7.3/1044 votes#1 - Inking With The Enemy
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2014
18 Rival Artists enter for $100k and the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy.
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7.0/1042 votes#2 - Pin Up Pittfalls
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2014
Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare.
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7.1/1039 votes#3 - Head to Headache
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2014
Josh ignites rivalries while two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring.
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7.1/1037 votes#4 - Geishas Gone Wrong
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2014
Vendettas have the artists at each others' throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the artists tattoo Nunez's specialty.
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6.9/1039 votes#5 - Glass On Blast
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2014
The artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams. Rivalries explode when they tattoo head to head.
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6.8/1036 votes#6 - Cheek To Cheek
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2014
In one of the craziest challenges ever, the artists must ink 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos. A medical emergency may cost one artist the competition.
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6.9/1035 votes#7 - Three's A Crowd
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2014
The pressure is on when the artists take on Oliver's specialty - and it’s tripled when they have to work in teams.
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6.8/1036 votes#8 - Ink My Oosik
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/2014
The artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. One artist totally loses their cool while another artist loses their shot at $100K.
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6.7/1035 votes#9 - Virgin Blood
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/2014
Picky virgin canvases get inked and Jason's anxiety threatens to take him out. The artists battle head to head and Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the chopping block.
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6.6/1036 votes#10 - Cold Blooded
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2014
In the flash challenge, the artists use a different kind of ink to make art... blood. Then, they go head-to-head against guest judge Tommy Montoya while Emily goes over the edge.
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6.6/1038 votes#11 - 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.
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6.7/1035 votes#12 - Heads Will Roll
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/2014
The artists fight for an opportunity to ink NFL star DeAngelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send one human canvas over the edge.
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6.7/1036 votes#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.
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6.8/1035 votes#14 - Firing Squad
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/2014
It's down to the wire as the artists battle for a top 4 spot - to survive they must impress 3 tattoo heavyweights criticizing their every move.
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7.0/1037 votes#15 - Fight To The Finale
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/2014
Emotional outbursts, explosive fights, incredible tattoos and epic fails. It’s the end of the line and the sparks fly as the last 4 Artists standing battle it out for a spot in the Live Finale and a shot at $100K.
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6.5/1034 votes#16 - Ink Live
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/2014
The final 3 artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces and the sparks fly when all 18 rival artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn.
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The Best Episodes of Ink Master Season 5
Every episode of Ink Master Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ink Master Season 5!
A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes...
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Inking With The Enemy" is the best rated episode of "Ink Master" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/2/2014. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Pin Up Pittfalls".