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The Best Episodes of Bar Rescue Season 5

Every episode of Bar Rescue Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bar Rescue Season 5!

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Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 1 - The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #1 - The Perks of Being a Wallpaper

    S5:E1

    A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner who's busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 2 - Wheels of Misfortune
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #2 - Wheels of Misfortune

    S5:E2

    In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 3 - Whipped Into Shape
    6.3/10(36 votes)

    #3 - Whipped Into Shape

    S5:E3

    After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 4 - Antisocial Media
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #4 - Antisocial Media

    S5:E4

    Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 5 - How to Train Your Goldfish
    6.4/10(36 votes)

    #5 - How to Train Your Goldfish

    S5:E5

    Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 6 - Win, Lose or Brawl
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Win, Lose or Brawl

    S5:E6

    Taffer must fix an out-of-control staff and the owner’s freeloading friends. But a violent physical fight threatens this sports bar’s rescue potential.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 7 - Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Listen Y'all It's Sabotage

    S5:E7

    New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 8 - Gettin' Jigger With It
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #8 - Gettin' Jigger With It

    S5:E8

    A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 9 - Chase Lounge
    6.7/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Chase Lounge

    S5:E9

    A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesn't mean he can run a bar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 10 - Zero Dark Drunky
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Zero Dark Drunky

    S5:E10

    A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 11 - Ice, Mice, Baby
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Ice, Mice, Baby

    S5:E11

    A spoiled owner is gifted a nightclub by his father. Can Taffer save this mice-infested tourist bar before the owner gives away all his profits?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 12 - Punk as a Drunk
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Punk as a Drunk

    S5:E12

    A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 13 - Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns

    S5:E13

    The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 14 - Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #14 - Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead

    S5:E14

    An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 15 - I Know What You Did Last Summit
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    #15 - I Know What You Did Last Summit

    S5:E15

    An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 16 - Struck Out at the Dugout
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Struck Out at the Dugout

    S5:E16

    Taffer faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 17 - Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water

    S5:E17

    Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 18 - All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #18 - All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down

    S5:E18

    An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 19 - Bar Over Troubled Water
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #19 - Bar Over Troubled Water

    S5:E19

    In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 20 - Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    #20 - Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do

    S5:E20

    After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 21 - Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon

    S5:E21

    Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 22 - Casually Tapped Out
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Casually Tapped Out

    S5:E22

    Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 23 - Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Things That Go Pahrump in the Night

    S5:E23

    It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 24 - Mother Doesn't Know Best
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #24 - Mother Doesn't Know Best

    S5:E24

    Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bar Rescue Season 5 Episode 25 - Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls

    S5:E25

    It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Perks of Being a Wallpaper" is the best rated episode of "Bar Rescue" season 5. It scored 7.1/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/7/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Wheels of Misfortune".