Golden Glider ( Lisa Snart ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . She is the younger sister of Captain Cold and enemy of the Flash .
115-451: Lisa Snart appeared in the first and second seasons of The Flash , portrayed by Peyton List , as well as the third season of Harley Quinn and the spin-off series Kite Man: Hell Yeah! , voiced by Cathy Ang and Stephanie Hsu respectively. Created by Cary Bates and Irv Novick , the character made her first appearance in The Flash #250 (June 1977). Editor Julius Schwartz
230-573: A backdoor pilot , the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry's world in more detail. The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. The Flash ' s premiere on October 7, 2014 became the second-most watched pilot in the history of The CW, after The Vampire Diaries in 2009. It has been well received by critics and audiences, and won
345-547: A multiverse to allow "everyone to make the best possible product, to tell the best story, to do the best world." On September 13, 2013, Grant Gustin was cast in the titular role of Barry Allen / Flash . Andy Mientus , who would eventually be cast as Hartley Rathaway , also auditioned for the role. Gustin began researching the character during the audition process, and reading as many comics as possible. Gustin primarily focused on The New 52 series of comics, because he knew it would be difficult to read everything and he felt
460-405: A singularity to form in the process. In the second season , the singularity brings the speedster Zoom from a parallel universe of Earth-2 , who seeks to eliminate all other speedsters in the multiverse where Barry meets his father Henry Allen 's Earth-3 counterpart Jay Garrick . After Zoom kills Barry's father, Barry defeats Zoom and travels back in time to save his mother's life. In
575-502: A Caucasian woman in comics. Though the writers discussed early on to make Barry and Caitlin lovers, Gustin vetoed this idea in favour of Barry and Iris, as in the comics. Also in February 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the remaining regular roles to be cast were for the parts of Harrison Wells and Hartley Rathaway. On February 10, 2014, Tom Cavanagh was cast as Harrison Wells , with his role described as "a rock star in
690-463: A bigger budget, as opposed to a backdoor pilot's constraint of incorporating characters from the parent show. The pilot was officially ordered on January 29, 2014, and was written by Berlanti, Kreisberg, and Johns, and directed by Nutter. On May 8, 2014, The Flash was officially picked up as a series, with an initial order of 13 episodes. Three more scripts were ordered in September 2014 following
805-603: A crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities. The season follows Barry getting his super speed from an accident caused by S.T.A.R. Labs who helps him fight criminals who also get powers from the same accident and helping Barry pursue his mother's killer the Reverse-Flash . Gustin is joined by main cast members Candice Patton , Danielle Panabaker , Rick Cosnett , Carlos Valdes , Tom Cavanagh , and Jesse L. Martin . The Flash
920-467: A full 23-episode season. In July 2014, Johns described the series as "the most faithful DC Comics adaptation ever... We've incorporated almost everything of the mythology into it and added a new backstory with S.T.A.R. Labs ." In October 2014, Johns explained that DC's approach to their films and television series would be different from Marvel Studios ' cinematic universe , stating that their film universe and TV universes would be kept separate within
1035-676: A hero vs. villain showdown. Characters include Arrow, Flash, Arsenal, Black Canary, Merlyn, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Firestorm, Ra's al Ghul, Reverse-Flash, and the A.T.O.M. in a cage match fight. The Flash was screened at the Warner Bros. Television and DC Entertainment panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014. The series officially premiered on The CW on October 7, 2014, during the 2014–15 television season and also premiered in Canada on
1150-556: A lot of money to sit around with his eyes closed just unconscious the whole episode... It allows us to further flesh out the Flash universe in Arrow ." Gustin had a brief cameo appearance in the Arrow season three premiere, "The Calm". Valdes appeared once again in the season three episode "Broken Arrow", while Gustin appeared in the final episode of season three, "My Name is Oliver Queen". Stephen Amell appears as Oliver Queen / Arrow in
1265-420: A lot of people have to freeze and I keep moving. Then I have to clear frame and step back into frame. It's really tedious stuff that we have to do. On theirs, they learn fight choreography and they shoot it from the perfect angles and what you see is what you get." Filming for the rest of the season began on July 11, 2014, and, ended on April 14, 2015. Arrow composer Blake Neely is the primary composer of
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#17327906805361380-408: A mask, and ice skates which create their own ice flow, which allow her to effectively skate on air. She also has diamonds and jewels that can be used as explosives or hypnotic devices. The Golden Glider seeks revenge against Allen for several years and frequently collaborates in her heists with her brother, who is very protective of her. After Barry Allen's death, Snart retires from crime and becomes
1495-436: A mercenary alongside Captain Cold. Eventually she returns to crime, with a series of partners, all code-named "Chillblaine", whom she supplies with a replica of her brother's cold gun. The last of these was described as more intelligent and ruthless than his predecessors, and he kills Snart with the weapon she gave him, then holds Keystone for ransom with the aid of Doctor Polaris . Flash barely manages to defeat them. Chillblaine
1610-761: A new Speed Force while Iris, Kamilla, and Singh escape the Mirror Dimension. As a side effect of Eva's attacks, Caitlin and Frost are separated into different bodies. Later, Team Flash contends with the birth of the Strength Force, the Sage Force, and the Still Force. Afterwards, Team Flash gets caught up in the Godspeed War, in which Barry is reunited with his future daughter Nora and meets his future son Bart Allen . Barry briefly allies with
1725-523: A police officer), with images of Hamill as Trickster from the 1990 TV series being used in a police report. The Flash costume was designed by Colleen Atwood . While remaining largely faithful to Barry's costume from the comics, it was designed as a more "functional, textured quality" costume than previous live-action Flash ones. Production on the pilot began in March 2014, with filming taking place in Vancouver , British Columbia ; additional filming for
1840-429: A positive response to newly completed episodes by executives, while a back ten was ordered the next month for a full 23-episode season. With the commencement of production on the series' second season, former Arrow and Ugly Betty writer Gabrielle Stanton was promoted to executive producer and showrunner; after having served as consulting producer and writer on the first season's finale "Fast Enough". However, it
1955-498: A reconstituted Thawne in order to defeat Godspeed, and afterwards, Thawne gets away vowing to become faster than Barry. The eighth season opens with the five-part event "Armageddon". Thawne causes Barry to be targeted by Despero , who claims that Barry will destroy the Earth in 2031. Later, Barry enters Thawne's " Reverse-Flashpoint " timeline, where he was Flash and Barry was Reverse-Flash. With help from Damien Darhk , Barry restores
2070-517: A result of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion. The group is led by Mr. Bliss , a character who first appeared in Starman . The comic launched digitally biweekly on September 8, 2014, with its first physical release featuring a collection of the digital releases, releasing on October 1. On February 24, 2015, The CW launched a blog account known as The Chronicles of Cisco . The blog, originally based at Tumblr , features posts written by
2185-478: A selection of music from The Flash / Arrow crossover episodes, as well as two bonus tracks from their respective 2014 midseason finales. The first season, two-disc soundtrack was released on October 16, 2015. The second season's soundtrack was released digitally on July 22, 2016, and in CD format on July 26, 2016. Season 3 saw two soundtrack releases. The first was for the episode " Duet ", which featured six songs from
2300-407: A spin-off series, which is described as a superhero team-up show, was in discussion by The CW for a possible 2015–16 midseason release. Berlanti and Kreisberg would executive produce alongside Guggenheim and Sarah Schechter. The potential series would be headlined by several recurring characters from both Arrow and The Flash , with the potential for other Arrow / Flash characters to cross over to
2415-474: A television series based on the Flash for The CW , and it would detail Barry Allen's origin. Kreisberg revealed after the announcement that Allen would first appear as a recurring character on Arrow in three episodes of season two—all written by Berlanti, Kreisberg and Johns—and the last of the episodes would act as a backdoor pilot for the new show. Kreisberg added that Allen would be a forensic scientist and
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#17327906805362530-535: A theme for Barry Allen which was featured in Arrow ' s season two episodes "The Scientist" and "Three Ghosts". The theme was titled "The Scientist" when it was released on the Arrow: Season 2 soundtrack . According to Neely, "It had to be different [from Arrow ]... but it also couldn't be so different that it couldn't fit in the Arrow universe,... it had to be in a style that could hold hands with Arrow ." On December 18, 2014, WaterTower Music released
2645-554: A tie-in novelization written by Susan and Clay Griffith, set during the course of the second season, after Barry has closed the temporal anomaly that nearly destroyed Central City. Barry must seek help from Oliver Queen, due to his own abilities beginning to break down, in order to deal with five members of his Rogues Gallery—including Pied Piper , Weather Wizard , and Peek-a-Boo. The story continued in Arrow: A Generation of Vipers , released on March 28, 2017. A subsequent novel, following
2760-400: A valuable golden statue of the god Mercury from Corto Maltese. The Flash arrives to stop them, but they turn out to be mirror constructs created to distract him. The Golden Glider is an Olympic -level figure skater . Thanks to a pair of experimental skates that create their own ice, she is able to skate on any surface, including mid-air. She also wields jewel-themed gadgets and weaponry. In
2875-414: A weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". IGN 's Eric Goldman and Joshua Yehl praised the show's premise and cast after viewing a press screening copy of the pilot. Goldman and Yehl favorably compared it to Arrow , stating that The Flash progresses with a confidence that Arrow did not get until later in the series. Reviews for
2990-410: A weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". IGN's Eric Goldman and Joshua Yehl praised the show's premise and cast after viewing a press screening copy of the pilot. Goldman and Yehl favorably compared it to Arrow , stating that The Flash progresses with a confidence that Arrow did not get until later in the series. Reviews for
3105-576: Is a spin-off of Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe known as the Arrowverse . The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 7, 2014, and ran for nine seasons until May 24, 2023. The series follows Barry Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, along with others who have also gained superhuman abilities. Initially envisioned as
3220-422: Is a 160-page behind-the-scenes book with production art and behind-the-scenes photography. The book also includes interviews with the cast and crew from the show. In May 2018, Titan Books released the first guidebook for The Flash , written by Nick Aires from the perspective of Cisco Ramon. S.T.A.R. Labs: Cisco Ramon's Journal features "his confidential journal entries, covering everything from his tech designs,
3335-477: Is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. It is a spin-off from Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe , and was produced by Berlanti Productions , Warner Bros. Television , and DC Entertainment , with Andrew Kreisberg serving as showrunner . The series follows Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin ,
3450-633: Is chosen as the new avatar for the Negative Speed Force, becoming the speedster Cobalt Blue . Bringing Eobard, Zoom, Savitar, and Godspeed back with him, Eddie fights against Team Flash, but ultimately stands down and forms a truce with Barry. The series ends with Nora's birth, and Barry choosing Avery Ho , Max Mercury , and Jess Chambers to become new speedsters. On July 30, 2013, it was announced that Arrow co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg , Arrow pilot director David Nutter , and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns would develop
3565-403: Is erased from the timeline. In the sixth season , Barry and Iris learn that the crisis in which Barry disappears has moved up to December 2019, and that in order to save billions, the Flash must die. Meanwhile, Ramsey Rosso discovers a way to cure people through dark matter, only to turn himself into a metahuman with a violent bloodthirst. Following Rosso's defeat, Barry surviving Crisis, and
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3680-463: Is in love with. Iris decides to end her support of the Flash. Oliver asks Barry's team to keep his alter ego a secret. A new metahuman able to manipulate fire appears in Central City. On July 30, 2013, it was announced that Arrow co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg , Arrow pilot director David Nutter , and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns would develop a television series based on
3795-468: Is stopped with the help of Pied Piper and her brother. Lisa and the Rogues later make their peace with Snart as they help him stop Gorilla Grodd , which leads the U.S government to pardon them. Lisa is revealed to be in a relationship with Mirror Master, whom she managed to bring back to their dimension at great risk to herself. Afterwards she ends up in a deep coma until Pied Piper revives her, to come to
3910-402: Is then killed by Cold in retaliation. Her death has been a constant source of grief for her older brother. In Blackest Night , Golden Glider is revived as a Black Lantern before being killed by Cold. In The New 52 timeline (a reboot of DC comics), Lisa Snart's murder has been written out of continuity and she is alive. In this continuity, she is dying of a brain tumor; she survives after
4025-627: The 2014–15 television season and also premiered in Canada on the same night. The second episode was screened at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2014, as a way to repay the viewers that watched the series' premiere episode. The series premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 28, 2014, and in Australia on December 3, 2014. The complete first season was first released on Blu-ray and DVD in Region 1 on September 22, 2015,
4140-564: The ABC television series Eli Stone . Several cast members from the 1990 television series appear in the series. John Wesley Shipp , who portrayed Barry Allen/Flash in the 1990 series, joined the cast in a recurring role as Barry's father, Dr. Henry Allen , and Amanda Pays once again portrays a character named Dr. Tina McGee . In the episode "Tricksters", Mark Hamill returns as James Jesse / Trickster and Vito D'Ambrosio plays Mayor Anthony Bellows (a character he played in 1991, but as
4255-433: The Arrow universe, ... it had to be in a style that could hold hands with Arrow ." On December 18, 2014, WaterTower Music released a selection of music from The Flash / Arrow crossover episodes, as well as two bonus tracks from their respective 2014 midseason finales. The first season, two-disc soundtrack was released on October 16, 2015, by La La Land Records. All music composed by Blake Neely. In March 2014, it
4370-582: The Flash . He uses his new powers to fight criminals along with other metahumans who have also gained superhuman abilities in Central City . Barry eventually discovers that his mentor Harrison Wells is actually Eobard Thawne –the Reverse-Flash–his archenemy from the future who traveled back in time to murder his mother, Nora Allen , when he was a child. Thawne is ultimately erased from existence when his ancestor Eddie sacrifices himself, causing
4485-455: The People's Choice Award for "Favorite New TV Drama" in 2014. The series, together with Arrow , has spun characters out to their own show, Legends of Tomorrow , which premiered on January 21, 2016. The first season follows Barry Allen , a crime-scene investigator who gains superhuman speed from the explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs ' particle accelerator and becomes the costumed superhero
4600-530: The Speed Force in order to repent for his creation of Flashpoint. The fourth season sees the team successfully bring Barry back from the Speed Force, but in the process release dark matter that turns a dozen people on a city bus into metahumans, masterminded by Clifford DeVoe , an adversary with the fastest mind alive. After the defeat of DeVoe, the team is approached by Barry and Iris' daughter from
4715-415: The show's fourth season , it shows Dibny as he continually bothers Cailtin and Iris for their help, or for attention. The shorts premiered online as well as during the commercial breaks of the episodes " When Harry Met Harry... ", " Therefore I Am ", and " Don't Run ". The series has also been featured in other video games based on DC Comics property. In the mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us ,
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4830-475: The third season , Barry creates the alternate timeline " Flashpoint " following his decision to change his past. He is able to partially restore the timeline, but causes the emergence of Savitar , a god-like speedster with a grudge against Barry. When Barry accidentally travels to the future and sees Iris West killed by Savitar, he becomes desperate to change the future to prevent that from happening. After saving Iris and defeating Savitar, Barry takes his place in
4945-441: The Flash for The CW , and it would detail Barry Allen's origin. Kreisberg revealed after the announcement that Allen would first appear as a recurring character on Arrow in three episodes of season two—all written by Berlanti, Kreisberg and Johns—and the last of the episodes would act as a backdoor pilot for the new show. Kreisberg added that Allen would be a forensic scientist and the introduction of his superpowers, as well as
5060-413: The Flash's lightning speed, Johns stated it would not just be the standard "blurring around". Barry ultimately appeared twice in Arrow 's second season, with the planned backdoor pilot cancelled in favor of a traditional pilot by The CW executives, who had been impressed by early cuts of Barry's first two episodes on Arrow . This allowed the creative team to flesh out Barry's story and his world on
5175-579: The New 52 was the closest to the show's "look and feel". In January 2014, actor Jesse L. Martin was cast as Detective Joe West , while Rick Cosnett was cast as Eddie Thawne and Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow . In February 2014, Candice Patton was cast as Iris West and Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon . Patton's casting as Iris caused significant backlash among comic book fans due to Patton being of African descent, while Iris has typically been depicted as
5290-493: The New 52, Glider gained metahuman abilities in the same incident that gave Mirror Master, Captain Cold, Heat Wave and Weather Wizard theirs, enabling her to fly, becoming intangible, and generate sharp, ribbon-like tendrils. The Flash (season 1) The first season of the American television series The Flash premiered on The CW on October 7, 2014, and concluded on May 19, 2015, after airing 23 episodes. The series
5405-584: The Rogues' aid when The Secret Society of Super Villains and the Royal Flush Gang attack. Lisa and the Rogues make their first cameo appearance, in the DC Rebirth storyline, in The Flash (vol. 4) #3 watching a news report about the many newly created speedsters appearing throughout the city. They later make their first full-length appearance in The Flash (vol. 4) #15, attempting to steal
5520-690: The Strength, Sage, and Still Force, who use Iris to revive Thawne in his time remnant's body, but are then defeated, with Thawne being removed from the timeline. The ninth and final season opens with Team Flash joining forces with former enemies in order to defeat the Red Death , who is later revealed to be Ryan Wilder from an alternate Earth. Later, Rosso returns to infect the newly-recreated multiverse, but Barry stops him with help from Oliver Queen , John Diggle , and Wally West . After this, Eddie, who had been mysteriously resurrected with false memories,
5635-399: The alert. She has come to S.T.A.R. Labs to make Cisco create a weapon for her, as he did for Golden Glider , Captain Cold , and Heat Wave . When he does not cooperate, she shoots him. Cisco survives being shot, realizing that the orange soda he spilled on his shirt was the missing catalyst to his bulletproof formula. Cisco tries to bring Peek-a-Boo back to the pipeline, but she locks him in
5750-454: The cell instead. Cisco is then seen being woken up due to a call from Barry. He believes he dreamt the whole experience, until he finds the bullet that shot him on the ground. On November 14, 2017, a three-episode series of shorts, known as "Stretched Scenes", premiered. The series, presented by Microsoft Surface , features Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Panabaker, and Candice Patton as Ralph Dibny, Cailtin Snow, and Iris West respectively. Set during
5865-476: The costume designer for the second season and made slight changes to the Flash costume, such as changing the color of his crest from yellow to white, being faithful to the Flash costume from the comics. Production on the pilot began in March 2014, with filming taking place in Vancouver , British Columbia ; additional filming for the series takes place in Portland, Oregon . On how action sequences are shot for
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#17327906805365980-430: The costumes for Arrow . It features a burgundy color scheme, a masked helmet, and gold accents throughout, and went through multiple adjustments from the moment it was placed in computer renderings to the day of filming the pilot. Primarily made of leather, the suit contains areas with a stretchable material to allow Gustin room to bend. According to Atwood "It was all about a costume that could sell speed, Grant [Gustin]
6095-438: The effects last longer. Oliver tries to stop Barry, and the two engage in a fight until Wells and Joe use colored strobe light to reset Barry's emotional state. Afterward, Barry and Oliver capture Bivolo and place him in the prison at S.T.A.R. Labs. Eddie's task force is established after he was beaten by an enraged Flash. Barry confirms Oliver's belief that he has a lot to learn. Oliver advises him to stay away from Iris, whom Barry
6210-467: The eighteenth episode, "All Star Team Up". Katie Cassidy and Paul Blackthorne , as Laurel Lance / Black Canary and Detective Quentin Lance , respectively, appeared in the following episode, "Who Is Harrison Wells?", while Amell and Doug Jones as Jake Simmons / Deathbolt appeared in the twenty-second episode, "Rogue Air". On July 18, 2014, Kreisberg stated that a crossover event would occur in
6325-513: The eighth episode of the first season of The Flash and the third season of Arrow , respectively. In early January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz announced the intention to do a Flash / Arrow crossover every season, after the success of the first one. In April 2015, to celebrate the season three finale of Arrow and season one finale of The Flash , The CW released a short promo titled "Superhero Fight Club". The short features characters from Arrow and The Flash battling each other in
6440-428: The episode " Welcome to Earth-2 ", as Barry, Cisco and Harrison Wells of Earth-2 travel to Earth-2, glimpses of the multiverse are seen, including an image of Supergirl star Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and an image of John Wesley Shipp as the Flash from the 1990 television series , implying the two characters and their respective television series exist on alternate Earths to Earth-1; Supergirl ' s world
6555-487: The episode and a guitar version of the last song "Running Home to You". It was released on March 21, 2017. The overall soundtrack was released on October 10, 2017. The score of the " Crisis on Earth-X " crossover released on June 15, 2018, and the season four soundtrack was released on March 15, 2019. The soundtracks for seasons five and six, and of the crossovers " Elseworlds " and " Crisis on Infinite Earths ", were not released until February 26 and March 5, 2021, ahead of
6670-549: The episode. The Flash was included on multiple Best/Top TV Shows of 2014 lists, ranking on NPR and Omaha World-Herald ' s (7th), and Film School Rejects ' (10th). In its first season, The Flash was nominated for 35 awards, including an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for the episode "Grodd Lives", and winning nine. The show was nominated for four Saturn Awards , winning Best Superhero Adaption Television Series and Wentworth Miller winning for Best Guest Star on Television . Gustin
6785-699: The episode. The second season of The Flash scored a Metacritic rating of 81 out of 100 indicating "universal acclaim". The Flash has been nominated for six BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards (won all), two Hollywood Post Alliance Awards , one Hugo Award , seventeen IGN Awards (winning four), ten Kids' Choice Awards , sixteen Leo Awards (winning five), two MTV Movie & TV Awards , five People's Choice Awards (winning one), one Primetime Emmy Award , twenty-two Saturn Awards (winning seven), one TCA Award , twenty-seven Teen Choice Awards (winning six), one TV Guide Award (won), and one Visual Effects Society Award . The show also holds
6900-484: The fictional character of Cisco Ramon , at first serving as write-ups of the metahuman villains on the show. Starting with the second season of the show, the posts evolved into the general musings of Ramon and his commentary on the events during and outside of The Flash' s episodes. On September 17, 2019, The Chronicles of Cisco moved to Instagram . On April 19, 2016, a four-episode series of shorts, titled Chronicles of Cisco: Entry 0419 , premiered. The series, which
7015-562: The first four season of the series, and details on the life of the Flash "in Barry's own words." Audio studio Serial Box is currently developing an audio series based on The Flash , titled The Flash: Rogues . The series will feature Lex Luthor altering the timeline in order to turn The Flash, Green Arrow, White Canary, and Supergirl evil, while their friends attempt to fix the timeline. The series currently has eight episodes planned. In January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz announced
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#17327906805367130-405: The fourth most- torrented television show of 2016. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 7.75/10 based on 63 reviews. The website's consensus reads, " The Flash benefits from its purposefully light atmosphere, making it a superhero show uniquely geared toward genre fans as well as novices." Metacritic , which uses
7245-594: The future Nora West-Allen . During the fifth season , the team discover that Nora's presence has altered the timeline and unleashed Cicada , a serial killer bent on killing metahumans, as well as the aftermath of thwarting Thinker's plot causing ordinary items to be imbued with dark matter that turns them into Meta-Tech. They also eventually learn of her allegiance with an imprisoned Eobard, who orchestrated Nora's arrival and previously trained her when it came to her fight with Godspeed . Barry and Nora succeed in subduing an escaped Eobard, but are forced to let him go and Nora
7360-449: The intention to do a Flash / Arrow crossover every season, and The CW announced that an animated web-series, Vixen , featuring the DC heroine of the same name and set in the universe of Arrow and The Flash , would be debuting on CW Seed in late 2015. The character is expected to make a live-action appearance on Arrow and/or The Flash as well. The next month, it was reported that
7475-400: The introduction of his superpowers, as well as the reactions to this, will be very human and grounded. Johns stated that the character of the Flash in the show would resemble his comic book counterpart, complete with his trademark red costume, and not be a poor imitation. Kreisberg elaborated: "No sweat suits or strange code names; he will be The Flash." While researching the best way to depict
7590-496: The multiverse's destruction and rebirth, the team navigates the world post-Crisis all while the secret organization Black Hole and quantum engineer Eva McCulloch , who is trapped in the Mirror Dimension, move forward with their mysterious plans. Eva captures Iris, Kamila, and Captain Singh and imprisons them in Mirror Dimension while their mirror duplicates hinder Team Flash. In the seventh season , Team Flash defeats Eva and creates
7705-426: The network. Season 1 of The Flash received generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 7.75/10 based on 63 reviews. The website's consensus reads, " The Flash benefits from its purposefully light atmosphere, making it a superhero show uniquely geared toward genre fans as well as novices." Metacritic , which uses
7820-399: The new series as well. In May 2015, The CW officially picked up the series, titled Legends of Tomorrow . The second season begins to explore the concept of the multiverse by introducing Earth-2, which features doppelgängers of the inhabitants of Earth-1 (the main setting of Arrow , The Flash , and Legends of Tomorrow ), along with Jay Garrick , the Flash of Earth-2, and Zoom . In
7935-400: The original timeline, prevents Joe's death, and spares Thawne from his erasure by removing his speed. Later, Team Flash fights Deathstorm , whose defeat comes at the cost of Frost's life, devastating her boyfriend Chillblaine . Barry also encounters Meena Dhawan, who has gained super-speed with help from a revived time remnant of Thawne. They contend with the newly-born negative counterparts of
8050-563: The other connected television series, as well as commentary on those episodes. On Netflix in the United States, the first season became available for streaming on October 6, 2015, the second season on October 4, 2016, the third season on May 31, 2017, the fourth season on May 30, 2018, and the fifth season on May 22, 2019. In India, the series streamed on Hotstar due to a partnership between them and Hooq ; it dissolved in April 2020 after Hooq shut down due to bankruptcy. The last episode of
8165-430: The parent show. The pilot was officially ordered on January 29, 2014, and was written by Berlanti, Kreisberg, and Johns, and directed by Nutter. On May 8, 2014, The Flash was officially picked up as a series, with an initial order of 13 episodes. Three more scripts were ordered in September 2014 following a positive response to newly completed episodes by executives, while a back ten was ordered on October 21, 2014, for
8280-548: The perfect angles and what you see is what you get." Production on the third season began in early July 2016. On March 13, 2020, production on the sixth season was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Season seven began filming in October 2020 and concluded on May 19, 2021. Arrow composer Blake Neely is the primary composer of the series, and was first hired in April 2014 to score the pilot. He had previously composed
8395-496: The pilot episode and episode 2. Kreisberg stated, "Barry will [already] be the Flash, he will have his team, everyone will be in that world, and we'll [ sic ] introducing a new set of villains that we won't be seeing on the TV show. It'll feel like the same heart, humor and spectacle that you get watching Flash ." The comic will showcase the entire TV cast, plus new rogues, a group of circus performers who gained super powers as
8510-419: The pilot episode. Kreisberg announced that Emily Bett Rickards would appear in the fourth episode as Felicity. Previous Arrow adversary William Tockman / The Clock King ( Robert Knepper ) was in the seventh episode. Members of The Royal Flush Gang , who previously appeared on Arrow , made a cameo appearance in the eleventh episode of the series. Rickards and Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer had scenes in
8625-439: The pilot was watched by a total of 6.8 million viewers, becoming The CW's most-watched telecast and the highest-rated premiere among men 18–34 (2.5 rating). It broke the previous record for the most-watched telecast held by the cycle 8 finale of America's Next Top Model in 2007 (6.69 million). Additionally, across all platforms, including initiated streams on digital platforms and total unduplicated viewers on-air over two airings
8740-415: The reactions to this, will be very human and grounded. Johns stated that the character of the Flash in the show would resemble his comic book counterpart, complete with his trademark red costume, and not be a poor imitation. Kreisberg elaborated: "No sweat suits or strange code names; he will be The Flash." While researching the best way to depict the Flash's lightning speed, Johns stated it would not just be
8855-456: The same night. The second episode was screened at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2014, as a way to repay the viewers that watched the series' premiere episode. The series premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 28, 2014, and in Australia on December 3, 2014. The season began streaming on Netflix on October 6, 2015, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Region 1 on September 22, 2015. The first season of The Flash
8970-404: The season and awarded the season finale a perfect A grade, calling the episode "richly satisfying" and also commending the show for "[capturing] the essence of its source material in a fun, light-on-its-feet way that few other comic book adaptations have managed." He also gave high praise to the emotional value and performances of the cast, as well as the cliffhanger and multiple easter eggs found in
9085-404: The season and awarded the season finale a perfect A grade, calling the episode "richly satisfying" and also commending the show for "[capturing] the essence of its source material in a fun, light-on-its-feet way that few other comic book adaptations have managed." He also gave high praise to the emotional value and performances of the cast, as well as the cliffhanger and multiple easter eggs found in
9200-492: The season finale, "Fast Enough" one of the best television episodes of 2015. The Flash (2014 TV series) The Flash is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg , and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the Barry Allen incarnation of DC Comics character the Flash , a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. It
9315-611: The season progressed, with the finale receiving critical acclaim. The series was renewed for a second season on January 11, 2015. Eddie proposes a task force to hunt down the Flash. A new metahuman, Roy Bivolo , shows up with the ability to send people into an uncontrollable rage, and uses his ability to rob a bank. Oliver Queen informs Barry that he and his team are tracking a killer who uses lethal boomerangs. Barry and Oliver agree to team-up and catch each other's targets. Barry decides to go after Bivolo by himself. Bivolo uses his abilities on Barry; but because of Barry's powers it makes
9430-471: The second season on September 6, 2016, the third season on September 5, 2017, the fourth season on August 28, 2018, and the fifth season on August 27, 2019. Each season release contains additional features, which include: making-of featurettes, episode commentaries, deleted scenes, gag reels, and Comic-Con panels. The second, fourth and fifth season boxsets include the Arrowverse crossover episodes from
9545-424: The second. In 2019, Todd departed as showrunner, and Eric Wallace, who had been co-executive producer since the fourth season, was promoted to the sole showrunner, effective from season six. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season , which premiered on October 9, 2018. On January 31, 2019, The CW renewed the series for a sixth season, which premiered on October 8, 2019. On January 7, 2020,
9660-485: The series became increasingly positive as the season progressed, with the finale receiving critical acclaim. Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the season a B+ overall, giving praise to the pacing of the plot, the performances of the cast and the special effects, and also pointing out the series' boldness to embrace its comic book influences, something that conventional superhero shows tend not to do. Weekly episode reviewer Scott Von Doviak gave consistently high ratings to
9775-482: The series became increasingly positive as the season progressed, with the finale receiving critical acclaim. Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the season a B+ overall, giving praise to the pacing of the plot, the performances of the cast and the special effects, and also pointing out the series' boldness to embrace its comic book influences, something that conventional superhero shows tend not to do. Weekly episode reviewer Scott Von Doviak gave consistently high ratings to
9890-469: The series takes place in Portland, Oregon . On how action sequences are shot for the series, compared to Arrow , Gustin said, "When [ Arrow ] shoot(s) action sequences, pretty much what you see is what you get and they're really doing everything. We do a lot of plate shots that are empty shots of the area we're going to be in and then they're putting us in later in post . I do a lot of the fighting. I don't have to do it full speed and then they ramp it up and
10005-454: The series to stream on Hotstar was " Death of the Speed Force " in mid-March. A year later, Amazon Prime Video acquired the streaming rights for India, with the series premiering there on May 24, 2021. The first episode of The Flash was watched by 4.8 million viewers and had a 1.9 18–49 demographic rating, making it The CW's most watched and highest rated series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. Factoring Live + 7 day ratings,
10120-472: The series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on March 2, 2021. In April 2020, Gustin, who had been contracted for seven seasons, said there had been discussions about renewing the series through a ninth season, but those were stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On February 3, 2021, the series was renewed for an eighth season which premiered on November 16, 2021. In late January 2022, Gustin
10235-435: The series, and was first hired in April 2014 to score the pilot. He had previously composed a theme for Barry Allen which was featured in Arrow ' s season two episodes "The Scientist" and "Three Ghosts". The theme was titled "The Scientist" when it was released on the Arrow: Season 2 soundtrack . According to Neely, "It had to be different [from Arrow ] ... but it also couldn't be so different that it couldn't fit in
10350-598: The series, compared to Arrow , Gustin said, "When [ Arrow ] shoot[s] action sequences, pretty much what you see is what you get and they're really doing everything. We do a lot of plate shots that are empty shots of the area we're going to be in and then they're putting us in later in post . I do a lot of the fighting. I don't have to do it full speed and then they ramp it up and a lot of people have to freeze and I keep moving. Then I have to clear frame and step back into frame. It's really tedious stuff that we have to do. On theirs, they learn fight choreography and they shoot it from
10465-446: The seventh season's premiere. A soundtrack for the five-episode "Armageddon" event that began the show's eighth season was released on March 4, 2022. A soundtrack for the last three seasons was released on May 26, 2023. The sound design for the series is handled by Mark Camperell. The sound effect for Barry is made up of elements of thunder, electricity, jets, fireballs, and various custom whooshes and impacts. Speaking about designing
10580-402: The show's "Flashpoint" event never occurred, and The Flash must fight a villain known as Hocus Pocus who can control the minds and actions of people. A sequel, The Flash: Johnny Quick was released on April 3, 2018, as well as a third novel, titled The Flash: The Tornado Twins , on October 2, 2018. On October 21, 2016, "The Art and Making of The Flash" by Abbie Bernstein was released. This
10695-539: The show's versions of the Flash and Reverse-Flash appear as alternate costumes for the Flash. The show's version of S.T.A.R. Labs also appears as a hidden area in Lego Dimensions . The video game Lego DC Super-Villains features DLC inspired by The Flash in the "DC Super Heroes: TV Series DLC Character Pack". The DLC pack includes The Flash and Vibe as playable characters. On November 29, 2016, Titan Books released The Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen ,
10810-533: The sound for the Flash's ability, Mark says: "My approach for the sounds of the Flash's ability was to editorially treat him like a really aggressively driven hot rod. This doesn't mean that I used car sounds for him, though. What I mean is that when thinking about how to edit his sounds, I thought about it like cutting a car chase." The Flash was screened at the Warner Bros. Television and DC Entertainment panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014. The series officially premiered on The CW on October 7, 2014, during
10925-443: The standard "blurring around". Barry ultimately appeared twice in Arrow ' s second season, with the planned backdoor pilot canceled in favor of a traditional pilot by The CW executives, who had been impressed by early cuts of Barry's first two episodes on Arrow . This allowed the creative team to flesh out Barry's story and his world on a bigger budget, as opposed to a backdoor pilot's constraint of incorporating characters from
11040-522: The third-highest rated in the 18–49 demographic. Factoring Live + 7 day ratings, the pilot was watched by a total of 6.8 million viewers, becoming The CW's most-watched telecast and the highest-rated premiere among men 18–34 (2.5 rating). It broke the previous record for the most-watched telecast held by the cycle 8 finale of America's Next Top Model in 2007 (6.69 million). Additionally, across all platforms, including initiated streams on digital platforms and total unduplicated viewers on-air over two airings
11155-415: The third-highest rated in the 18–49 demographic. The first season finished as the 118th ranked show, with an average viewership of 4.62 million, making it the most watched series ever on The CW, and also the highest rated series among men 18–49 and men 18+ ever on the network. The first season of The Flash received generally positive reviews from critics. Reviews for the series became increasingly positive as
11270-521: The tumor is removed, but expresses shame over her brother's actions. Later, she mysteriously appears in South America , going by the name "Glider" and apparently wielding metahuman abilities. She is shown recruiting Weather Wizard for an unknown purpose after his battle with the Flash. She recruits Heat Wave , the Trickster and Mirror Master to join her faction to exact revenge on Flash, but
11385-585: The villain Weather Wizard in his attempts at revenge, was released in May 2018. Written by Richard A. Knaak , it is titled The Flash: Climate Changeling . In October 2017, Abrams Books started a new trilogy of The Flash novels, written by Barry Lyga , aimed at middle-grade readers in tandem with a similar trilogy of Supergirl novels. The first, The Flash: Hocus Pocus , was released on October 3, 2017. The novel takes place in an alternate timeline where
11500-561: The villains and other heroes the team encounter, the team's personal challenges and his own Vibe abilities prior to Flashpoint." A second guidebook for The Flash was released in November 2018, this time published by Abrams Books. The Secret Files of Barry Allen: The Ultimate Guide to the Hit TV Show features the Flash's "top-secret notes", as well as "classified S.T.A.R. Labs dossiers on everyone in Central City", an episode guide on
11615-438: The week of October 7, 2014, the premiere was seen more than 13 million times. The Canadian premiere was watched by 3.11 million viewers, making it the most-watched broadcast that night and the second for that week. In the United Kingdom, the premiere was the fourth highest-rated broadcast of the week and the eleventh of that month, with 1.53 million viewers. The timeshifted version got 82,000 viewers. The premiere in Australia
11730-438: The week of October 7, 2014, the premiere was seen more than 13 million times. The Canadian premiere was watched by 3.11 million viewers, making it the most-watched broadcast that night and the second for that week. In the United Kingdom, the premiere was the fourth highest-rated broadcast of the week and the eleventh of that month, with 1.53 million viewers. The timeshifted version got 82,000 viewers. The premiere in Australia
11845-421: The world of physics and the mind and money behind Central City's S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator". It was eventually revealed that Cavanagh's character was actually Eobard Thawne , who stole the appearance of the real Wells (also portrayed by Cavanagh) after killing him, with Matt Letscher portraying Thawne's original likeness. Letscher was cast due to his previous collaboration with Kreisberg and Berlanti in
11960-505: The world records for "Most in-demand superhero TV show" and "Most in-demand action and adventure TV show" from the Guinness World Records . In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked the show 23rd on its list of the "40 Best Science Fiction TV Shows of All Time". The Flash: Season Zero , written by Kreisberg, Brooke Eikmeier and Katherine Walczak, with art by Phil Hester and Eric Gapstur, is intended to take place between
12075-409: Was also involved in the character's creation, and may have been responsible for the name Golden Glider. Lisa Snart is a figure skater , known by the alias Lisa Star, who has help in her career from her secret coach and lover, The Top , a foe of Barry Allen / Flash who dies after being injured in a battle with him. Furious over his death, Snart vows revenge, adopting an orange ice-skater's costume,
12190-839: Was announced that Gustin would not appear in a third episode of Arrow as originally planned. However, Panabaker and Valdes appear in the Arrow episode "The Man Under the Hood" in their roles as Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon, respectively. Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim stated, "This was something that really came about because obviously Barry is in a coma at the end of ["Three Ghosts"]. That pretty much made it impossible for Barry to appear in [the third episode, as originally planned]... The idea of bringing in [Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon] really, really appealed to us because it allowed us to honor our original intention [of] doing something Flash-related around episode 19 or 20 [of season two] without having comatose Barry and basically paying Grant Gustin
12305-465: Was continually moving in the suit, so it had to be designed to make that all happen visually and functionally." It initially took Gustin approximately 40 minutes to get into his costume, as the first cowl was prosthetic and had to be zipped and glued to his face. This was cut down to approximately 15 minutes by episode eight, when designers were able to develop a new cowl that easily slid over Gustin's face and locked into place. Maya Mani replaced Atwood as
12420-513: Was honored with the Breakthrough Performance Saturn Award at the ceremony for his electrifying performance as Barry Allen/The Flash. The series received eight Leo Awards nominations, including Best Dramatic Series and winning Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series for the episode "Going Rogue". It also won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite New TV Drama" for the 2014–15 season. The Atlantic named
12535-456: Was later reported that Kreisberg would be returning to sole showrunner duties at an unspecified time. That time was later proved to be at the start of 2016, "Potential Energy", when Stanton was no longer credited as being involved with the show. In May 2017, it was reported that Aaron Helbing would be departing the series. Helbing had served as a writer since the first season, and as co-showrunner, along with his brother Todd and Kreisberg, since
12650-425: Was picked up for a full season by The CW in October 2014, and filming took place primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada. The series premiere was watched by 4.8 million viewers and had a 1.9 18–49 demographic rating, making it The CW's most watched and highest rated series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. It also became The CW's second-most watched series premiere ever, behind 90210 , and
12765-411: Was presented by AT&T , features Valdes and Britne Oldford reprise their role as Cisco Ramon and Shawna Baez / Peek-a-Boo , respectively. Set in the second season of the television series, the series sees Cisco attempting to make the Flash suit bulletproof and body-odor proof. While working on these, he receives a late-night Meta-Human Alert within S.T.A.R. Labs, and learns that Peek-a-Boo triggered
12880-446: Was reported to be renewing his contract for a ninth season. On March 22, 2022, The CW renewed the series for a ninth season. On August 1, 2022, it was announced that the series will be concluding with its upcoming ninth season, and that the season would receive a 13-episode order. The season premiered on February 8, 2023, with the finale airing on May 24 of the same year. The costume was designed by Colleen Atwood , who also designed
12995-441: Was the fifth most-pirated TV series in 2015. ^1 Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead. The first episode of The Flash was watched by 4.8 million viewers and had a 1.9 18–49 demographic rating, making it The CW's most watched and highest rated series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. It also became The CW's second-most watched series premiere ever, behind 90210 , and
13110-528: Was the most-watched broadcast on pay television, with 129,000 viewers tuning in. In 2016, according to an analysis from Parrot Analytics, which used ratings data (where available), peer-to-peer sharing, social media chatter, and other factors to estimate viewer demand for various shows, The Flash was the 5th most popular show in the world with 3.1 million demand expressions per day, behind Game of Thrones , The Walking Dead , Pretty Little Liars , and Westworld . TorrentFreak also gauged The Flash as
13225-430: Was the most-watched broadcast on pay television, with 129,000 viewers tuning in. The first season finished as the 118th ranked show, with an average viewership of 4.62 million, helping to deliver The CW's most watched season in seven years. The Flash finished the season as the most watched series ever on The CW with 5.85 million viewers, and also the highest rated series among men 18–49 (2.8 rating) and men 18+ ever on
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