Pilot

For other uses of Pilot, see Pilot (Disambiguation).

"Pilot"

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Season 1 » Episode 1

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1 of 184

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October 7, 2014

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Followed by
Fastest Man Alive

"Pilot"^[1] is the first episode of the first season of The Flash, and the first episode overall. It aired on October 7, 2014.

“	To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something. You need to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good. You see that red blur? That's me... That too... There I am again... My name is Barry Allen. I am the fastest man alive.	”
— Barry Allen^[src]

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Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West, the father of Barry's best friend, Iris. Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother's strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along. Barry's latest obsession is a cutting edge particle accelerator, created by visionary physicist Harrison Wells and his S.T.A.R. Labs team members, Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon, who claim that this invention will bring about unimaginable advancements in power and medicine. However, something goes horribly wrong during the public unveiling, and when the devastating explosion causes a freak storm, many lives are lost and Barry is struck by lightning. After nine months in a coma, Barry awakens to find his life has changed once again – the accident has given him the power of super speed. Thrilled with his new powers, Barry learns how to control them with the help of Dr. Wells and his team. However, keeping his secret from his best friend Iris is proving to be harder than he thought, especially when Joe's new partner, Eddie Thawne, catches her eye. When another metahuman attacks the city, it's time to put Barry's new powers, and himself, to the test.^[2]

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Earth-1
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - Missouri
        Central City
        Central City Police Precinct
        
        CC Jitters
        
        Ferris Air Testing Facility
        
        Gold City Bank
        
        S.T.A.R. Labs
        S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator
        
        Time Vault
        
        Keystone City
        Iron Heights Penitentiary
      - Washington
        Starling City

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Barry gets struck by lightning
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Comic Sneak Peek

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The Flash
Season 1	Pilot (The Flash: 2014) • Fastest Man Alive • Things You Can't Outrun • Going Rogue • Plastique (The Flash) • The Flash Is Born • Power Outage • Flash vs. Arrow • The Man in the Yellow Suit • Revenge of the Rogues • The Sound and the Fury • Crazy for You • The Nuclear Man • Fallout (The Flash) • Out of Time (The Flash) • Rogue Time • Tricksters • All-Star Team Up • Who Is Harrison Wells? • The Trap • Grodd Lives • Rogue Air • Fast Enough
Season 2	The Man Who Saved Central City • Flash of Two Worlds • Family of Rogues • The Fury of Firestorm • The Darkness and the Light • Enter Zoom • Gorilla Warfare • Legends of Today • Running to Stand Still • Potential Energy • The Reverse-Flash Returns • Fast Lane • Welcome to Earth-2 • Escape from Earth-2 • King Shark • Trajectory • Flash Back • Versus Zoom • Back to Normal • Rupture • The Runaway Dinosaur • Invincible • The Race of His Life
Season 3	Flashpoint • Paradox • Magenta • The New Rogues • Monster (The Flash) • Shade • Killer Frost • Invasion! (The Flash) • The Present • Borrowing Problems from the Future • Dead or Alive • Untouchable • Attack on Gorilla City • Attack on Central City • The Wrath of Savitar • Into the Speed Force • Duet • Abra Kadabra • The Once and Future Flash • I Know Who You Are • Cause and Effect • Infantino Street • Finish Line
Season 4	The Flash Reborn • Mixed Signals • Luck Be a Lady • Elongated Journey Into Night • Girls Night Out • When Harry Met Harry... • Therefore I Am • Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3 • Don't Run • The Trial of The Flash • The Elongated Knight Rises • Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash • True Colors • Subject 9 • Enter Flashtime • Run, Iris, Run • Null and Annoyed • Lose Yourself • Fury Rogue • Therefore She Is • Harry and the Harrisons • Think Fast • We Are The Flash
Season 5	Nora • Blocked • The Death of Vibe • News Flash • All Doll'd Up • The Icicle Cometh • O Come, All Ye Thankful • What's Past Is Prologue • Elseworlds, Part 1 • The Flash & The Furious • Seeing Red (The Flash) • Memorabilia • Goldfaced • Cause and XS • King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd • Failure Is an Orphan • Time Bomb (The Flash) • Godspeed • Snow Pack • Gone Rogue • The Girl with the Red Lightning • Legacy (The Flash)
Season 6	Into the Void • A Flash of the Lightning • Dead Man Running • There Will Be Blood • Kiss Kiss Breach Breach • License to Elongate • The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 1 • The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 2 • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three • Marathon • Love Is a Battlefield • A Girl Named Sue • Grodd Friended Me • Death of the Speed Force • The Exorcism of Nash Wells • So Long and Goodnight • Liberation • Pay the Piper • Success Is Assured
Season 7	All's Wells That Ends Wells • The Speed of Thought • Mother • Central City Strong • Fear Me • The One with the Nineties • Growing Pains • The People v. Killer Frost • Timeless • Family Matters, Part 1 • Family Matters, Part 2 • Good-Bye Vibrations • Masquerade (The Flash) • Rayo de Luz • Enemy at the Gates • P.O.W. • Heart of the Matter, Part 1 • Heart of the Matter, Part 2
Season 8	Armageddon, Part 1 • Armageddon, Part 2 • Armageddon, Part 3 • Armageddon, Part 4 • Armageddon, Part 5 • Impulsive Excessive Disorder • Lockdown (The Flash) • The Fire Next Time • Phantoms • Reckless • Resurrection (The Flash) • Death Rises • Death Falls • Funeral for a Friend • Into the Still Force • The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen • Keep It Dark • The Man in the Yellow Tie • Negative, Part 1 • Negative, Part 2
Season 9	Wednesday Ever After • Hear No Evil • Rogues of War • The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1 • The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2 • The Good, the Bad and the Lucky • Wildest Dreams • Partners in Time • It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To • A New World, Part 1: Reunions • A New World, Part 2: The Blues • A New World, Part 3: Changes • A New World, Part 4: Finale

[1] Confirmed: The Title Of The Flash Series Premiere Was NOT "City Of Heroes" After All

[2] Flash Series Premiere Description: "City of Heroes?"

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