The Flash, Season One

My name is Barry Allen, and I'm the fastest man alive. When I was a child, I saw my mother killed by something impossible. My father went to prison for her murder. Then an accident made me the impossible. To the outside world, I'm just an ordinary forensic scientist, but secretly with the help of my friends I use my speed to fight crime and find others like me, and one day I'll find who killed my mother and get justice for my father. I am the Flash.

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Overall: We need more superhero shows like this, where the hero is genuinely and unapologetically heroic but also human and prone to screw-ups; and where not everything has to be grimdark. I’m in for season two, no question.