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Ink Master · S9 · E1

Fire & Ice

  • TV-14
  • Jun 6, 2017
  • 38 min

In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

About this episode

In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

Season 9

16 episodes
  1. 1Fire & Ice

    38 minJun 6, 2017Now viewing

    In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

  2. 2Crossing the Line

    38 minJun 13, 2017

    A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.

  3. 3Unnatural Disasters

    38 minJun 20, 2017

    A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.

  4. 4Lend Me Your Ear

    39 minJun 27, 2017

    The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.

  5. 5War and Ink

    39 minJul 11, 2017

    Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.

  6. 6Get the Flock Outta Here

    39 minJul 18, 2017

    Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.

  7. 7On the Bubble

    38 minJul 25, 2017

    One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.

  8. 8Masterpiece Mayhem

    38 minAug 1, 2017

    An emotional flash challenge brings the artists to tears, and the alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of veterans return to battle it out for the title.

  9. 9Pin-Up Panic Attack

    39 minAug 8, 2017

    The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.

  10. 10Drill Baby, Drill

    39 minAug 15, 2017

    The final veteran shop returns to fight for the title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing aliance.

  11. 11Grim Inker

    38 minAug 22, 2017

    With no flash challenge, the artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling; Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of artists.

  12. 12Pit Fall

    39 minAug 29, 2017

    A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.

  13. 13Sell Out

    39 minSep 5, 2017

    The competition puts the old saying, "the customer is always right," to the test when the artists must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.

  14. 14Casting the First Stone

    39 minSep 12, 2017

    With only 5 shops left, the fight for $200K and the title of Master Shop intensifies. In a deity Elimination Tattoo, some shops reach for the heavens while one is sent packing to hell.

  15. 15Marathon to the Finale

    38 minSep 19, 2017

    The competition is more intense than ever as the top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale, $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

  16. 16Shop Wars Finale

    41 minSep 26, 2017

    In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.