He is somewhat able to restore the timeline, but causes the emergence of Savitar, a god-like speedster with a grudge against Barry. In the third season by changing his past, Barry creates the alternate timeline " Flashpoint". After Zoom kills Barry's father, Barry defeats Zoom and travels back in time to save his mother's life. In the second season, the singularity brings speedster Zoom from a parallel universe of Earth-2, who seeks to eliminate all other speedsters in the multiverse where Barry meets his father Henry Allen's Earth-3 counterpart Jay Garrick. By the end of the season, Eobard's ancestor Eddie sacrifices himself to erase Eobard from existence only to open a singularity in the process. Barry eventually discovers that his mentor Harrison Wells is actually Eobard Thawne, his archenemy from the future who murdered his mother Nora Allen when he was a child. Labs' particle accelerator which he uses to fight crime and hunt other metahumans in Central City as the Flash, a masked superhero. The first season follows crime-scene investigator Barry Allen who gains super-human speed after the explosion of the S.T.A.R.
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In January 2022, the series was renewed for a ninth season. The series was renewed for an eighth season in February 2021 and premiered on November 16, 2021. The series, together with Arrow, has spun characters out to their own show, Legends of Tomorrow, which premiered on January 21, 2016. It has been well received by critics and audiences, and won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite New TV Drama" in 2014. The Flash premiered in North America on October 7, 2014, where the pilot became the second-most watched premiere in the history of The CW, after The Vampire Diaries in 2009. The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Initially envisioned as a backdoor pilot, the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry's world in more detail. The series follows Barry Allen, portrayed by Grant Gustin, a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities. It is a spin-off from Arrow, existing in the same fictional universe known as Arrowverse. It is based on the Barry Allen incarnation of DC Comics character the Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. The Flash is an American superhero television drama series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, airing on The CW.