The Best Episodes of Ink Master Season 9

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

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

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

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Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.

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

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

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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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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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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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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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