After being struck by lightning, investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry becomes The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city. Barry has always had the heart of a hero and now he has the legs to match, but he learns that being a superhero is not as easy as it seems - and he can't do it alone.