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The Flash (2014)

Action · Adventure · Drama

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.

IMDb rating
7.4 (389,137 votes)
Episode average
7.6 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
9
Streaming (US)
Netflix
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

8.56 avg 23 episodes 8.3 → 9.5 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 10,695 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 8,238 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 7,515 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 7,740 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 6,970 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 6,898 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 6,792 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 10,151 votesEp 9: 9.2 · 9,848 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 6,642 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 6,264 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 6,432 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 6,569 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 6,959 votesEp 15: 9.6 · 16,657 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 6,657 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 7,941 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 6,496 votesEp 19: 8.9 · 7,334 votesEp 20: 9.3 · 8,584 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 6,629 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 7,969 votesEp 23: 9.5 · 14,342 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.310,695
2Fastest Man Alive8.18,238
3Things You Can't Outrun7.97,515
4Going Rogue8.47,740
5Plastique7.96,970
6The Flash Is Born8.26,898
7Power Outage8.36,792
8Flash vs. Arrow9.110,151
9The Man in the Yellow Suit9.29,848
10Revenge of the Rogues8.16,642
11The Sound and the Fury8.06,264
12Crazy for You8.26,432
13The Nuclear Man8.56,569
14Fallout8.76,959
15Out of Time9.616,657
16Rogue Time8.36,657
17Tricksters9.07,941
18All Star Team Up8.16,496
19Who Is Harrison Wells?8.97,334
20The Trap9.38,584
21Grodd Lives8.26,629
22Rogue Air9.07,969
23Fast Enough9.514,342

Season 2 (2015)

8.45 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 9.0 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 6,950 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 6,201 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 5,576 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 5,508 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 5,744 votesEp 6: 9.3 · 8,769 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 5,214 votesEp 8: 8.9 · 6,554 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 5,288 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 5,118 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 5,636 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 4,796 votesEp 13: 9.2 · 7,159 votesEp 14: 9.0 · 5,998 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 5,181 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 4,896 votesEp 17: 8.9 · 5,965 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 5,761 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 4,870 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 5,910 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 6,001 votesEp 22: 8.8 · 5,747 votesEp 23: 9.0 · 7,461 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Man Who Saved Central City8.16,950
2Flash of Two Worlds8.56,201
3Family of Rogues8.25,576
4The Fury of Firestorm8.15,508
5The Darkness and the Light8.55,744
6Enter Zoom9.38,769
7Gorilla Warfare8.05,214
8Legends of Today8.96,554
9Running to Stand Still8.45,288
10Potential Energy8.05,118
11The Reverse-Flash Returns8.65,636
12Fast Lane8.04,796
13Welcome to Earth-29.27,159
14Escape from Earth-29.05,998
15King Shark8.35,181
16Trajectory8.04,896
17Flash Back8.95,965
18Versus Zoom8.05,761
19Back to Normal7.34,870
20Rupture8.75,910
21The Runaway Dinosaur8.66,001
22Invincible8.85,747
23The Race of His Life9.07,461

Season 3 (2016)

8.07 avg 23 episodes 8.3 → 7.7 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 6,407 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 4,992 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 4,520 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 4,380 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 4,265 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 4,507 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 4,771 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 5,935 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 4,527 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 3,962 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 3,821 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 3,753 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 3,981 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 3,798 votesEp 15: 8.5 · 4,411 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 3,940 votesEp 17: 6.2 · 9,145 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 3,984 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 4,476 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 5,084 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 3,971 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 5,449 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 5,542 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Flashpoint8.36,407
2Paradox8.34,992
3Magenta7.54,520
4The New Rogues8.04,380
5Monster7.44,265
6Shade8.34,507
7Killer Frost8.64,771
8Invasion!9.05,935
9The Present8.74,527
10Borrowing Problems from the Future7.93,962
11Dead or Alive7.83,821
12Untouchable7.73,753
13Attack on Gorilla City7.83,981
14Attack on Central City7.73,798
15The Wrath of Savitar8.54,411
16Into the Speed Force7.83,940
17Duet6.29,145
18Abra Kadabra7.93,984
19The Once and Future Flash8.64,476
20I Know Who You Are8.85,084
21Cause and Effect8.03,971
22Infantino Street9.05,449
23Finish Line7.75,542

Season 4 (2017)

7.48 avg 23 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 4,926 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 4,021 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 3,850 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 3,991 votesEp 5: 5.3 · 5,469 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 3,599 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 4,037 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 4,755 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 3,905 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 3,760 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,360 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 3,298 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 3,307 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 3,174 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 5,146 votesEp 16: 5.4 · 5,101 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 3,138 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 3,305 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 2,978 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 2,902 votesEp 21: 6.5 · 3,051 votesEp 22: 7.8 · 3,016 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 3,511 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Flash Reborn7.44,926
2Mixed Signals7.14,021
3Luck Be a Lady7.33,850
4Elongated Journey Into Night8.13,991
5Girls Night Out5.35,469
6When Harry Met Harry...7.13,599
7Therefore I Am8.44,037
8Crisis on Earth-X, Part 38.64,755
9Don't Run8.43,905
10The Trial of The Flash8.13,760
11The Elongated Knight Rises7.53,360
12Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash7.73,298
13True Colors7.93,307
14Subject 97.23,174
15Enter Flashtime8.95,146
16Run, Iris, Run5.45,101
17Null and Annoyed6.93,138
18Lose Yourself8.03,305
19Fury Rogue7.42,978
20Therefore She Is7.42,902
21Harry and the Harrisons6.53,051
22Think Fast7.83,016
23We Are the Flash7.73,511

Season 5 (2018)

7.77 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 3,919 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 3,171 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,123 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 3,011 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 3,062 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 2,995 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 2,851 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 4,147 votesEp 9: 9.0 · 4,349 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 2,736 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 2,665 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 2,649 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 2,603 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 2,828 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 2,713 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 2,549 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 2,714 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 3,124 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 2,538 votesEp 20: 7.0 · 2,490 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 2,486 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 3,352 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nora8.03,919
2Blocked7.53,171
3The Death of Vibe7.93,123
4News Flash7.33,011
5All Doll'd Up7.43,062
6The Icicle Cometh7.52,995
7O Come, All Ye Thankful7.42,851
8What's Past Is Prologue9.04,147
9Elseworlds, Part 19.04,349
10The Flash & the Furious7.12,736
11Seeing Red7.32,665
12Memorabilia7.72,649
13Goldfaced7.42,603
14Cause and XS7.82,828
15King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd7.82,713
16Failure Is an Orphan7.82,549
17Time Bomb8.12,714
18Godspeed8.33,124
19Snow Pack7.42,538
20Gone Rogue7.02,490
21The Girl with the Red Lightning7.72,486
22Legacy8.63,352

Season 6 (2019)

7.28 avg 19 episodes 7.4 → 6.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 2,988 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 2,679 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 2,501 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 2,481 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 2,444 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 2,490 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 3,009 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 2,556 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 3,953 votesEp 10: 6.8 · 2,246 votesEp 11: 4.9 · 2,747 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 2,148 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 2,143 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 2,180 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 2,054 votesEp 16: 6.6 · 2,083 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 2,094 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 2,008 votesEp 19: 6.6 · 2,198 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Into the Void7.42,988
2A Flash of the Lightning7.72,679
3Dead Man Running7.22,501
4There Will Be Blood7.42,481
5Kiss Kiss Breach Breach7.32,444
6License to Elongate7.32,490
7The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 18.43,009
8The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 27.82,556
9Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three8.83,953
10Marathon6.82,246
11Love Is a Battlefield4.92,747
12A Girl Named Sue6.92,148
13Grodd Friended Me7.52,143
14Death of the Speed Force7.82,180
15The Exorcism of Nash Wells7.62,054
16So Long and Goodnight6.62,083
17Liberation7.42,094
18Pay the Piper7.02,008
19Success Is Assured6.62,198

Season 7 (2021)

6.52 avg 18 episodes 7.1 → 6.9 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 2,779 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,853 votesEp 3: 5.4 · 2,713 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 2,268 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 2,163 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 2,197 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 1,996 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 2,125 votesEp 9: 5.7 · 2,041 votesEp 10: 5.8 · 1,970 votesEp 11: 5.7 · 2,066 votesEp 12: 7.0 · 1,998 votesEp 13: 6.0 · 1,822 votesEp 14: 4.7 · 2,107 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 1,832 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 1,767 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 1,876 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 2,124 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1All's Wells That Ends Wells7.12,779
2The Speed of Thought8.12,853
3Mother5.42,713
4Central City Strong6.22,268
5Fear Me7.12,163
6The One with the Nineties6.52,197
7Growing Pains6.71,996
8The People V. Killer Frost7.12,125
9Timeless5.72,041
10Family Matters, Part 15.81,970
11Family Matters, Part 25.72,066
12Good-Bye Vibrations7.01,998
13Masquerade6.01,822
14Rayo de Luz4.72,107
15Enemy at the Gates7.01,832
16P.O.W.7.11,767
17Heart of the Matter, Part 17.21,876
18Heart of the Matter, Part 26.92,124

Season 8 (2021)

6.83 avg 20 episodes 7.1 → 6.5 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 2,200 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,083 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 1,926 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 2,048 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 1,840 votesEp 6: 6.3 · 1,752 votesEp 7: 6.6 · 1,535 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 1,555 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 1,448 votesEp 10: 6.3 · 1,419 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 1,523 votesEp 12: 6.8 · 1,471 votesEp 13: 7.1 · 1,459 votesEp 14: 6.0 · 1,444 votesEp 15: 6.3 · 1,365 votesEp 16: 6.8 · 1,427 votesEp 17: 6.0 · 1,409 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 1,512 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 1,480 votesEp 20: 6.5 · 1,500 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Armageddon, Part 17.12,200
2Armageddon, Part 27.62,083
3Armageddon, Part 37.51,926
4Armageddon, Part 47.82,048
5Armageddon, Part 57.01,840
6Impulsive Excessive Disorder6.31,752
7Lockdown6.61,535
8The Fire Next Time6.61,555
9Phantoms6.21,448
10Reckless6.31,419
11Resurrection7.01,523
12Death Rises6.81,471
13Death Falls7.11,459
14Funeral for a Friend6.01,444
15Into the Still Force6.31,365
16The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen6.81,427
17Keep It Dark6.01,409
18The Man in the Yellow Tie7.51,512
19Negative, Part One7.51,480
20Negative, Part Two6.51,500

Season 9 (2023)

6.02 avg 13 episodes 6.7 → 5.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 1,987 votesEp 2: 5.5 · 1,739 votesEp 3: 6.0 · 1,700 votesEp 4: 5.8 · 1,670 votesEp 5: 5.5 · 1,652 votesEp 6: 3.8 · 2,136 votesEp 7: 4.6 · 1,783 votesEp 8: 5.4 · 1,582 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,629 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 2,627 votesEp 11: 6.3 · 1,658 votesEp 12: 6.3 · 1,609 votesEp 13: 5.2 · 2,974 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Wednesday Ever After6.71,987
2Hear No Evil5.51,739
3Rogues of War6.01,700
4The Mask of the Red Death, Part 15.81,670
5The Mask of the Red Death, Part 25.51,652
6The Good, the Bad and the Lucky3.82,136
7Wildest Dreams4.61,783
8Partners in Time5.41,582
9It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To8.52,629
10A New World, Part 1: Reunions8.62,627
11A New World, Part 2: The Blues6.31,658
12A New World, Part 3: Changes6.31,609
13A New World, Part 4: Finale5.22,974
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