List of The Flash episodes

The Flash is an American action television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW. It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, a costumed crimefighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. It is a spin-off from Arrow, existing in the same fictional universe. The series follows Barry Allen, portrayed by Grant Gustin, a crime scene forensic investigator who gains superhuman speed, which he uses to fight criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities.

As of April 13, 2021, 140 episodes of The Flash have aired, currently in its seventh season. The series was renewed for an eighth season on February 3, 2021.

Series overview

The Flash series overview
Season Episodes Originally aired Rank Average viewership
(in millions)
First aired Last aired
1 23 October 7, 2014 May 19, 2015 118 4.62
2 23 October 6, 2015 May 24, 2016 112 4.25
3 23 October 4, 2016 May 23, 2017 120 3.50
4 23 October 10, 2017 May 22, 2018 151 3.04
5 22 October 9, 2018 May 14, 2019 153 2.43
6 19 October 8, 2019 May 12, 2020 113 2.23
7 TBA March 2, 2021 TBA TBA TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2014–15)

The Flash season 1 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 “Pilot” David Nutter Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns
October 7, 2014 296648 4.83
2 2 “Fastest Man Alive” David Nutter Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns
October 14, 2014 3J5352 4.27
3 3 “Things You Can’t Outrun” Jesse Warn Alison Schapker & Grainne Godfree October 21, 2014 3J5353 3.59
4 4 “Going Rogue” Glen Winter Geoff Johns & Kai Yu Wu October 28, 2014 3J5354 3.53
5 5 “Plastique” Dermott Downs Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing & Brooke Eikmeier November 11, 2014 3J5355 3.46
6 6 “The Flash Is Born” Millicent Shelton Jaime Paglia & Chris Rafferty November 18, 2014 3J5356 3.73
7 7 “Power Outage” Larry Shaw Alison Schapker & Grainne Godfree November 25, 2014 3J5357 3.47
8 8 “Flash vs. Arrow” Glen Winter Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Ben Sokolowski & Brooke Eikmeier
December 2, 2014 3J5358 4.34
9 9 “The Man in the Yellow Suit” Ralph Hemecker Todd Helbing & Aaron Helbing December 9, 2014 3J5359 4.66
10 10 “Revenge of the Rogues” Nick Copus Kai Yu Wu & Geoff Johns January 20, 2015 3J5360 3.87
11 11 “The Sound and the Fury” John F. Showalter Alison Schapker & Brooke Eikmeier January 27, 2015 3J5361 4.08
12 12 “Crazy for You” Rob Hardy Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing February 3, 2015 3J5362 3.60
13 13 “The Nuclear Man” Glen Winter Andrew Kreisberg & Katherine Walczak February 10, 2015 3J5363 3.66
14 14 “Fallout” Steve Surjik Keto Shimizu & Ben Sokolowski February 17, 2015 3J5364 4.01
15 15 “Out of Time” Thor Freudenthal Todd Helbing & Aaron Helbing March 17, 2015 3J5365 3.69
16 16 “Rogue Time” John Behring Story by : Grainne Godfree
Teleplay by : Brooke Eikmeier & Kai Yu Wu
March 24, 2015 3J5366 3.33
17 17 “Tricksters” Ralph Hemecker Andrew Kreisberg March 31, 2015 3J5367 3.67
18 18 “All Star Team Up” Kevin Tancharoen Grainne Godfree & Kai Yu Wu April 14, 2015 3J5368 3.67
19 19 “Who Is Harrison Wells?” Wendey Stanzler Ray Utarnachitt & Cortney Norris April 21, 2015 3J5369 3.75
20 20 “The Trap” Steve Shill Alison Schapker & Brooke Eikmeier April 28, 2015 3J5370 3.93
21 21 “Grodd Lives” Dermott Downs Grainne Godfree & Kai Yu Wu May 5, 2015 3J5371 3.62
22 22 “Rogue Air” Doug Aarniokoski Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing May 12, 2015 3J5372 3.65
23 23 “Fast Enough” Dermott Downs Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Gabrielle Stanton & Andrew Kreisberg
May 19, 2015 3J5373 3.87

Season 2 (2015–16)

The Flash season 2 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
24 1 “The Man Who Saved Central City” Ralph Hemecker Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Gabrielle Stanton
October 6, 2015 3J5651 3.58
25 2 “Flash of Two Worlds” Jesse Warn Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing October 13, 2015 3J5652 3.49
26 3 “Family of Rogues” John F. Showalter Julian Meiojas & Katherine Walczak October 20, 2015 3J5653 3.47
27 4 “The Fury of Firestorm” Stefan Pleszczynski Kai Yu Wu & Joe Peracchio October 27, 2015 3J5654 3.43
28 5 “The Darkness and the Light” Steve Shill Ben Sokolowski & Grainne Godfree November 3, 2015 3J5655 3.87
29 6 “Enter Zoom” JJ Makaro Gabrielle Stanton & Brooke Eikmeier November 10, 2015 3J5656 3.63
30 7 “Gorilla Warfare” Dermott Downs Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing November 17, 2015 3J5657 3.46
31 8 “Legends of Today” Ralph Hemecker Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing
December 1, 2015 3J5658 3.94
32 9 “Running to Stand Still” Kevin Tancharoen Andrew Kreisberg December 8, 2015 3J5659 3.55
33 10 “Potential Energy” Rob Hardy Bryan Q. Miller January 19, 2016 3J5660 3.41
34 11 “The Reverse-Flash Returns” Michael A. Allowitz Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing January 26, 2016 3J5661 3.71
35 12 “Fast Lane” Rachel Talalay Story by : Brooke Eikmeier
Teleplay by : Kai Yu Wu & Joe Peracchio
February 2, 2016 3J5662 3.66
36 13 “Welcome to Earth-2” Millicent Shelton Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Katherine Walczak
February 9, 2016 3J5663 3.96
37 14 “Escape from Earth-2” JJ Makaro Story by : Todd Helbing & Aaron Helbing
Teleplay by : David Kob
February 16, 2016 3J5664 3.90
38 15 “King Shark” Hanelle Culpepper Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes February 23, 2016 3J5665 3.80
39 16 “Trajectory” Glen Winter Lauren Certo & Lilah Vandenburgh March 22, 2016 3J5666 3.00
40 17 “Flash Back” Alice Troughton Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing March 29, 2016 3J5667 3.39
41 18 “Versus Zoom” Stefan Pleszczynski Joe Peracchio & David Kob April 19, 2016 3J5668 3.03
42 19 “Back to Normal” John F. Showalter Brooke Roberts & Katherine Walczak April 26, 2016 3J5669 3.39
43 20 “Rupture” Armen V. Kevorkian Kai Yu Wu & Lauren Certo May 3, 2016 3J5670 3.34
44 21 “The Runaway Dinosaur” Kevin Smith Zack Stentz May 10, 2016 3J5671 3.52
45 22 “Invincible” Jesse Warn Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Brooke Roberts & David Kob
May 17, 2016 3J5672 3.37
46 23 “The Race of His Life” Antonio Negret Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing May 24, 2016 3J5673 3.35

Season 3 (2016–17)

The Flash season 3 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
47 1 “Flashpoint” Jesse Warn Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Brooke Roberts
October 4, 2016 T27.13101 3.17
48 2 “Paradox” Ralph Hemecker Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing October 11, 2016 T27.13102 2.80
49 3 “Magenta” Armen V. Kevorkian Judalina Neira & David Kob October 18, 2016 T27.13103 2.67
50 4 “The New Rogues” Stefan Pleszczynski Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes October 25, 2016 T27.13104 2.80
51 5 “Monster” C. Kim Miles Zack Stentz November 1, 2016 T27.13105 2.77
52 6 “Shade” JJ Makaro Emily Silver & David Kob November 15, 2016 T27.13106 3.01
53 7 “Killer Frost” Kevin Smith Story by : Judalina Neira
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Brooke Roberts
November 22, 2016 T27.13107 2.95
54 8 “Invasion!” Dermott Downs Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing
November 29, 2016 T27.13108 4.15
55 9 “The Present” Rachel Talalay Story by : Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing
Teleplay by : Lauren Certo
December 6, 2016 T27.13109 3.14
56 10 “Borrowing Problems from the Future” Millicent Shelton Grainne Godfree & David Kob January 24, 2017 T27.13110 2.72
57 11 “Dead or Alive” Harry Jierjian Story by : Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes
Teleplay by : Zack Stentz
January 31, 2017 T27.13111 3.06
58 12 “Untouchable” Rob Hardy Brooke Roberts & Judalina Neira February 7, 2017 T27.13112 2.91
59 13 “Attack on Gorilla City” Dermott Daniel Downs Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Aaron Helbing & David Kob
February 21, 2017 T27.13113 2.78
60 14 “Attack on Central City” Dermott Daniel Downs Story by : Todd Helbing
Teleplay by : Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes
February 28, 2017 T27.13114 2.87
61 15 “The Wrath of Savitar” Alexandra La Roche Andrew Kreisberg & Andrew Wilder March 7, 2017 T27.13115 2.52
62 16 “Into the Speed Force” Gregory Smith Brooke Roberts & Judalina Neira March 14, 2017 T27.13116 2.39
63 17 “Duet” Dermott Daniel Downs Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing
March 21, 2017 T27.13117 2.71
64 18 “Abra Kadabra” Nina Lopez-Corrado Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Brooke Roberts & David Kob
March 28, 2017 T27.13118 2.39
65 19 “The Once and Future Flash” Tom Cavanagh Carina Adly MacKenzie April 25, 2017 T27.13119 2.67
66 20 “I Know Who You Are” Hanelle Culpepper Bronwen Clark & Joshua V. Gilbert May 2, 2017 T27.13120 2.69
67 21 “Cause and Effect” David McWhirter Judalina Neira & Lauren Certo May 9, 2017 T27.13121 2.71
68 22 “Infantino Street” Michael Allowitz Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Grainne Godfree
May 16, 2017 T27.13122 2.48
69 23 “Finish Line” David McWhirter Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing May 23, 2017 T27.13123 3.04

Season 4 (2017–18)

The Flash season 4 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
70 1 “The Flash Reborn” Glen Winter Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Todd Helbing & Eric Wallace
October 10, 2017 T27.13401 2.84
71 2 “Mixed Signals” Alexandra La Roche Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza October 17, 2017 T27.13402 2.54
72 3 “Luck Be a Lady” Armen V. Kevorkian Sam Chalsen & Judalina Neira October 24, 2017 T27.13403 2.62
73 4 “Elongated Journey Into Night” Tom Cavanagh Sterling Gates & Thomas Pound October 31, 2017 T27.13404 1.99
74 5 “Girls Night Out” Laura Belsey Lauren Certo & Kristen Kim November 7, 2017 T27.13405 2.38
75 6 “When Harry Met Harry…” Brent Crowell Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza November 14, 2017 T27.13406 2.46
76 7 “Therefore I Am” David McWhirter Eric Wallace & Thomas Pound November 21, 2017 T27.13407 2.20
77 8 “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3” Dermott Downs Story by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
Teleplay by : Todd Helbing
November 28, 2017 T27.13408 2.82
78 9 “Don’t Run” Stefan Pleszczynski Sam Chalsen & Judalina Neira December 5, 2017 T27.13409 2.22
79 10 “The Trial of the Flash” Philip Chipera Lauren Certo & Kristen Kim January 16, 2018 T27.13410 2.51
80 11 “The Elongated Knight Rises” Alexandra La Roche Sterling Gates & Thomas Pound January 23, 2018 T27.13411 2.12
81 12 “Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash” Chris Peppe Sam Chalsen & Judalina Neira January 30, 2018 T27.13412 2.60
82 13 “True Colors” Tara Nicole Weyr Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza February 6, 2018 T27.13413 2.28
83 14 “Subject 9” Ralph Hemecker Mike Alber & Gabe Snyder February 27, 2018 T27.13414 2.12
84 15 “Enter Flashtime” Gregory Smith Todd Helbing & Sterling Gates March 6, 2018 T27.13415 2.04
85 16 “Run, Iris, Run” Harry Jierjian Eric Wallace March 13, 2018 T27.13416 2.09
86 17 “Null and Annoyed” Kevin Smith Lauren Certo & Kristen Kim April 10, 2018 T27.13417 1.82
87 18 “Lose Yourself” Hanelle Culpepper Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza April 17, 2018 T27.13418 1.88
88 19 “Fury Rogue” Rachel Talalay Joshua V. Gilbert & Jeff Hersh April 24, 2018 T27.13419 1.90
89 20 “Therefore She Is” Rob J. Greenlea Sterling Gates & Thomas Pound May 1, 2018 T27.13420 1.70
90 21 “Harry and the Harrisons” Kevin Mock Judalina Neira & Lauren Certo May 8, 2018 T27.13421 1.74
91 22 “Think Fast” Viet Nguyen Sam Chalsen & Kristen Kim May 15, 2018 T27.13422 1.93
92 23 “We Are the Flash” David McWhirter Todd Helbing & Eric Wallace May 22, 2018 T27.13423 2.16

Season 5 (2018–19)

The Flash season 5 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
93 1 “Nora” David McWhirter Todd Helbing & Sam Chalsen October 9, 2018 T27.13751 2.08
94 2 “Blocked” Kim Miles Eric Wallace & Judalina Neira October 16, 2018 T27.13752 1.69
95 3 “The Death of Vibe” Andi Armaganian Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza October 23, 2018 T27.13753 1.87
96 4 “News Flash” Brent Crowell Kelly Wheeler & Lauren Certo October 30, 2018 T27.13754 1.75
97 5 “All Doll’d Up” Philip Chipera Thomas Pound & Sterling Gates November 13, 2018 T27.13755 1.73
98 6 “The Icicle Cometh” Chris Peppe Kristen Kim & Joshua V. Gilbert November 20, 2018 T27.13756 1.60
99 7 “O Come, All Ye Thankful” Sarah Boyd Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza November 27, 2018 T27.13757 1.79
100 8 “What’s Past Is Prologue” Tom Cavanagh Todd Helbing & Lauren Certo December 4, 2018 T27.13758 1.78
101 9 “Elseworlds, Part 1” Kevin Tancharoen Eric Wallace & Sam Chalsen December 9, 2018 T27.13759 1.83
102 10 “The Flash & the Furious” David McWhirter Kelly Wheeler & Sterling Gates January 15, 2019 T27.13760 1.64
103 11 “Seeing Red” Marcus Stokes Judalina Neira & Thomas Pound January 22, 2019 T27.13761 1.88
104 12 “Memorabilia” Rebecca Johnson Sam Chalsen & Kristen Kim January 29, 2019 T27.13762 2.04
105 13 “Goldfaced” Alexandra LaRoche Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza February 5, 2019 T27.13763 1.89
106 14 “Cause and XS” Rachel Talalay Todd Helbing & Jeff Hersh February 12, 2019 T27.13764 1.71
107 15 “King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd” Stefan Pleszczynski Eric Wallace & Lauren Certo March 5, 2019 T27.13765 1.67
108 16 “Failure Is an Orphan” Viet Nguyen Zack Stentz March 12, 2019 T27.13766 1.55
109 17 “Time Bomb” Rob Greenlea Kristen Kim & Sterling Gates March 19, 2019 T27.13767 1.64
110 18 “Godspeed” Danielle Panabaker Judalina Neira & Kelly Wheeler April 16, 2019 T27.13768 1.31
111 19 “Snow Pack” Jeff Cassidy Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza April 23, 2019 T27.13769 1.63
112 20 “Gone Rogue” Kristin Windell Sam Chalsen & Joshua V. Gilbert April 30, 2019 T27.13770 1.37
113 21 “The Girl with the Red Lightning” Stefan Pleszczynski Judalina Neira & Thomas Pound May 7, 2019 T27.13771 1.45
114 22 “Legacy” Gregory Smith Story by : Lauren Certo
Teleplay by : Todd Helbing & Eric Wallace
May 14, 2019 T27.13772 1.53

Season 6 (2019–20)

The Flash season 6 episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
Blood and Truth
115 1 “Into the Void” Gregory Smith Eric Wallace & Kelly Wheeler October 8, 2019 T27.14001 1.62
116 2 “A Flash of the Lightning” Chris Peppe Sam Chalsen & Jeff Hersh October 15, 2019 T27.14002 1.27
117 3 “Dead Man Running” Sarah Boyd Lauren Barnett & Thomas Pound October 22, 2019 T27.14003 1.38
118 4 “There Will Be Blood” Marcus Stokes Lauren Certo & Sterling Gates October 29, 2019 T27.14004 1.48
119 5 “Kiss Kiss Breach Breach” Menhaj Huda Kelly Wheeler & Joshua V. Gilbert November 5, 2019 T27.14005 1.19
120 6 “License to Elongate” Danielle Panabaker Thomas Pound & Jeff Hersh November 19, 2019 T27.14006 1.29
121 7 “The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1” Chad Lowe Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza November 26, 2019 T27.14007 1.17
122 8 “The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2” Michael Nankin Kristen Kim & Joshua V. Gilbert December 3, 2019 T27.14008 1.32
123 9 “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three” David McWhirter Story by : Eric Wallace
Teleplay by : Lauren Certo & Sterling Gates
December 10, 2019 T27.14009 1.73
Reflections and Lies
124 10 “Marathon” Stefan Pleszczynski Sam Chalsen & Lauren Barnett February 4, 2020 T27.14010 1.27
125 11 “Love Is A Battlefield” Sudz Sutherland Kelly Wheeler & Jeff Hersh February 11, 2020 T27.14011 1.13
126 12 “A Girl Named Sue” Chris Peppe Thomas Pound & Lauren Certo February 18, 2020 T27.14012 1.10
127 13 “Grodd Friended Me” Stefan Pleszczynski Kristen Kim & Joshua V. Gilbert February 25, 2020 T27.14013 1.17
128 14 “Death of the Speed Force” Brent Crowell Sam Chalsen & Emily Palizzi March 10, 2020 T27.14014 1.03
129 15 “The Exorcism of Nash Wells” Eric Dean Seaton Lauren Barnett & Sterling Gates March 17, 2020 T27.14015 1.19
130 16 “So Long and Goodnight” Alexandra La Roche Kristen Kim & Thomas Pound April 21, 2020 T27.14016 1.09
131 17 “Liberation” Jeff Byrd Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza April 28, 2020 T27.14017 1.18
132 18 “Pay the Piper” Amanda Tapping Jess Carson May 5, 2020 T27.14018 1.22
133 19 “Success is Assured” Philip Chipera Kelly Wheeler & Lauren Barnett May 12, 2020 T27.14019 1.08

Season 7 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
134 1 “All’s Wells That Ends Wells” Geoff Shotz Sam Chalsen & Lauren Certo March 2, 2021 T27.14151 1.00
135 2 “The Speed of Thought” Alexandra La Roche Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza March 9, 2021 T27.14152 0.99
136 3 “Mother” David McWhirter Eric Wallace & Kristen Kim March 16, 2021 T27.14153 0.98
Third Graphic Novel
137 4 “Central City Strong” Jeff Byrd Story by : Kristen Kim
Teleplay by : Joshua V. Gilbert & Jeff Hersh
March 23, 2021 T27.14154 0.98
138 5 “Fear Me” David McWhirter Story by : Thomas Pound
Teleplay by : Lauren Barnett & Christina M. Walker
March 30, 2021 T27.14155 0.91
139 6 “The One With The Nineties” Jeff Byrd Kelly Wheeler & Emily Palizzi April 6, 2021 T27.14156 0.97
140 7 “Growing Pains” Alexandra La Roche Sam Chalsen & Jess Carson April 13, 2021 T27.14157 0.89
141 8 “The People V. Killer Frost” Sudz Sutherland Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza May 4, 2021 TBA TBD

Ratings

The Flash : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research.

Home media

Home media releases of The Flash
Season DVD release dates Blu-ray release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Region A Region B
1 September 22, 2015 September 21, 2015 September 23, 2015 September 22, 2015 September 21, 2015
2 September 6, 2016 September 12, 2016 September 7, 2016 September 6, 2016 September 12, 2016
3 September 5, 2017 September 11, 2017 September 6, 2017 September 5, 2017 September 11, 2017
4 August 28, 2018 September 24, 2018 August 27, 2018 August 28, 2018 September 24, 2018
5 August 27, 2019 September 23, 2019 August 28, 2019 August 27, 2019 September 23, 2019
6 August 25, 2020 August 24, 2020 August 26, 2020 August 25, 2020 August 24, 2020