The Flash on the small screen: Reviews, Ratings and Crossovers!

By Kara Michelle Oct 18, 2014 03:35 AM EDT

A new TV show has been aired on October 7 about the fastest man alive based on the DC comics character Flash (Barry Allen) on the CW. The Flash is a spin-off from the ongoing series Arrow starring Grant Gustin as 'The Flash', Candice Patton and Danielle Panabaker.

Turns out, The Flash episode 1 - which began airing on October 7 has been well received by critics and viewers. The pilot episode received approximately 4.83 million viewers and a "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metascore of 73 based on 26 critics on Metacritic in which, perhaps, we're seeing a good future for this new TV superhero series.

The Flash episode 2 entitled "Fastest Man Alive" also aired recently (Oct. 14) continuing on Barry Allen's adventures in becoming The Flash.

Aside from the excitement of the new series, new details of the much awaited crossover episode of The Flash and Arrow will be coming soon.

According to IB Times , Stephen Amell who played as Arrow, teased more details of the upcoming crossover in the New York Comic Con 2014. "We just finished shooting a massive two episode crossover with 'The Flash'... It was a really, really interesting experience." says Amell during the event.

The crossover episodes will take place over each of the show's episode 8 entitled "Flash vs. Arrow" for The Flash and "The Brave and the Bold" for Arrow.

The Flash Season 1 Episode 3 airs on October 21 on The CW with the episode title "Things you can't outrun".

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