Bar Rescue Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

The Perks of Being a Wallpaper

Sun, Aug 7, 201641 mins

The owner of a Vegas dive bar known to be a former mob hangout is too much of a nice guy and not enough of a tough boss as his bar is failing.

Episode 2

Wheels of Misfortune

Sun, Aug 14, 201641 mins

A bar with a roller rink in a California desert town is on it's last legs, until Taffer arrives to access the situation.

Episode 3

12 Beers a Slave/Whipped Into Shape

Sun, Aug 21, 201641 mins

An owner spent his life savings on a run down bar, and attempted a fetish night to bring in more clientele, but has to face defiance and drama from members of his staff.

Episode 4

Antisocial Media

Sun, Sep 18, 201641 mins

A small town California bar owner is driving away business, not just through bad service, but through negative comments he posts on social media.

Episode 5

How to Train Your Goldfish

Sun, Sep 25, 201641 mins

Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?

Episode 6

Win, Lose or Brawl

Sun, Oct 2, 201641 mins

When a brawl breaks out in a failing bar, Jon reconsiders a possible rescue.

Episode 7

Listen Y'all It's Sabotage

Sun, Oct 9, 201641 mins

The new owners of a Washington bar are accusing their manager, also the former owner, of attempting to destroy the business from the inside. One of the owners snap when one of the bartenders storm out and quit.

Episode 8

Gettin' Jigger with It

Sun, Oct 16, 201641 mins

A historic San Francisco bar, founded by legendary boxer Sam Jordan, is in dire need of saving. Profits are divided and the children of the late ring fighter can't work with each other.

Episode 9

Chase Lounge

Sun, Oct 23, 201641 mins

A car salesman sees profits draining courtesy of a lazy and unreliable stepson/manager who lacks in leadership and allows the bar to lose money.

Episode 10

Zero Drunk Thirty

Sun, Oct 30, 201641 mins

A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.

Episode 11

Ice, Mice, Baby

Sun, Nov 6, 201641 mins

After receiving a nightclub from his successful father, a spoiled bar owner drains profits while his employees are barely making anything, and allows mice and filth within the establishment.

Episode 12

Punk as a Drunk

Sun, Nov 13, 201641 mins

After a series of family tragedies, a former punk musician allows his inexperienced staff to cost him money. His obscene roughhousing with his workers ignites Taffer.

Episode 13

Don't Tell Mom the Bar Is Dead

Sun, Feb 19, 201741 mins

Jon is brought to a craft beer bar to help an owner who lacks in staff, drinks away profits, and takes advantage of his mother's generosity before the landlord evicts him from the establishment.

Episode 14

I Know What You Did Last Summit

Sun, Feb 26, 201741 mins

An owner, returning from his absence, nearly ruins his marriage by drinking away profits, goofing off, and flirting with female patrons. Can Jon fix the bar and the marriage?

Episode 15

Struck Out at the Dugout

Sun, Mar 5, 201741 mins

After evicting a tenant who refused to pay rent, a drunken owner degrades his sports bar, allows flies to scour the establishment. His ego, constant drinking, and excuses push the staff to their breaking point.

Episode 18

All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down

Sun, Mar 19, 201741 mins

An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step.

Episode 19

Bar Over Troubled Water

Sun, Mar 26, 201741 mins

After the 2016 flood damage in Louisiana, an owner of a successful bar who is desperate to restore his establishment is seeking Jon's help to get his business up and running again.

Episode 20

Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do

Sun, Apr 2, 201741 mins

After suffering a massive stroke, a veteran bar owner lets his bar slip away as he drinks down profits and builds his debt.

Episode 21

Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon

Sun, Apr 9, 201741 mins

Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.

Episode 22

Casually Tapped Out

Sun, Jul 2, 201741 mins

In a Bar Rescue first, Jon must resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt-out firefighter who owns it.

Episode 23

Things That Go Pahrump in the Night

Sun, Jul 16, 201741 mins

Its a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, Nevada, where he must save the failing bar of a man who might lose his sight forever.

Episode 24

Mother Doesn't Know Best

Sun, Jul 23, 201741 mins

Jon Taffer must convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.

Episode 25

Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls

Sun, Jul 30, 2017

Episode 26

Silence of the Ants

Sun, Aug 6, 201741 mins

Jon arrives in Long Beach to save a filthy bar plagued by fruit flies and ants.

Episode 27

Daddy Dearest

Sun, Aug 13, 201741 mins

Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.

Episode 28

Rickety Rockin' Rhonda

Sun, Aug 20, 201741 mins

It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.

Episode 29

Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls

Sun, Sep 3, 201741 mins

Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see if husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and if their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.

Episode 30

The Unlucky Leprechaun

Sun, Sep 10, 201741 mins

Jon Taffer has to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.