Ink Master Season 9, Episode 5: War and Ink

1

Fire & Ice

In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

38 min

2

Crossing the Line

A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.

38 min

3

Unnatural Disasters

A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.

38 min

4

Lend Me Your Ear

The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.

39 min

5

War and Ink

Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.

39 min

6

Get the Flock Outta Here

Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.

39 min

7

On the Bubble

One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.

38 min

8

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.

38 min

9

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.

39 min

10

Drill Baby, Drill

The final veteran shop returns to fight for the title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing aliance.

39 min

11

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.

38 min

12

Pit Fall

A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.

39 min

13

Sell Out

The competition puts the old saying, "the customer is always right," to the test when the artists must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.

39 min

14

Casting the First Stone

With only 5 shops left, the fight for $200K and the title of Master Shop intensifies. In a deity Elimination Tattoo, some shops reach for the heavens while one is sent packing to hell.

39 min

15

Marathon to the Finale

The competition is more intense than ever as the top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale, $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

38 min

16

Shop Wars Finale

In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.

41 min