Episode 1
The battle for $100,000 begins as new artists compete in the most intense Flash Challenge to date; the competition heats up when the first veteran artist returns seeking revenge.
Episode 2
Egos collide when the artists get their hands dirty in a team Flash Challenge; another veteran returns.
Episode 3
In the Flash Challenge, working in teams of two leaves some of the Artists feeling salty and a Veteran Artist schemes to take back control. The battle continues for 100K and the title of Ink Master.
Episode 4
The artists face the most extreme test of detail ever attempted; a veteran artist returns and sparks old rivalries.
Episode 5
The artists use plenty of color during a contortionist body painting Flash Challenge; a veteran artist returns and adds a new-school twist to an old subject.
Episode 6
Bonds are tested and new alliances are formed during an intense Flash Challenge; a veteran joins the New Artist Alliance to take down a common enemy.
Episode 7
Alliances are broken during a white-knuckled flash challenge.
Episode 8
The final veteran artist arrives with a challenge in legibility that has the judges out for blood.
Episode 9
The artists work in pairs to execute large-scale back pieces testing texture...and each other’s nerves.
Episode 10
Alliances are tested as the remaining artists must tattoo in teams of three.
Episode 11
Stakes are at a competition high when the artists must ink the ultimate in-your-face tattoo.
Episode 12
The tables are turned when the new artists call the shots in the elimination tattoo and get revenge.
Episode 13
The final three artists reveal two master canvases; eliminated artists return and confront each other for the first time since the competition; a winner is crowned.
