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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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16 this season · 230 totals09e01 Fire & Ice 2017-06-07 02:00
Fire & Ice
Tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America's best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a $200,000 prize and the first ever title of Master Shop.
s09e02 Crossing the Line 2017-06-14 02:00
Crossing the Line
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
s09e03 Unnatural Disasters 2017-06-21 02:00
Unnatural Disasters
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
s09e04 Lend Me Your Ear 2017-06-28 02:00
Lend Me Your Ear
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos; two veteran artists return.
s09e05 War and Ink 2017-07-12 02:00
War and Ink
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
s09e06 Get the Flock Outta Here 2017-07-19 02:00
Get the Flock Outta Here
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
s09e07 On the Bubble 2017-07-26 02:00
On the Bubble
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
s09e08 Masterpiece Mayhem 2017-08-02 02:00
Masterpiece Mayhem
An emotional Flash Challenge brings the Artists to tears, and the Alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of Veterans return to battle it out for the title.
s09e09 Pin-Up Panic Attack 2017-08-09 02:00
Pin-Up Panic Attack
The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.
s09e10 Drill Baby, Drill 2017-08-16 02:00
Drill Baby, Drill
The final Veteran shop returns to fight for the first ever title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing alliance as the battle for 200K continues.
s09e11 Grim Inker 2017-08-23 02:00
Grim Inker
With no flash challenge, the artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling; Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of artists.
s09e12 Pit Fall 2017-08-30 02:00
Pit Fall
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
s09e13 Sell Out 2017-09-06 02:00
Sell Out
The artists put the saying, ``the customer is always right,'' to the test when they must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.
s09e14 Casting the First Stone 2017-09-13 02:00
Casting the First Stone
With the field down to only five shops, the fight for the first title of Master Shop intensifies; in a deity elimination, some shops aim for a high bar while one shop gets sent packing.
s09e15 Marathon to the Finale 2017-09-20 02:00
Marathon to the Finale
The top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale.
s09e16 Shop Wars Finale 2017-09-27 02:00
Shop Wars Finale
The final three shops battle it out for the first Master Shop title.