Next → The first season of the American television series premiered on on October 7, 2014 and concluded on May 19, 2015 after airing 23 episodes. The series is based on the character, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. It is a from, existing in the same, and was produced by,, and, with serving as. The series follows, portrayed by, a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities.

Season 1 ends with Wells presenting Barry with a life-changing choice. Meanwhile, Dr. Martin Stein and Ronnie Raymond return to help the S.T.A.R. Labs team for the final fight.

Gustin is joined by main cast members,,,,,. The Flash was picked up for a full season by The CW in October 2014, and filming took place primarily in, Canada. The 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 in 2009. It also became The CW's second-most watched series premiere ever, behind, and 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 the season progressed, with the finale receiving critical acclaim.

The series was renewed for a on January 11, 2015. Stars as Barry Allen / Flash On September 13, 2013, was cast in the titular role of., who would eventually be cast as, also auditioned for the role. Gustin began researching the character during the audition process, and reading as many comics as possible. Sekbid olahraga.

Gustin primarily focused on series of comics, because he knew it would be difficult to read everything and he felt the New 52 was the closest to the show's 'look and feel'. In January 2014, actor was cast as Detective, while Rick Cosnett was cast as and as.

In February 2014, was cast as and Carlos Valdes as. 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 a Caucasian woman in comics. Also in February 2014, reported that the remaining regular roles to be cast were for the parts of Harrison Wells and Hartley Rathaway. On February 10, 2014, was cast as, with his role described as 'a rock star in 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, who stole the appearance of the real Wells (also portrayed by Cavanagh) after killing him, with portraying Thawne before the transformation. Several cast members from the appear in the series., who portrayed Barry Allen/Flash in the 1990 series, joined the cast in a recurring role as Barry's father, Dr. Henry Allen, and once again portrays a character named Dr. In the episode 'Tricksters', returns as and plays Mayor Anthony Bellows (a character he played in 1991, but as a police officer), with images of Hamill as Trickster from the 1990 TV series being used in a police report. Design [ ] The Flash costume was designed.

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. Filming [ ] Production on the pilot began in March 2014, with filming taking place in,; additional filming for the series takes place in. 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. 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 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.

Crossovers [ ] In March 2014, it 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].