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Ink Master Season 5 Episodes

18 Episodes 2014 - 2014

Episode 1

Inking with the Enemy

Tue, Sep 2, 201442 mins

The most explosive season of Ink Master yet! 18 Rival Artists enter for $100k & the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy. The pressure is intense & one rival gets sent packing.

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Episode 2

Pinup Pittfalls

Tue, Sep 9, 201442 mins

Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Josh proves he's back with a vengeance. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare. True Blood's Joe Manganiello is Guest Judge.

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Episode 3

Head to Headache

Tue, Sep 16, 201442 mins

Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly. Two Artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring. Complex tattoos on odd body parts heat up head to head battles.

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Episode 4

Geishas Gone Wrong

Tue, Sep 23, 201442 mins

Vendettas have the Artists at each other's throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the Artists tattoo Nunez' specialty. One Artist loses his cool while the others move one step closer to 100k.

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Episode 5

Glass on Blast

Tue, Sep 30, 201442 mins

The Artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass- while trying to survive working in teams. When they tattoo head to head, rivalries explode. Emily makes a new enemy and another Artist loses a shot at 100K.

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Episode 6

Cheek to Cheek

Tue, Oct 7, 201442 mins

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. When they have to finish each others' glute tattoos, Emily plays dirty.

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Episode 7

Three's a Crowd

Tue, Oct 14, 201442 mins

The pressure is on when the Artists take on Oliver's specialty- and it's tripled when they have to work in teams. Blame is the name of the game when the teams have to put one of their own on the chopping block.

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Episode 8

Ink My Oosik

Tue, Oct 21, 201442 mins

The Artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. Then they face their pickiest canvases yet- and one Artist totally loses their cool while another Artist loses their shot at 100K.

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Episode 9

Virgin Blood

Tue, Oct 28, 201441 mins

Picky virgin Canvases get their first ink 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. Another Artist is eliminated.

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Episode 10

Cold Blooded

Tue, Nov 4, 201442 mins

In the Flash Challenge, the Artists use a different kind of ink to make art... blood. The tables turn and an underdog is on the rise. Then Artists go head to head against guest judge Tommy Montoya and Emily goes over the edge.

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Episode 11

Up in Smoke

Tue, Nov 11, 201442 mins

Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were, and the last rivals standing battle it out head to head.

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Episode 12

Heads Will Roll

Tue, Nov 18, 201441 mins

The Artists fight for the opportunity to ink NFL RB Deangelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send a Canvas over the edge, causing a medical emergency, and an unfinished tattoo.

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Episode 13

Painstaking Portraits

Tue, Nov 25, 201442 mins

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.

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Episode 14

Firing Squad

Tue, Dec 2, 201442 mins

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.

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Episode 15

Fight to the Finale

Tue, Dec 9, 201442 mins

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.

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Episode 16

Ink Finale

Mon, Dec 1, 201439 mins

The final 3 Artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces. The sparks fly when all 18 Rival Artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn and one artist becomes Ink Master. Fan Favorite Sausage returns for a special live tattoo.

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Episode 97

Merry Ink

Tue, Dec 23, 201439 mins

Tatu Baby, Sausage, Jime Litwalk and James Vaughn vie for redemption and a shot at $10k as they tattoo Christmas-obsessed canvases with holiday tattoos.

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Episode 98

New Year's Ink

Tue, Dec 30, 201439 mins

When New Year's human canvases want a new start so do artists like Josh Hibbard, Gentle Jay, Al Fliction, and Cee Jay - who arrive to fight for $10k and pride. Who will have the sweet taste of redemption?

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