Better Late Than Never..."The Flash: Season One"

The Flash (2014)

TV-PG

Starring Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Rick Cosnett, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin,

The Story:

Barry Allen (Gustin) has grown up after a tragic childhood accident that claimed the life of his mother and saw his father wind up in jail. Raised by police detective Joe West (Martin), Barry pines away for the lovely Iris (Patton) but she thinks of him more as a brother than a potential love interest. When a freak accident occurs at STAR Labs, Barry winds up in a coma, and when he awakens 9 months later, he discovers he has superhuman speed. Aided by Dr. Harrison Wells (Cavanagh), Caitlin Snow (Panabaker) and Cisco Ramon (Valdes), they help Barry learn what he can do, as he tracks down others who were affected that night, and have decided to use their abilities in the pursuit of evil.

I don't usually watch TV, but when I do, it's on Netflix, and it's usually awesome.

So too is The Flash.

The amusing thing, everything that I don't like about the DC movie universe, is non-existent in the television universe.

It's light. It's fun. It's interesting. There is character development and characters that you actually care about.

Sure, there's drama, but there isn't a dark, somber brooding where you really begin to disassociate with the characters and begin to not really care about them.

Halfway through Season 1, and The Flash is living up to the hope and promise that I wanted it to have but was afraid I would be disappointed by it.

Little worry there after all.

In fact, the only thing that really has gotten on the nerves of the test audience at my house, Iris West is a bit of a spoiled self-centered brat. It appears the writers are trying to correct that as the series moves along, so that's a good thing.

My knowledge of The Flash from the comics isn't that great, having read only a few bits from the Mark Waid and Geoff Johns era, so I get to be surprised when certain characters names are mentioned and then I get to match them up to their costumed persona later on.

And it's great fun watching Cisco give these codenames out to the characters.

In fact, a lot of the enjoyment from the series is that Barry has a great support team from both STAR Labs and Detective Martin from the police department. They're all helping him adjust to his powers while helping him be a source of good for Central City.

And with the team-ups with Arrow, that's helped make me decide that perhaps that's the next TV show to watch when I've finished this season of The Flash.

Season 1 currently streaming on Netflix.

Final Grade: B+