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s17e10 · 2025-12-17
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Ink Master
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An estimated 40 million Americans have at least one tattoo. So who is the country's preeminent tattoo artist? Ink Master is the first-ever tattoo competition series featuring some of the nation's top tattoo artists on a quest to determine who is the best at their craft and win a huge cash prize. The stakes are high as the artists showcase their irrevocable artwork on real people's bodies. The dramatic tension is ever-present as the artists will ultimately face the opinion of the living canvas who now bears a permanent souvenir of the Ink Master etched into his or her skin.
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17 this season · 230 totals05e01 Inking with the Enemy 2014-09-03 02:00
Inking with the Enemy
18 Rival Artists enter for $100k and the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy.
s05e02 Pin Up Pittfalls 2014-09-10 02:00
Pin Up Pittfalls
Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare.
s05e03 Head to Headache 2014-09-17 02:00
Head to Headache
Josh ignites rivalries while two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring.
s05e04 Geishas Gone Wrong 2014-09-24 02:00
Geishas Gone Wrong
Vendettas have the artists at each others' throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the artists tattoo Nunez's specialty.
s05e05 Glass on Blast 2014-10-01 02:00
Glass on Blast
The artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams. Rivalries explode when they tattoo head to head.
s05e06 Cheek to Cheek 2014-10-08 02:00
Cheek to Cheek
In one of the craziest challenges ever, the artists must ink 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos. A medical emergency may cost one artist the competition.
s05e07 Three's a Crowd 2014-10-15 02:00
Three's a Crowd
The pressure is on when the artists take on Oliver's specialty - and it's tripled when they have to work in teams.
s05e08 Ink My Oosik 2014-10-22 02:00
Ink My Oosik
The artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. One artist totally loses their cool while another artist loses their shot at $100K.
s05e09 Virgin Blood 2014-10-29 02:00
Virgin Blood
Picky virgin canvases get inked and Jason's anxiety threatens to take him out. The artists battle head to head and Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the chopping block.
s05e10 Cold Blooded 2014-11-05 03:00
Cold Blooded
In the flash challenge, the artists use a different kind of ink to make art...blood. Then, they go head-to-head against guest judge Tommy Montoya while Emily goes over the edge.
s05e11 Up in Smoke 2014-11-12 03:00
Up in Smoke
Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were.
s05e12 Heads Will Roll 2014-11-19 03:00
Heads Will Roll
The artists fight for an opportunity to ink NFL star DeAngelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send one human canvas over the edge.
s05e13 Painstaking Portraits 2014-11-26 03:00
Painstaking Portraits
Artists go head to head tattooing the same portrait on two family members. Some family members are left with jacked tattoos as the portrait subject overlooks.
s05e14 Firing Squad 2014-12-03 03:00
Firing Squad
It's down to the wire as the artists battle for a top 4 spot - to survive they must impress 3 tattoo heavyweights criticizing their every move.
s05e15 Fight to the Finale 2014-12-10 03:00
Fight to the Finale
Emotional outbursts, explosive fights, incredible tattoos and epic fails. It's the end of the line and the sparks fly as the last 4 Artists standing battle it out for a spot in the Live Finale and a shot at 100K.
s05e16 Ink Live 2014-12-17 03:00
Ink Live
The final 3 artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces and the sparks fly when all 18 rival artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn.