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Season 4 E 38 • 11/15/2015

Jon visits The Hooch, an X-rated bar where the foulmouthed owner wastes her husband's money and constantly berates her female staff.

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It's up to Jon to save a failing biker bar that's become more strip club than cocktail lounge thanks to its rowdy clientele.

In order to save a failing Irish pub in Philadelphia, Jon must reinvigorate its owner, who was once a star chef.

To save The Abbey Pub, a historic music venue in Chicago, Jon must make peace between the sibling managers who don't see eye-to-eye.

A bar owner's relationship with her incompetent manager causes complications as Jon tries to save their failing Irish pub on a Redondo Beach pier.

Jon must deal with a sprawling menu, a bad layout and a womanizing co-owner if he hopes to save Swanky Bubbles, a dysfunctional champagne bar in Philadelphia.

The Blue Frog Sings the Blues

The constant feuding between the mother and son owners of The Blue Frog 22 in Chicago threatens the business's existence, forcing Jon to intervene.

When Bill went from being one of The Chicken Bone's customers to its owner, his lack of experience was evident, and now it's up to Jon to help get things back on track.

Jon must get a lenient bar owner to reign in his raucous over-pouring bartenders if he is going to save a dated Burbank, CA, sports bar.

Jon is called in to help a former baseball player turned bar owner whose refusal to upgrade his inn allowed competing bars to lure his customers away.

Jon helps the owners of an auto-themed bar tap the brakes on their tempers and hit the gas on getting their liquor license approved by city officials.

Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb

Jon faces a staff mutiny at Piratz Tavern when he forces the suburban Washington, D.C., bar to start catering to the city's professional clientele.

The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar is in a prime Fort Lauderdale, FL, location, but the owner's neglect turned it into a dump that threatens to sink the attached hotel.

Jon steps in to save J.A. Murphy's, a dive bar in Fell's Point, MD, on the brink of financial and physical collapse.

After a fatal club shooting, Jon must work to rehabilitate the reputation of the Mystique Lounge in West Palm Beach, FL.

A 40-year-old dive bar in California is on the brink of collapse, and Jon must decide if the owner should stay in charge as manager or cede power to his daughter.

Jon knew family-run Ohio bar The Black Sheep was in trouble before he arrived, but even he's surprised by the true nature of the bar's debt.

To save Weber's Place, Jon must stamp out a culture of theft among the staff and get the bar's owner to start giving a damn.

After getting out of the service, Navy vet Barry decided to buy an Ohio biker bar, but his lack of experience and the bar's prior reputation force him to call Jon for help.

Jon must go to war with the rowdy regulars of a Southern California dive bar once a popular haven for smokers until forced to comply with the law.

Feuding bikini-clad bartenders wreak havoc on a California sports bar where the owner is more focused on partying than running a business.

Jon heads to Bourbon Street to help the owner of Turtle Bay figure out how to make his bar stand out in one of the most popular drinking districts in the world.

A roach infestation is just one of many problems Jon must face in order to save Headhunters, a fetish-themed tiki bar and music venue in Austin, Texas.

TJ Quills has a troublesome reputation for serving minors, which can only be resolved if Jon is able to convince the owner to give up his frat boy ways.

A bar and a marriage are on the line as Jon helps owners Tim and Sara save The Brixton, which is rapidly driving the couple into debt.

When tasked with rescuing an immigrant-owned pool hall in Denver, Jon finds the biggest obstacle is the owner's pride.

Jon T, He Don't Like It

Jon must help the owner of The Kasbah in Aurora, CO, find a less rowdy clientele if he's going to save the once-thriving urban hot spot.

Jon is brought in to help save a bar whose controversial lobster-tank claw-machine "game" drew protests from animal rights activists, which in turn drove away customers.

Dimples in Burbank, CA, made history as America's first karaoke bar, but it won't have a future unless Jon can convince the owner to let go of the past.

A Horse Walks Into a Bar

Owners Scott and Donna face foreclosure if Jon is unable to rescue Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ by evicting the bar's equine and biker visitors.

To save the comedy club Stand Up, Scottsdale, Jon must deal with a poorly ventilated kitchen and an owner more interested in being a comic than running a business.

Don't Judge a Booze by Its Bottle

Jon faces a real challenge with Cashmere Nightclub in North Carolina, where the wild manager thinks it's OK to sell cheap booze from pricey bottles.

Two Flew Over the Handlebars

Sisters Betsy and Stephanie spend most of their time at work tossing back shots, and it's up to Jon to keep these two from running their biker bar into a ditch.

There's No Crying in the Bar Business

Jon must restore trust between owners and curb rampant theft among employees to save Barlow's, a failing Georgia sports bar.

Play. Some. Janet. Jackson!

Jon must correct the behavior of a drunk and verbally abusive owner if he's going to save the historic Gipsy, Las Vegas's first gay nightclub.

Characters Assassination

Jon must help a Yankee family learn to do business in the South if he hopes to save the poorly themed Characters Quarters in North Carolina.

A juvenile name and bad reputation threaten the Fort Bragg-adjacent bar Cliques, and Jon will have to put the staff through bar boot camp to save it.

If Jon can't resurrect the menu and whip the staff into shape, then the coastal Massachusetts establishment Libads Bar & Grill will be lost at sea.

Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

Chefs and best friends Christ and Mitch decided to open The Hammer in Las Vegas to cater to locals, but then a case of pneumonia caused everything to fall apart.

The owners of Marley's on the Beach may lose their business and their marriage if Jon can't reverse the financial strain put on them by the failings of their bar.

Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.

Jon needs to change the attitude of a crass bartender and tweak the grisly decor if he hopes to save the Las Vegas goth bar The Underworld.

Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

Vegas bar Kerry's was meant as a gift from a grandpa to his family, but the grandkids' mismanagement threatens to squander everything.

Hurricane Jon vs. Hurricane Sandy

After the Bungalow Bar in Rockaway, NY, was ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, Jon helps the owner rebuild in time for summer beach season.

After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.

Empty Bottles Full Cans

Jon challenges the owner of a beer-only bar being undercut by a BYOB liquor policy to harness her "redneck ingenuity" in order to save her business.

Jon helps bring a golf-themed establishment up to par by getting rid of the grime and reassessing the staff.

Despite initial success, the owner of Longshots lost control of his feuding bar staff and may soon lose his house if Jon can't turn things around.

Jon must get identical twins with identical egos to see eye-to-eye if they are to curb a dangerous over-pouring problem and save RG's Lounge in Kansas City, MO.

Critters and Quitters

A raccoon infestation is only the most extreme on a long list of problems plaguing KC's Bar & Grill and its checked-out owner.

Punch-Drunk & Trailer-Trashed

The dysfunctional owners of the O Face Bar are so inexperienced and chaotic Jon doesn't even know if he wants to save their business.

Maria Menounos helps Jon scope out a bar whose owner sits around as her husband does all the work and her dad picks up the bill.

Ever since extended family members were put on the payroll at The Tailgate in Santa Clarita, CA, business has taken a nosedive.

Jon heads to Katy, Texas, to save Bryant's Ice House, which is plagued by a bad reputation, an even worse location and a wild staff.

When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons

Faced with a PDA-obsessed manager and an owner solely focused on his own retirement, the staff at Pat's Cocktails calls Jon for help.

Jon is called in to help the owner of an Omaha, NE, hookah bar whose money is going up in smoke thanks to his staff's frat-house ways.

The lecherous owner of failing Texas dive Mary's Outpost crosses the line with one of Jon's experts.

Jon helps Justin and Michael, a pair of strippers who own The End Zone bar in Houston, put aside their differences before they lose more than just their shirts.

In this lost pilot episode, Jon takes on the hot-tempered New Jersey owner of South Park Bar & Grill, who can't stop kicking customers and employees out of his bar.

Taffer's Top 10: Most Disgusting Bars

From mold to maggots, from rats to raccoon, Jon has seen it all, and now he's counting down the top 10 filthiest bars from the first three seasons.

Taffer's Top 10: Worst Owners

Jon counts down the 10 worst owners he had to deal with on the first three seasons, including drunk owners, physically abusive owners and owners who withheld pay.

Taffer's Top 10: Angriest Moments

Sometimes anger is the only way Jon can get through to obstinate bar owners, so he's counting down his 10 angriest moments from the first three seasons.

Taffer's Top 10: Toughest Rescues

Jon looks back at the 10 most difficult rescues from the first three seasons, which included challenges like frat boy owners and natural disasters.

The Dirty Truth: A Horse Walks into a Bar

Jon challenges the partying owners of Kid Chilleen's Bad Ass BBQ Steakhouse in Arizona to go cold turkey and get serious about saving their business before their next bankruptcy hearing.

Thanks to an ill-advised promotion and sloppy maintenance, a nightclub is overrun by mosquitos, fruit flies and unruly minors.

Jon's crew gets caught in the middle of a massive brawl at a New York sports bar when the customers discover they're being served cheap booze at premium prices.

The customers call the shots at a rowdy Staten Island bar where they pour their own drinks and cook their own food, so Jon tries to help the owners retake control.

Jon must deflate the ego of a Puerto Rican bar owner who berates his staff and sons as his bar sinks further into debt.

Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder

In order to save a failing Queens dive, Jon has to quell the raging tempers of three loudmouthed, firefighting brothers.

To Protect and to (Over) Serve

Jon shows up to help a former Philadelphia detective turned bar owner who has been hitting the bottle too hard after years on the force.

Jon enlists a failing bar owner's ex-wife and former manager to help get the business back on course.

Swinging from the Rafters

An outrageous owner spends more time swinging from the rafters than managing his bar, and Jon is ready to abandon the rescue if the owner doesn't face reality.

A third-generation Milwaukee bar owner takes his father's legacy for granted and refuses to take on the inherited mantle of leadership.

Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling

An Irish bar owner's American dream threatens to go up in smoke when Jon discovers he's been withholding employees' paychecks to keep the business afloat.

Second Base, Third Strike

It's deja vu when Jon returns to Second Base Bar to find it's once again on the brink of failure, leaving him to decide whether or not he wants to attempt a re-rescue.

Crayons & Anger Lines

The hippie-dippie owner of a Chicago music venue is more concerned with the spirit of wonderment than appealing to her trendy community, so Jon introduces some tough love.

A failing beachfront bar is shut down after rodents invade the kitchen, and Jon is brought to tears by what the owners have endured.

Jon crashes the party at a failing bar where out-of-control bartenders would rather dance than pour drinks.

When the owner of an outdated college sports bar would rather spend his time playing fantasy football, Jon gives him a dose of reality.

At a castle-themed bar, Jon must contend with a surly tyrant of an owner whose unruly temper has pushed his employees to their breaking points.

Maria Menounos helps Jon scout a deeply indebted L.A. beer bar where the owners are divided about whether to throw in the towel and sell or keep plugging away.

Loose Lips Loose Tips

Jon must teach four bickering Irish sisters how to manage conflict between one another so they can finally start managing their bar.

Back to the Bar: Hot-Headed Owners

Jon revisits Solids & Stripes, Pat's Cocktails, MoonRunners Saloon and Corporate Bar & Grill to see if the hotheaded owners of these once-failing bars are keeping their cools.

Jon goes head-to-head with a stubborn owner and self-proclaimed "nightlife expert" who's resistant to implementing any changes.

A family-owned bar is put at risk when a son's excessive drinking and poor management choices begin to attract an X-rated clientele.

Take Me Out of the Bar Game

Jon is called in to help a retired baseball player turned bar owner who struck out when he hired a boozy staff content to waste the bar's profits.

Before he can save their failing bar, Jon must navigate the turbulent business partnership between an ex-pilot and his ex-girlfriend.

It's Always Sunny in Portland

Jon tries to help the owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, bar cool the temper of his stubborn chef and his overbearing stepdaughter turned business partner.

Taffer is assisted by Alexander Siddig and Iddo Goldberg, the stars of TUT, to help him rescue a Moroccan bar with an identity crisis.

Ants with Wings, Bro!

Jon tries to motivate the inattentive owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, music venue plagued by mismanagement and an ant infestation.

Back to the Bar: Stubborn Owners

Jon checks in on some of the most stubborn owners he's ever worked with, including the owner of O Face, where Jon previously walked out without completing the rescue.

The eccentric owner of Brix Wine Bar is too busy being the life of the party to notice his business is withering on the vine.

Too Many Managers, Not Enough Man

Jon is tasked with rescuing a Chicago sports bar that's heavy on managers and light on respect for the owner.

Jon Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

A bar owner takes a less active role in his business after becoming convinced his bar is haunted.

Back to the Bar: Delusional Owners

Jon checks in on four previously rescued bars, including Dimples and 22 Klicks, to see if the owners have a better grasp of the reality of their businesses.

A womanizing owner will lose his run-down Caribbean bar, and his wife, if he can't change his toxic behavior.

Shamrocks and Shenanigans

A lackadaisical owner may lose more than his Irish pub if Jon isn't able to help him take charge and end the fighting among his bartenders.

The obnoxious behavior of two feuding brothers threatens to put an end to the storied legacy of Royal Oaks, the oldest bar and barbecue joint in Youngstown, Ohio.

Sour Lemons and Bitter Business

After giving their artsy, irresponsible landlord a share of the bar, the brothers behind Martini Brothers Burger Bar are at their wits' end and ready to call Jon for help.

Ripper's Rookie House

Former Judas Priest front man Tim "Ripper" Owens calls in Jon after discovering being a rock star and running a rock club are two very different skills.

Big Sister's Watching

In a struggling military bar, a distrustful owner spends her time spying on her staff instead of watching the bottom line.

Jon visits The Hooch, an X-rated bar where the foulmouthed owner wastes her husband's money and constantly berates her female staff.

Unnecessary Toughness

At an Ann Arbor, MI, college alumni bar, Jon is forced to deal with a hotheaded owner whose fiery temper keeps his staff on edge and his million-dollar debt on ice.

A former psychologist turned bar owner attempts to run a Detroit jazz club, but her interfering family and lazy staff have her seeking counseling from Jon.

In a Bar Rescue first, Jon helps a failing strip club saddled with a disinterested staff, a skeevy vibe and an off-putting name: Chix on Dix.

Back to the Bar: No Laughing Matter

Jon checks in with Jack's Fire Department to see if the McGowan brothers have cooled their fiery tempers, then he takes on a resentful stand-up comedy club owner.

Hard Heads and Softballs

The feud between the owners of Mac & Chester's SRO has led to a bifurcation of their business and attracted a dysfunctional, rowdy clientele.

Jon is tasked with getting the apathetic owner of Van Goghz to put down her vape pen and start engaging with customers.

An explosive conflict breaks out among the owners of Dale 1891 when Jon discovers one of them has been siphoning off profits.

Back to the Bar: Meathead-to-Head

Jon revisits the Dirty Rooster and ruffles the feathers of its owner, then he mediates a muscle-bound dispute between rival Texas bar owners.

Land of the Beer and Home of the Misbehaved

A successful St. Louis, MO, restaurateur risks everything when she decides to add a downtown sports bar to her portfolio and put her out-of-control nephew in charge.

Getting Freaki at the Tiki

He's no stranger to unkempt bars, but Jon is absolutely disgusted by the rat, roach and raccoon problem inside Freaki Tiki.

Back to the Bar: Empty Pockets

Jon heads back to MT Bottle to put a fork in their gravy dispute, then he finds out what the owners of Piratz have planned for the future.

How to Train the Dragon

Jon must help the owner of George & Dragon come to terms with his mother's death before he drinks away all his profits and the family legacy.

Jon schools the clueless owner of Grinders, whose unauthorized and unsafe renovation has the city threatening to shut the place down.

Back to the Bar: The Luck of the Irish

Jon reveals which of his rescues has been most successful, tests the luck of Campbell's Irish Pub and revisits The Lister and its infamous "porn couch."

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

A former doctor decides to run The Bridge Lounge, his father's once-successful bar, but runs into trouble when the BP oil spill devastates the local customer base.

Danny Sits on His Fanny

After convincing his friends to invest their life savings, the rookie bar owner of Cirivello's has turned a community staple into a money pit and now faces a hostile takeover.

The timid owner of City Bistro in St. Louis, MO, looks the other way as her raunchy bartenders flash customers to drum up business.

Jon is called in to help the failing owner of Baseline Sports Bar, whose sexually exploitive spaghetti wrestling events have driven away female customers.

Jon has a hard time getting through to the owner of the Black Light District, who's convinced fixing up his rancid dive would be a betrayal of his punk rock credo.

The owner of The Gallopin' Goose ruined his marriage and his bar's reputation when he had an illicit affair that resulted in a child.

The Perks of Being a Wallpaper

Jon needs the nice-guy owner of Champagne's Cafe, a classic Vegas dive with a storied Mafia history, to start acting like a wise guy.

A roller rink bar in a tiny desert town is in danger of closing for good if Jon can't get the hometown hero who owns it to take control.

The owner of City Bar compounded his troubles when he approved a poorly received fetish night, so Jon must help him come up with a new plan to whip up business.

When a military veteran/bar owner responds to criticism of his philanthropic work with nasty comments online, his business is sent into a tailspin.

How to Train Your Goldfish

Jon's attempt to save the YNot Sports Pub & Grub gets off to a bad start when there isn't enough staff on hand for a stress test.

Rescuing the Russell City Grill & Sports Bar was already going to be a challenge, but a violent brawl makes Jon question if it's even worth saving.

Listen Y'all It's Sabatoge

The new owners of Schafer's Bar & Grill accuse their manager -- the bar's former owner -- of sabotaging the business in order to take it back.

Gettin' Jigger with It

Brother and sister owners develop a bitter sibling rivalry when they take over the historic Sam Jordan's bar in San Francisco.

The Tradewinds bar could shut down for good if Jon can't get a lazy stepson to step into his new role as manager.

A military hero about to be redeployed needs more than his bar rescued, as his problematic drinking threatens to cost him his livelihood and relationship.

If Jon wants to save the mice-infested, touristy Fort One Bar & Lounge, he'll need to get the spoiled owner who was gifted the bar to stop taking it for granted.

After suffering a personal tragedy, the former punk rocker and owner of the Triple Nickel Tavern nears rock bottom, but Jon's patience only goes so far.

Back to the Bar: Drunky McDrunkerton Returns

Jon confronts the owners of the Handlebar Café about abandoning his changes, then checks in on The Brixton in Austin, Texas.

Don't Tell Mom the Bar Is Dead

Jon has to straighten out the abrasive owner of the St8 Pub, who has squandered a generous deal from the landlord and taken advantage of his mother financially.

I Know What You Did Last Summit

The owner of the Summit House Grill and Tap has pushed his marriage and business to the breaking point by drinking away his financial sorrows and hitting on female patrons.

In an attempt at his first bar resurrection, Jon must get the burnt-out owner of the Casual Tap to reopen his business while also rediscovering his passion for it.

Struck Out at the Dugout

When the original owners of The Dugout near Wrigley Field fell behind on their rent, the landlord took over and became one of the most obstinate bar owners Jon has ever met.

Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water

Jon confronts a previously rescued owner about her blistering attitude toward her daughters, and another owner comes clean about why his business failed after the rescue.

All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down

A decade after a husband and wife left for corporate jobs, they repurchase the Speakeasy Bar & Grill and discover it isn't what it used to be.

Bar Over Troubled Water

Jon heads to Louisiana to rescue Big Mike's Sports Bar & Grill, a once-thriving bar and community staple that was cut down by devastating floods.

Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do

After suffering a stroke, the owner of Desi Romano's Sports Bar & Grill risks losing his family legacy if Jon can't help him bounce back.

Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon

Rescued bar owners return to sing Jon's praises, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father and a habitual vaper who loved to stir up conflict.

Things That Go Pahrump in the Night

Jon heads to the little town of Pahrump, Nevada, to help the owner of Paddy's Pub, who may soon lose his sense of sight forever.

Mother Doesn't Know Best

Jon visits a Las Vegas dive to teach the owner of Jack's Place how to act less like a mother and more like a boss.

Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls

Jon looks back at some of the biggest barroom brawls in the show's history and checks in to see if the owners and their patrons have curbed their rowdy ways.

If Jon is going to save the Liquid Lounge in Long Beach, CA, the first thing he has to do is eliminate the bar's serious ant problem.

Jon arrives in the nick of time to save Sidelines, a family-operated sports bar being run into the ground by a violent father.

Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's

Jon visits Rockin' Rhonda's Lounge, a bar literally on the brink of collapse after the insurance company refused to pay for damage caused by Hurricane Matthew.

Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls

Jon calls on rescued bar owners to see if they seized their second chances to fix their code violations and control their biker clientele.

The Unlucky Leprechaun

Jon has to convince the foulmouthed co-owner of the Lucky Leprechaun to change his ways before the bar, also co-owned by his ex-wife, shuts down for good.

Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions

Jon checks back in with bar owners who've been hit by disasters, including an apocalypse-themed bar and a Chicago landmark, to see if he can rescue them again.

A son takes over the failing family bar -- and its debt -- and the biggest obstacle to getting out of the red is his abusive father who spends all night sitting at the bar.

When an old-school Memphis, TN, cigar shop owner opens an adjacent cocktail bar and hires his son as manager, the bar quickly becomes an afterthought.

The owner of Joe's Thirsty Lizard, a failing Mississippi dive bar, compounds his troubles by promoting a dishwasher with no experience to manager.

Jon must educate a pair of brilliant scientists who proved to be not-so-brilliant bar owners when they bought a past-its-prime L.A. rock club.

Ground Control to Major Jon

King's Duck Inn, a working-class bar once popular with employees of the nearby Kennedy Space Center, is threatened by a volatile mother-daughter relationship.

Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback

Jon reconnects with bar owners he’s helped in the past to see if they’ve changed their bad habits, which include drinking on the job and being addicted to canned meat.

Pole Without a Purpose

A soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.

Crazy Little Thing Called Selman

A frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.

A daughter must grapple with the loss of her father as she struggles to preserve his legacy and save his bar, Cap'n Odie's Lounge.

The son of hardworking immigrants drives his late father's neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and a bad over-serving problem.

Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face

Jon finds family turmoil when he checks up on The Local, then he visits with the owners of Mac & Chester's to check on their business and their marriage.

Down and Out in Las Vegas

Jon provides a wake-up call to the owner of Barley Pop's Bar & Grill, who developed a severe drinking problem after suffering a pair of tragedies.

Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer

Jon looks back at some of his most successful turnarounds and asks the audience to share some of their favorite rescue memories.

Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.

Jon brings in culinary expert Aaron McCargo Jr. and mixologist Mia Mastroianni to help a Florida couple's bar bounce back after years of failure under their son's management.

Not Cleared for Takeoff

A storied L.A. music venue has fallen into disarray, and it's up to Jon to revive the apathetic owner's passion for his own business.

Back to the Bar: Tough Love

Jon reconnects with bar owners Mark Wilson and Ozzie Ardavani to find out what's in store for their relationship, then checks in with La Luz's Edith and Juan Pablo Martinez.

Fish Out of Blue Water

An industrious immigrant with a history of business success bites off more than he can chew when he buys Blue Water and takes a hands-off management approach.

Operation Puerto Rico

Jon returns to Puerto Rico, where he used to live, to rescue a bar destroyed by Hurricane Maria and to help revive the rest of the community.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fatballs

An unappealing name is just the first of many problems plaguing Fatballs Sports Bar & Grill, where Jon must get a belligerent owner to accept responsibility.

Jon heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.

Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change

Jon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.

Star Lite, Star Not So Brite

Nostalgia drives a successful bar owner to purchase a dive bar he patronized in his youth, but his focus on his primary business causes the second bar to slide into chaos.

There Will Be Family Blood

A novice owner opens a bar to help cover his sister's medical bills, but when he staffs it with his equally inexperienced relatives, the business quickly becomes a money pit.

The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico

Jon heads back to Puerto Rico to help brother-and-sister bar owners who saw their business devastated by Hurricane Maria.

Jon heads to San Antonio to help a "cool mom" owner stop partying and start running her business like a professional.

Don't Cry for Me Jon Taffer

Jon must get an overly-emotional bar owner to stop wallowing and take action to save his bar.

A pair of brothers can’t see eye-to-eye how their business should be run, so one of them takes a run.

A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.

Putting the future of the service industry to the test, Jon and the crew help students at UNLV's College of Hospitality prepare for a VIP cocktail party.

The owner of the Recovery Room in San Antonio treats running a bar like a never-ending party, but her reckless ways may soon end the party, her business and her marriage.

Two rockers in need of money decided to open Kiva in a Texas college town, but their inexperience and apathy have cost them $200,000.

Jon attempts to rescue Eliphino, a Las Vegas dive dar struggling because of an owner who makes bad decisions and more enemies than friends.

Jon is called in to rescue LIV, a Las Vegas establishment lacking an identity, deprived of leadership and hampered by a chatty waitress with a heavy pour hand.

Big Trouble in Little China Grove

The owners of the China Grove Trading Post bought the bar to provide for their daughter's future, but her spoiled, lazy attitude threatens to sink the whole business.

Jon is tasked with rescuing Gil & Rick's, a sports bar and pizzeria run by two surly, inexperienced owners who resent customers actually ordering their subpar pies.

Jon tries to help the owner of New England's Ale House Grille, a single mom who's become reliant on a rude, incompetent manager since her husband left.

Jenny McCarthy joins Jon to help the Thunderbolt Bar & Grill owner, an inexperienced man with poor leadership skills whose only ally is threatening to withdraw her services.

To save the Whiskey Girl Saloon in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Jon must get an inexperienced co-owner to abandon his hard-partying alter ego, Rick Roundhouse.

John and Bert Bought a Bar

Jon tries to fix the negligent behavior at Harbor Point Club & Grill in Richardson, Texas, where owners drink the profits away and the staff struggles to get one order right.

Green Walls and Donkey Balls

Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their dream.

In his first-ever emergency rescue, Jon uses his last resort to help the overwhelmed and grieving owner of Buffalo City Bar & Grille save her father's legacy.

Stix and Stones May Break Your Bar

After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner is seeing his profits go up in smoke.

So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer

Owners Mark and Ozzie call on Jon for a second time when they need help with their outdated and failing bar The Edge of Town in Blue Springs, MO.

The Sound of Failing Music

In affluent Aurora, CO, an undisciplined singer turned bar owner has allowed his bloated ego to destroy his business and family, and Jon's team must repair the damage.

Jon arrives in Littleton, Colorado, to find a mother and son at odds over running the haphazardly decorated G.I. Jodi's, which was originally conceived to honor the military.

The owner of Utah's The Fifth realized too late that running a successful bar wasn't as easy as his dad made it look, and now he's poised to squander his family's legacy.

Jon -- joined by rapper T-Pain -- is in Sacramento, CA, to convince Kings fan Chris he needs to change his sports bar concept if he's ever going to make money.

Jon is in New Mexico to help Mike, the owner of Lucky 66 Bowl, who is over a million dollars in debt and keeps driving customers and employees out the door with his temper.

In Layton, Utah, Jon confronts Brandon, the emotionally exhausted owner of Linda Lou's Time for Two, who has bled himself and his mother dry trying to keep the bar open.

Deep in debt to his in-laws, a clueless owner evokes the wrath of Jon and his own staff due to his passive approach towards running his dream bar.

Jon is in Albuquerque, NM, to help Commander Rudy and his staff recruit young veterans to become members and inject new life into his VFW Post 6216 bar and hall.

Jon is brought in to save The Sandbar in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but before he can save the failing beach-themed bar, he has to figure out who the actual owner is first.

Jon visits Tracy, CA, to help the divorced owners of Grant Bar & Lounge clean up their act and bring cohesion to their competing nightclub/restaurant concept.

An inexperienced bar owner calls on Jon after hiring a hard-partying manager with no industry knowledge to run Broadway Club in Tooele, Utah.

Jon travels to Oakland, CA, to help Marshawn Lynch turn around his bar, Rob Ben's, by teaching the NFL star to treat his staff less like family and more like a team.

Jon does reconnaissance at Kalaveraz Cocina-Cantina in Escondido, CA, and finds an owner so in over his head that he's resorted to not paying his staff.

Jon heads to Pepe's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Canyon Lake, CA, to help a once-bustling bar that's now a ghost town and open the disconnected owners' eyes.

Bottoms Up, Going Down

Jon drops in on the lively Bottoms Up Bar and Grill in Stanton, CA, to teach the owner's son how to manage a rowdy atmosphere while still keeping patrons happy.

A Silver Dollar Saved Is a Silver Dollar Earned

Jon heads to the Silver Dollar in Chula Vista, CA, where the unresolved tensions between the father and son owners have led to operational issues and neglect.

Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill

Jon goes to Orange County, CA, and attempts to revitalize Pineapple Hill Grill, a neighborhood bar whose owner's hands-off approach puts patrons at risk.

The Gaslamp Redemption

When the owner of Jolt'n Joe's in San Diego was diagnosed with cancer, he began leaning on his manager, but a broken promise over sweat equity threatens to run the bar into the ground.

The Mother of All Failures

Jon is at The Armadillo Grill in Phoenix, AZ, to help its beloved owner Brenda who is in over her head and oblivious to a filthy kitchen that is hazardous to both employees and patrons.

The Dirty Truth: Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder

Jon tries to tame three firefighter brothers with mercurial mood swings and help save their sinking Sunnyside, New York, bar before it goes belly up.

The Dirty Truth: Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb

Jon encounters a stubborn owner who is resistant to changing her failing pirate-themed bar in Silver Spring, Maryland, despite being $900,000 in debt.

The Dirty Truth: Mississippi Rears

Jon revisits one of his filthiest rescues ever at Joe's Thirsty Lizard with its inexperienced dishwasher turned manager.

The Dirty Truth: Turtle on Its Back

Jon revisits his rescue of Turtle Bay, an unoriginal bar struggling to stand out on ultra-competitive Bourbon Street in New Orleans, and provides insights and trivia about his time there.

10/18/2020