Season pulse
Episodes
16 episodes
Meet Your Maker
In the season premiere, apprentices battle their masters to prove they are the best.
Fight or Flight
Oliver Peck's mentor guest judges, delivering a smack down when the artists take on his specialty.
Sink or Swim
It's sink or swim when the artists team up to ink underwater ocean scenes on the back of canvas' hands.
Tut for Tat
Teams adorn sarcophaguses while an artist's vicious skull picks for Egyptian tattoos angers the rest.
Problem Parts
Naked models are used to create mind-blowing illusions and a cutthroat artist gets a chance at vengeance.
Firing Lines
Heads roll when artists must take on a legend in the elimination challenge.
Predator/Prey
In the most insane challenge yet, the artists must tattoo 4 on 1 to transform canvases into wild animals.
Composed and Exposed
A new tattoo style pushes the artists' limits, resulting in mind-blowing masterpieces and mistakes.
Like a Moth to the Flame
The artists find themselves painting with fire in the Flash Challenge. A romance between a couple of the artists tests loyalties.
Hell on Wheels
The stakes soar when the artists paint their most valuable canvas and one artist's lies raise suspicions.
Hail Mani
The artists give religious tattoo virgins their first ink - on their fingernails.
Slitting Throats
The artists work with guests in a high stakes challenge and Chris forces an artist to prove loyalty.
Player's Choice
Professional football players call the shots in the elimination tattoo, knocking artists off their game.
Active Duty
Artists fight for a spot in the top four and must tattoo portraits of active military and their loved ones before they are separated for deployment.
Go Big Or Go Home
The last four artists standing fight for a spot in the live finale, but first must survive a tattoo marathon.
Master Vs. Apprentice Live
The final three artists tattoo live for $100K while eliminated artists return to confront each other.