2 visitor.
- 05
Barry and Cisco take Kendra to Oliver and his team, looking for protection when a mysterious immortal comes seeking Kendra. However, a figure from her past arrives to tell her the truth. Meanwhile, Jay refuses to help Harrison test his new speed-enhancement serum, Velocity-6.
- 06
Barry and Cisco travel to Earth-2 with Harry to rescue his daughter, and discover a strange world where friends are enemies and enemies are even worse. Meanwhile, Caitlin help Jay regain his speed so that he can deal with a new metahuman menace, Geomancer.
- 07
The Earth Two metahumans attack Central City en masse, and Barry is oddly confident that the team can handle them. Meanwhile, Cisco has vibes of an ominous future, and meets the Earth Two counterpart of a woman he loved.
- 08
The team discovers what Zoom is up to, and why he wants Barry to race him. When they realize that Barry is out of control after the death of someone close to him, they lock Barry up for his own safety rather than let him participate in a race he can't win.
- 09
Taking the name of Jesse Quick and donning a mask, Jesse offers to help Barry against two metas, Mirror Master and Top. However, her inexperience puts her in danger and gets Flash trapped in a mirror. Meanwhile, Harry, Cisco, and Caitlin search the other Earths for a replacement for a Harry.
- 10
The alien Dominators land on Earth, and Barry realizes that he can't fight them alone. He summons Green Arrow and his teammates, and then the Legends, and then Supergirl from her Earth. However, the discovery of future-Barry's message forces Barry to reveal that he may have altered all of their lives when he changed the timeline, sowing the seeds of mistrust.
- 11
As Christmas arrives, the team discovers Alchemy's identity. Jay travels from Earth 3 to lend the team a hand against Savitar, while Joe forbids Wally from helping.
- 12
The team finds Tracy Brand, the woman that Future-Barry said would be able to imprison Savitar four years in the future. However, Savitar intends to kill Tracy and is using Killer Frost to do so. Meanwhile, Cecile tells Joe that she loves him and he freezes up.
- 13
Cisco comes up with a plan to stop Savitar involving preventing Barry from forming short-term memories. However, the plan doesn't go as intended. Meanwhile, Killer Frost returns to S.T.A.R. Labs to help the team.
- 14
With Marlize's help, Barry tries to make a last-ditch attempt to reach the good DeVoe inside of the Thinker... and meets an old friend.
- 15
After Nora meets her parents and reveals that she's stuck in 2018, Flash goes off after a new meta--Gridlock--and subsequently discovers what happens to himself in the future.
- 16
To defeat Cicada, Nora comes up with a plan to assemble the necessary components from discarded villain items in the past and hide them in the present. Barry travels back in time to recover the three components, and reluctantly takes Nora with him.
- 17
Oliver and Barry discover that they've swapped bodies. To find someone who can recognize them for who they are, they travel to Earth-38 to get Kara's help. Before they can solve the mystery of the mind-swap, the heroes have to take down a new menace: AMAZO, a robot with all of their powers.
- 18
Team Flash discovers the nature of the new Cicada when they find a time sphere that is a future duplicate of Eobard's. They also find out that Cicada II is going after the meta that she believes killed her parents, while Sherloque reaches the conclusion of his investigation.
- 19
To learn why Nora joined forces with Eobard, Team Flash reads her journal. They discover that in 2049, Eobard was the only person who was honest with Nora, and taught her how to use her powers.
- 20
Barry must choose between stopping Cicada or releasing Eobard. Nora and Cisco make choices of their own as they face the crisis upon them.
- 21
After recent events, Barry takes a closer look at his life with Iris. Eva makes a bold move.
- 22
When Barry suddenly gains the power of speed thinking, he attempts to use his new gift to save Iris. While Barry is thrilled with his new power, Cisco is hesitant to trust it. Meanwhile, Eva must face a shattering truth.
- 23
Barry meets Black Lightning at the Hall of Justice after things take a dire turn with Despero. Iris suspects something is off with Despero's vision of the future so she seeks help from a powerful ally.
- 24
It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To
Team Flash throws a surprise birthday party for Barry but things go terribly awry when Ramsey Rosso crashes the festivities.
- 25
The Flash, the fastest man alive, is tasked with his greatest challenge yet, to save the timeline and save existence. Friends old and new gather for an epic battle to save Central City, one last time.
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