The WORST episodes of Tabatha Takes Over

#1 - Cinema Suites: Long Beach, CA

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2012

#2 - Salon Deco: Atlanta, GA

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2012

Absentee owner, Kim Krohn, has an "I don't care attitude" that has poisoned her staff and left her salon rudderless. Even though her house is in foreclosure, Kim barely spends time in her failing salon and her staff have checked out too.

#3 - Barkingham Palace: West Hollywood, CA

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2012

Domestic partners Tee Sorge and Tania Raskin tried to translate their passion for dogs into a doggie daycare and grooming business, but they quickly learned that it wasn't as easy as they thought. Now they are on the verge of losing everything as Tabatha quickly discovers that Tania is a management nightmare who is alienating the staff and Tee has no backbone.

#4 - Chill: Ventura, CA

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2012

Sande Cranford and Jim Wright own Chill, a failing yogurt shop that has added coffee, baked goods and sandwiches to the menu. Jim runs a successful bar and Jim's daughter runs a successful pizza shop, both of which are around the corner. But Sande's effort to turn her love of yogurt into a business is failing. Their products are low quality, their staff is unprofessional and the business is unfocused. Tabatha will help decide what this business should sell and teach Sande to become a boss.

#5 - Pat's Hair Shoppe: Douglasville, GA

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2012

Pat Duke opened her beauty shop over 24 years ago, but after she expanded and doubled her staff to bulk up her business, her veteran stylists walked out.

#6 - Beyond Salon: Cherry Hill, NJ

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2012

Aisha McKenzie has been taking her anger out on her staff and the atmosphere has turned her upscale multicultural salon "boughetto."

#7 - Club Ripples: Long Beach, CA

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2012

Club Ripples, the first gay dance club in Long Beach, CA, is owned by couple Larry Hebert and John Garcia. Ripples used to be the gay hot spot, but now it's empty seven nights a week and they blame the competition and their staff. Tabatha quickly discovers the real problems are John's penny pinching business practices and Larry's crazy club rules. To make matters worse, the bar has a bad reputation in the community and the employees' suggestions are falling on deaf ears. Can Tabatha get John and Larry to change their stubborn ways in order to save a Long Beach gay icon and bring it into the new millennium?

#8 - Chicago Male Salon & Spa: Chicago, IL

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/2009

Tabatha moves in to fix up the boys' club in Chicago Male Salon & Spa.

#9 - Refuge Salon: Los Angeles, CA

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/2009

Tabatha is used to renegade stylists with their own agenda, but when faced with a backstabbing owner and stylists who follow this poor example, Tabatha must decide herself whether or not to walk away

#10 - Bang Salon: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/2009

Tabatha deals with the most unprofessional salon she's ever seen!

#11 - Ten Salon: Long Beach, CA

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/21/2008

#12 - Orbit Salon: Chicago, IL

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/2009

Tabatha takes over the filthy Orbit Salon in Chicago

#13 - Revisit Show: Where Are They Now?

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/21/2011

Tabatha revisits some of her favorite and not-so-favorite salons from Seasons 1 and 2.

#14 - Earth, Moon, Sun: Western Springs, IL

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2010

Tabatha now just has to transform both a hostile manager and a stylist she calls one of the worst hairdressers she has ever seen.

#15 - Salon Tika: Rockville Centre, NY

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2008

#16 - Images Salon: Oyster Bay, NY

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/9/2008

#17 - Nadia's Family Salon

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/20/2013

Nadia’s Family Salon in Englishtown, New Jersey was once a close-knit team of stylists that were more like family than colleagues. Owner Kevin Lichen’s passion for his salon led to a successful business that won the hearts of his staff and the business of customers. Within a few short years, all that has changed. Kevin’s absence from the salon, his gambling addiction, anger issues and poor communication skills, have driven the salon down the steep road towards failure. The stylists no longer respect Kevin and have made a mockery of him in his own business. Tabatha must get Kevin to take control of himself and the salon in order to be the business owner his staff needs him to be.

#18 - Allure Salon: Coconut Grove, FL

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/2009

Tabatha takes over the Allure salon, and deals with one stylist's bad attitude.

#19 - Top Cuts

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/2013

Top Cuts salon in Bethpage, New York is far closer to the bottom than the top. After leaving her business to battle breast cancer, owner and former Tabatha protégé Chris Smith is scared to return to work, and tries to run her salon with an iron fist from the comforts of her home. With Chris’s front desk receptionist acting as her eyes and ears when she isn’t around, Chris is really hiding a much bigger secret that explains why she knows everything that goes on in her salon. When Tabatha arrives, she steps into a battle zone between a disgruntled manager who feels unappreciated, a loyal receptionist who is labeled a snitch, and a staff who have ironically nicknamed the salon “Chop Cuts.” Tabatha has one week to help her former student rediscover her passion, and get her to understand that in order to be a leader and save her business, she can’t have someone else’s eyes do the following.

#20 - Martino Cartier at Giovanni and Pileggi: Sewell, NJ

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/3/2008

#21 - The Loft on Broadway Salon: Long Beach, CA

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2008

#22 - Sweetgrass: Atlanta, GA

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/20/2012

This hippie spa owner wants to treat his staff like a "community" and is at odds with his aggressive manager, who is driving away the staff.

#23 - Where Are They Now?

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/27/2013

On the season finale, Tabatha revisits the most memorable businesses from past seasons. Are they striving, struggling, or even worse, have they closed? Tabatha stops by Dr. Flavio’s Beauty School in Torrance, California, to see if Flavio’s 50 year old legacy has been kept intact by his daughter. In Long Beach, California, we’ll check in to see if the party at Club Ripples has started back up and if the owners have regained the reputation of having the best gay nightclub in town. Has Avanti Salon on posh Newberry street in Boston Massachusetts survived? Has the owner stepped up to become a leader, or has he gone back to his old ways? In San Bruno California, the catty Phun sisters “work hard, play hard” ethic at their salon Mia Bella weighed heavily towards “play hard.” Has the partying and cattiness subsided or are their claws out for more? Along the way, Tabatha leaves the owners and staff with new recommendations and even gets a few surprises along the way.

#24 - Café Treats

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2013

Veronica de Messina hoped Café Treats in Sherman Oaks, California, would hit the sweet spot with customers. Unfortunately, her café has garnered the reputation for leaving a bad taste in people’s mouths. Veronica thought that her large Mexican food menu, coffee, teas and juices with a Moroccan theme would have the formula for success. However, Veronica’s lack of experience in the food industry, her abrasive management style, and unfocused menu has been a recipe for disaster. Tabatha must get Veronica to hone in her passion, get the staff up-to-par and size down the menu before Café Treats becomes a business gone bust.

#25 - House of Synergy

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/23/2013

A masseur by trade, Reg Mangone is the owner of House of Synergy Salon and Spa in beautiful Long Beach, California. Unlike its name, "Synergy" as a business is lacking some serious harmony. Reg has extended his business to provide a plethora of other services including teeth-whiting and "vajazzling." With an owner who’s unclear and unfocused, the staff treats Reg more like a doormat than a boss. Reg has lost control of his business and respect for himself. Tabatha must get him to find his backbone, step-up and take control of what’s his. Can Tabatha empower Reg to make House of Synergy into the Salon-Spa that he dreamed it would be?