Here is the post-style summary for that TV series debut:

Not just a pilot — a lightning bolt that changed superhero television.

After the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explodes, forensic scientist Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) is struck by lightning and wakes up from a coma 9 months later with superspeed. Guided by Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker), and Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes), Barry becomes Central City's guardian angel.

On October 7, 2014, The CW premiered "The Flash" — and TV action was never the same.