Should you watch The Flash?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

The Flash
Series · 2014
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.
The sides of The Flash
- A forensic scientist who becomes the fastest man alive
- A villain of the week
- A team in a secret lab
The Flash is good for you if…
- you want a bright, easy superhero show.
- you like Barry and Joe, the cop who raised him like a son.
- you like a kind, hopeful hero.
The Flash is bad for you if…
- nine seasons is far more than you want to start.
- time travel that resets everything drives you mad.
About: family · hope · guilt
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