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Season 8 E 1 • 08/23/2016

The cutthroat battle for $100,000 and the title of Ink Master kicks off as 30 artists vie for one of 18 spots on Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez's teams.

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Ink Master

The Devil's in the Details

Forensics expert Adrian Gardner assesses the artists' fingerprint tattoos in the Flash Challenge, and a veteran artist's return sparks old rivalries.

New School, Old Artist

The artists team up to transform contortionists using body paint, and a veteran artist returns to add a new-school twist to an old subject.

New alliances are formed during a high-pressure Flash Challenge, and a veteran artist joins forces with the new artists in an effort to take down a common enemy.

Alliances are broken during a white-knuckled Flash Challenge, a veteran artist returns, and the artists must design political portraits in the Elimination Tattoo.

The artists pair up in a tedious Flash Challenge, the final veteran artist returns, and canvases sit for traditional Japanese dragon-themed tattoos.

The remaining artists work in pairs to execute cohesive large-scale back pieces, and the judges introduce a surprise twist that sends two more artists packing.

The six remaining artists work in an assembly line for an American traditional-style Elimination Tattoo, and the artists must put one of their teammates up for elimination.

The pressure is on when the artists must ink the ultimate in-your-face tattoo, and regretful canvases task the artists with covering up symbols of hate.

The tables are turned when the new artists call the shots in the Elimination Tattoo, and the battle for a spot in the finale is more intense than ever.

The master canvases are revealed, and America helps crown a new Ink Master.

The cutthroat battle for $100,000 and the title of Ink Master kicks off as 30 artists vie for one of 18 spots on Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez's teams.

Team Peck and Team Nunez work together in an intense Flash Challenge, and the losing team must compete among themselves in the Elimination Tattoo.

Team Nunez is out for revenge in the Flash Challenge, and an artist betrays one of his teammates in Team Peck's Elimination Tattoo.

The pressure is on when both Team Peck and Team Nunez must work in pairs to transform their canvases into warriors in the Elimination Tattoo.

Team Nunez uses live wires to create art pieces in an electrifying Flash Challenge, and a gendered alliance has the women out for blood.

Team Peck fights for control of the game in a Flash Challenge testing contrast, and one artist turns the tables on the women's alliance.

New School, Old Scars

The artists must tattoo former smokers who have been scarred for life, and the six remaining artists on Team Nunez battle for a spot in the team's top five.

The artists are tasked with manipulating metal in the Flash Challenge, and the six remaining artists on Team Peck vie for a spot in the team's top five.

The artists must ink their canvases' heads in an intense two-day long Elimination Tattoo, and the battle between alliances heats up.

Like Sand Through the Hour Glass

Team Peck and Team Nunez face off to create custom designs for muscle cars, the artists ink hourglass tattoos on their canvases, and NFL player Von Miller is a guest judge.

One artist cracks under the pressure after an intense Flash Challenge, the artists must cover up lower back tattoos, and tattoo artist Robert Atkinson is a guest judge.

When it came to the tipping point in the competition, Sketchy Lawyer cracked under the pressure and called it quits, shocking everyone in the house.

Boneface came along a lot further than he expected in the competition, but his silver surfer tattoo had the judges in agreement that it was his time to go home.

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