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Bar Rescue Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 1
The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
Sun, Aug 7, 2016 60 mins
In the Season 5 premiere, Jon tackles a Las Vegas dive bar on the verge of closing due to an owner accused of being too nice.
Episode 2
Wheels of Misfortune
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 60 mins
Jon tackles a landmark bar operating out of a roller rink.
Episode 3
Whipped Into Shape
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 60 mins
Jon faces a Vegas bar owner who tried hosting fetish nights to spark new business in a run down bar.
Episode 4
Antisocial Media
Sun, Sep 18, 2016 60 mins
Jon steps in to aid a bar owner who has become public enemy number one after a series of social media missteps.
Episode 5
How to Train Your Goldfish
Sun, Sep 25, 2016 60 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, 2016 60 mins
Jon deals with physical violence, an out-of-control staff and an owner's freeloading friends to revamp a sports bar.
Episode 7
Listen Y'all it's Sabatoge
Sun, Oct 9, 2016 60 mins
A case of sabotage surfaces between a bar's current and former owners.
Episode 8
Gettin' Jigger With It
Sun, Oct 16, 2016 60 mins
Jon visits a historical bar owned by a brother and sister in conflict over profits and responsibilities.
Episode 9
Chase Lounge
Sun, Oct 23, 2016 60 mins
Jon helps a father and son run their bar more efficiently after the son fails to act as bar manager and the father struggles to run the day-to-day operations.
Episode 10
Zero Drunk Thirty
Sun, Oct 30, 2016 60 mins
Jon helps a military veteran about to be redeployed whose drinking habits put bar and personal life in jeopardy.
Episode 11
Ice, Mice, Baby
Sun, Nov 6, 2016 60 mins
Jon battles a spoiled owner who was gifted a tourist bar from his father and has seen mice infest the establishment.
Episode 12
Punk as a Drunk
Sun, Nov 13, 2016 43 mins
A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
Episode 13
Back to the Bar: Drunky McDrunkerton Returns
Sun, Nov 20, 2016 60 mins
Jon revisits The Handlebar; Gipsy; Zan Z Bar; and The Brixton.
Episode 14
Don't Tell Mom the Bar Is Dead
Sun, Feb 19, 2017 43 mins
An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
Episode 15
I Know What You Did Last Summit
Sun, Feb 26, 2017 60 mins
Jon faces an absentee owner battling financial woes and mistreating female patrons.
Episode 16
Struck Out at the Dugout
Sun, Mar 5, 2017 60 mins
Jon faces a lackluster and stubborn landlord forced to become a Chicago sports bar owner after a previous tenant stopped paying rent.
Episode 17
Back to the Bar: Brick and Barley Above Water
Sun, Mar 12, 2017 60 mins
Jon revisits Brick and Barley as well as a combative owner whose bar failed after the rescue.
Episode 18
All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
Sat, Jun 15, 2019 43 mins
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
Episode 19
Bar Over Troubled Water
Sun, Mar 26, 2017 60 mins
Jon rebuilds a Baton Rouge bar destroyed in a hurricane.
Episode 20
Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do
Sun, Apr 2, 2017 60 mins
A bar with a family legacy gets revamped.
Episode 21
Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
Sun, Apr 9, 2017 60 mins
Bar owners return to praise Jon for around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father; a vape-smoking owner who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar; and more.
Episode 22
Casually Tapped Out
Sun, Jul 2, 2017 60 mins
Taffer tries to 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, 2017 43 mins
It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.
Episode 24
Mother Doesn't Know Best
Sun, Jul 23, 2017 41 mins
Jon Taffer must convince a 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 60 mins
Jon Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights. Included: the most dangerous brawl in Bar Rescue history.
Episode 26
Silence of the Ants
Sun, Aug 6, 2017 60 mins
Jon tackles a Long Beach dive bar infested with bar problems and bugs.
Episode 27
Daddy Dearest
Sun, Aug 13, 2017 60 mins
Jon helps a family run bar that's on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
Episode 28
Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
Sun, Aug 20, 2017 60 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, Aug 20, 2017 60 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 and Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.
Episode 30
The Unlucky Leprechaun
Sun, Sep 10, 2017 60 mins
Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.
Episode 31
Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
Sun, Sep 17, 2017 60 mins
Taffer revisits three bars, including apocalypse-themed bar The End and Chicago landmark The Abbey, whose fortunes have declined as certain difficulties jeopardize their futures. Taffer must develop a plan to help them get back on track.