6.6/1033 votes#1 - Fire & Ice
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/2017
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.
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6.7/1030 votes#2 - Crossing the Line
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/2017
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
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6.3/1028 votes#3 - Unnatural Disasters
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/2017
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
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6.8/1029 votes#4 - Lend Me Your Ear
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/2017
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.
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6.2/1025 votes#5 - War and Ink
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 7/11/2017
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
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6.4/1026 votes#6 - Get the Flock Outta Here
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2017
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
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6.3/1025 votes#7 - On the Bubble
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2017
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
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6.7/1025 votes#8 - Masterpiece Mayhem
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 8/1/2017
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.
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6.7/1025 votes#9 - Pin-Up Panic Attack
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 8/8/2017
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.
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7.0/1025 votes#10 - Drill Baby, Drill
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 8/15/2017
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.
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7.0/1024 votes#11 - Grim Inker
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 8/22/2017
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.
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6.5/1025 votes#12 - Pit Fall
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 8/29/2017
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
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7.0/1025 votes#13 - Sell Out
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 9/5/2017
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.
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6.6/1024 votes#14 - Casting the First Stone
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 9/12/2017
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.
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7.4/1026 votes#15 - Marathon to the Finale
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 9/19/2017
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.
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6.1/1025 votes#16 - Shop Wars Finale
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 9/26/2017
In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.
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The Best Episodes of Ink Master Season 9
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Fire & Ice" is the best rated episode of "Ink Master" season 9. It scored 6.6/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/6/2017. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Crossing the Line".