The BEST episodes of Ink Master season 5
Every episode of Ink Master season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ink Master season 5!
An estimated 40 million Americans have at least one tattoo. So who is the country's preeminent tattoo artist? Ink Master is the first-ever tattoo competition series featuring some of the nation's top tattoo artists on a quest to determine who is the best at their craft and win a huge cash prize. The stakes are high as the artists showcase their irrevocable artwork on real people's bodies. The dramatic tension is ever-present as the artists will ultimately face the opinion of the living canvas who now bears a permanent souvenir of the Ink Master etched into his or her skin.
#1 - Up in Smoke
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/2014
Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were.
#2 - Firing Squad
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/2014
Artists battle for the top four spots; a top artist designs the tattoo that determines who stays and gets a shot at $100,000.
#3 - Cold Blooded
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2014
Artists use blood for ink in the Flash Challenge, then go head to head against guest judge Tommy Montoya; Emily goes over the edge.
#4 - Three's a Crowd
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2014
Artists must work in teams to take on Oliver's specialty and put one of their own on the chopping block.
#5 - Virgin Blood
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2014
Jason's anxiety could take him out after virgin canvases get their first tattoos.
#6 - Head to Headache
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2014
Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly. Two Artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy.
#7 - Glass on Blast
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2014
The artists must make art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams; when the artists tattoo head-to-head, rivalries explode; Emily makes a new enemy.
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#8 - Fight to the Finale
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/2014
The last four artists battle it out with emotional outbursts, explosive fights, incredible tattoos and total fails.
#9 - Cheek to Cheek
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2014
Artists must complete 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos, but when they must finish each others' tattoos, Emily plays dirty. Also, one artist experiences a medical emergency.
#10 - Geishas Gone Wrong
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2014
Artists feel the pressure when they tattoo Nunez's specialty; one artist loses his cool, while the others move closer to $100,000.
#11 - Heads Will Roll
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/2014
The opportunity to ink football player Deangelo Williams as he honors his mother who dies of breast cancer; a medical emergency after head tattoos sends a canvas over the edge.
#12 - Ink Live
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/2014
The final three artists reveal their 35-hour back tattoos; all 18 rival artists return to spill details on rivalries and one artist becomes Ink Master.
#13 - Painstaking Portraits
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/2014
Artists go head to head tattooing the same portrait on two family members. Some family members are left with jacked tattoos as the portrait subject overlooks.
#14 - Pin up Pittfalls
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2014
Semi-nude models and a game changing twist; Josh is back with a vengeance and rivalries flare.
#15 - Ink My Oosik
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2014
The artists must scrimshaw walrus penises and face their pickiest canvases to date; one artist loses their cool and another is eliminated.
#16 - Inking with the Enemy
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2014
The nation's top tattoo artists compete for a grand prize.