First episode date: October 7, 2014
At 11, Barry Allen’s life had changed completely when his mother died in a freak accident; then, his innocent father got convicted of her murder. Orphaned, Barry later becomes Detective Joe West. Now a crime-scene investigator, his commitment to learning the certainty about his mother’s departure drives him to follow up on every new scientific improvement and urban myth. When his latest obsession, a particle accelerator publicized as a world-changing invention, causes an explosion, it then creates a mutant storm, where Barry got struck by lightning. He later awakens from a with the power of superspeed. When he learns that others who have gained powers use them for wrongdoing, he dedicates himself to defending the innocent while still solving the untold past that haunts him.