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Season 5 E 5 • 09/30/2014

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

Watching

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.

The artists fight for an opportunity to design a tattoo for NFL star DeAngelo Williams in honor of his late mother, and one canvas struggles through a head tattoo.

Painstaking Portraits

The artists team up to design limited-edition headphones, family members get the same portrait during the Elimination Tattoo, and artist Tim Hendricks is a guest judge.

Tattoo artists Mike Rubendall, Rose Hardy and Nikko Hurtado join as guest judges, and the artists are tasked with a grim reaper-themed Elimination Tattoo.

The final four artists design tattoos for blank human canvases as they battle it out for a spot in the finale and a shot at the title of Ink Master.

Mark showed a lot of heart in the competition and made a huge comeback, but in the end he just couldn’t snag a spot in the final 3.

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