Hood on Instagram: "Facts The Flash follows Barry Allen, a young forensic scientist who gains super speed after a particle accelerator explosion in Central City. Struck by lightning and infused with dark matter, Barry becomes “The Flash,” the fastest man alive. Guided by Dr. Harrison Wells and his team at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry learns to control his powers while protecting the city from metahumans—people mutated by the same explosion. Driven by the mystery of his mother’s murder and his father’s w