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Ink Master

Season 5 E 1 • 09/02/2014

Competing for $100,000 and the title of Ink Master, 18 rival artists are forced to ink with their enemy.

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A trip to Coney Island tests the artists' consistency in a team-based Flash Challenge on a pair of twin canvases, and artist Carlos Torres joins the panel as a guest judge.

Canvases bare all in a revealing Flash Challenge, and New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia judges artists' tattoo placements in the Elimination Challenge.

"X-Men"'s Hugh Jackman

The artists design tattoos for "X-Men" superfans in the Flash Challenge, canvases sit for a color portrait Elimination Tattoo, and actor Hugh Jackman is a guest judge.

The artists test their adaptability in the Flash Challenge, brokenhearted canvases seek coverup tattoos, and guest judge Freddy Corbin helps to eliminate two more artists.

An artist has a tense altercation with a judge, gunpowder is used to create designs in the Flash Challenge, and guest Rob Zombie assesses horror-themed Elimination Tattoos.

Boxing champion Brandon Rios tasks the artists with designing him custom mouth grills, tensions flare between an artist and a canvas, and an artist is accused of plagiarism.

Relationships between the artists are tested with a collaborative Elimination Challenge, and traditional tattoo expert Luke Wessman helps the judges send one more artist home.

Canvases sit for a Statue of Liberty tattoo in the Flash Challenge, the artists design snake-themed Elimination Tattoos, and tattoo expert Taki is a guest judge.

The artists design tattoos for breast cancer survivors, and the artists are tasked with a convention-style coverup challenge.

The artists and judges reflect on their experiences during the season, Kyle Dunbar confronts Chris Nunez, and America's votes are tallied to crown a new Ink Master.

Inking with the Enemy

Competing for $100,000 and the title of Ink Master, 18 rival artists are forced to ink with their enemy.

Actor Joe Manganiello joins as a guest judge in a semi-nude Flash Challenge, and rivalries flare as the artists struggle through a pinup Elimination Tattoo.

Two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had, and the artists create complex ornamental-style Elimination Tattoos.

The artists head to Wall Street for a cutthroat Flash Challenge, and canvases sit for traditional Japanese geisha tattoos.

The artists team up to create artwork by sandblasting glass, and the pressure is on during an animal-style Elimination Tattoo.

The artists are given 12 hours to complete a glute tattoo, one artist faces a medical emergency, and things heat up when the artists must complete one another's tattoos.

The artists must complete a tag-team American traditional tattoo, and the judges leave it up to the artists to put one of their teammates on the chopping block.

The artists must scrimshaw a walrus oosik in the Flash Challenge, a difficult canvas jeopardizes an artist's spot in the competition, and artist Aaron Cain is a guest judge.

Canvases sit for their first tattoos, and the artists battle head-to-head to create an interlocking elimination tattoo.

The artists must use blood to test their gradation skills in the Flash Challenge, and guest judge Tommy Montoya goes head-to-head with the artists in the Elimination Tattoo.

The artists tattoo residual limbs in the Flash Challenge, canvases sit for spine tattoos, and Josh causes a controversy that jeopardizes his spot in the competition.

Despite having the best tattoo of the day, Josh was kicked for violating multiple rules violations. He at least got to prove to Chris Núñez that he can indeed draw.

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