S12E15: Step Up or Shut Up
The last four artists remaining battle it out in a tattoo marathon to secure their spot in the season finale.
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Season 1
Fresh Meat
S1E1 / 17 Jan 2012
Botched Head Tattoo
S1E2 / 24 Jan 2012
Pasties and a Cameltoe
S1E3 / 31 Jan 2012
Ink Disaster Piece
S1E4 / 07 Feb 2012
Game On
S1E5 / 14 Feb 2012
Permanent Mistakes
S1E6 / 21 Feb 2012
Picture Imperfect
S1E7 / 28 Feb 2012
Ink Master Revealed
S1E8 / 06 Mar 2012
Season 2
Tattooing the Dead
S2E1 / 09 Oct 2012
Semi Nude 911
S2E2 / 09 Oct 2012
The 80 Year Old Virgin
S2E3 / 16 Oct 2012
Tattoo Her What?
S2E4 / 23 Oct 2012
Trick or Freak
S2E5 / 30 Oct 2012
Half Naked and Fully Loaded
S2E6 / 06 Nov 2012
Star Wars Forever
S2E7 / 13 Nov 2012
Holy Ink
S2E8 / 20 Nov 2012
Buck Off
S2E9 / 27 Nov 2012
Blowing Chunks
S2E10 / 04 Dec 2012
Better Than Words?
S2E11 / 11 Dec 2012
The Bigger They Are
S2E12 / 18 Dec 2012
Ink Master Live
S2E13 / 18 Dec 2012
Season 3
Baby Got Back
S3E1 / 16 Jul 2013
Thrills For Grills
S3E2 / 23 Jul 2013
Tattoos And Lace
S3E3 / 30 Jul 2013
Elysium Challenge
S3E4 / 06 Aug 2013
Baby Beat-Down
S3E5 / 13 Aug 2013
Animal Instinct
S3E6 / 20 Aug 2013
Monumental Mistakes
S3E7 / 27 Aug 2013
Baby Don't Go
S3E8 / 03 Sep 2013
Skulls And Villains
S3E9 / 10 Sep 2013
Eyes Of The Beholder
S3E10 / 17 Sep 2013
Heroes & Heads
S3E11 / 24 Sep 2013
Enduring The Pain
S3E12 / 01 Oct 2013
The Epic Finale
S3E13 / 08 Oct 2013
Season 4
Earn It!
S4E1 / 25 Feb 2014
Bug Out
S4E2 / 04 Mar 2014
Tatt Ganged
S4E3 / 11 Mar 2014
Nude & Tattooed
S4E4 / 18 Mar 2014
X-Men's Hugh Jackman
S4E5 / 25 Mar 2014
2 on 1 Tat-Astrophe
S4E6 / 01 Apr 2014
Artist Slaughter
S4E7 / 08 Apr 2014
Ink Master Explosion
S4E8 / 15 Apr 2014
Fighting Dirty
S4E9 / 22 Apr 2014
Tag Team Tatt
S4E10 / 29 Apr 2014
Karma's a Bitch
S4E11 / 06 May 2014
Fight to the Finish
S4E12 / 13 May 2014
Ink Master Live
S4E13 / 20 May 2014
Season 5
Inking With The Enemy
S5E1 / 02 Sep 2014
Pin Up Pittfalls
S5E2 / 09 Sep 2014
Head to Headache
S5E3 / 16 Sep 2014
Geishas Gone Wrong
S5E4 / 23 Sep 2014
Glass On Blast
S5E5 / 30 Sep 2014
Cheek To Cheek
S5E6 / 07 Oct 2014
Three's A Crowd
S5E7 / 14 Oct 2014
Ink My Oosik
S5E8 / 21 Oct 2014
Virgin Blood
S5E9 / 28 Oct 2014
Cold Blooded
S5E10 / 04 Nov 2014
Up In Smoke
S5E11 / 11 Nov 2014
Heads Will Roll
S5E12 / 18 Nov 2014
Painstaking Portraits
S5E13 / 25 Nov 2014
Firing Squad
S5E14 / 02 Dec 2014
Fight To The Finale
S5E15 / 09 Dec 2014
Ink Live
S5E16 / 16 Dec 2014
Season 6
Meet Your Maker
S6E1 / 23 Jun 2015
Fight or Flight
S6E2 / 30 Jun 2015
Sink or Swim
S6E3 / 07 Jul 2015
Tut for Tat
S6E4 / 14 Jul 2015
Problem Parts
S6E5 / 28 Jul 2015
Firing Lines
S6E6 / 04 Aug 2015
Predator/Prey
S6E7 / 11 Aug 2015
Composed and Exposed
S6E8 / 18 Aug 2015
Like a Moth to the Flame
S6E9 / 25 Aug 2015
Hell on Wheels
S6E10 / 01 Sep 2015
Hail Mani
S6E11 / 08 Sep 2015
Slitting Throats
S6E12 / 15 Sep 2015
Player's Choice
S6E13 / 22 Sep 2015
Active Duty
S6E14 / 29 Sep 2015
Go Big Or Go Home
S6E15 / 06 Oct 2015
Master Vs. Apprentice Live
S6E16 / 14 Oct 2015
Season 7
Initiation
S7E1 / 01 Mar 2016
One Man's Trash
S7E2 / 08 Mar 2016
Salt in the Wound
S7E3 / 15 Mar 2016
The Devil's in the Details
S7E4 / 22 Mar 2016
New School, Old Artist
S7E5 / 29 Mar 2016
Under Pressure
S7E6 / 05 Apr 2016
Knuckle Sandwich
S7E7 / 12 Apr 2016
Breathing Fire
S7E8 / 19 Apr 2016
Sink or Soar
S7E9 / 26 Apr 2016
Shipwrecked
S7E10 / 03 May 2016
Head in the Game
S7E11 / 10 May 2016
Turning the Tables
S7E12 / 17 May 2016
Revenge Live
S7E13 / 24 May 2016
Season 8
Weeding Out The Weak
S8E1 / 23 Aug 2016
The Game Begins
S8E2 / 30 Aug 2016
Ruffled Feathers
S8E3 / 06 Sep 2016
Put On Your Armor
S8E4 / 13 Sep 2016
Sparks Fly
S8E5 / 20 Sep 2016
Sticky Situation
S8E6 / 27 Sep 2016
New School, Old Scars
S8E7 / 04 Oct 2016
Bent Out Of Shape
S8E8 / 11 Oct 2016
Head Games
S8E9 / 18 Oct 2016
Like Sand Through The Hour Glass
S8E10 / 25 Oct 2016
Duck and Cover Up
S8E11 / 01 Nov 2016
Road To The Finale
S8E12 / 08 Nov 2016
Heavy Lifting
S8E13 / 15 Nov 2016
Bio-Mechanical Failure
S8E14 / 22 Nov 2016
No One Is Safe
S8E15 / 29 Nov 2016
Peck Vs. Nuñez Live
S8E16 / 06 Dec 2016
Season 9
Fire & Ice
S9E1 / 06 Jun 2017
Crossing the Line
S9E2 / 13 Jun 2017
Unnatural Disasters
S9E3 / 20 Jun 2017
Lend Me Your Ear
S9E4 / 27 Jun 2017
War and Ink
S9E5 / 11 Jul 2017
Get the Flock Outta Here
S9E6 / 18 Jul 2017
On the Bubble
S9E7 / 25 Jul 2017
Masterpiece Mayhem
S9E8 / 01 Aug 2017
Pin-Up Panic Attack
S9E9 / 08 Aug 2017
Drill Baby, Drill
S9E10 / 15 Aug 2017
Grim Inker
S9E11 / 22 Aug 2017
Pit Fall
S9E12 / 29 Aug 2017
Sell Out
S9E13 / 05 Sep 2017
Casting the First Stone
S9E14 / 12 Sep 2017
Marathon to the Finale
S9E15 / 19 Sep 2017
Shop Wars Finale
S9E16 / 26 Sep 2017
Season 10
Pick Your Side
S10E1 / 09 Jan 2018
Fill’er Up
S10E2 / 16 Jan 2018
Divine Proportion
S10E3 / 23 Jan 2018
Step It Up
S10E4 / 30 Jan 2018
Ink On The Dotted Line
S10E5 / 06 Feb 2018
Chin Up
S10E6 / 13 Feb 2018
Eye of the Tiger
S10E7 / 20 Feb 2018
Pane in the Glass
S10E8 / 27 Feb 2018
Ink Raider
S10E9 / 06 Mar 2018
Some Assembly Required
S10E10 / 13 Mar 2018
Quit Buggin' Me
S10E11 / 20 Mar 2018
Total Meltdown
S10E12 / 27 Mar 2018
Monkey See, Monkey Do
S10E13 / 03 Apr 2018
No Stain, No Gain
S10E14 / 10 Apr 2018
Final Exam
S10E15 / 17 Apr 2018
Return of the Masters Finale
S10E16 / 24 Apr 2018
Season 11
Opening Shots
S11E1 / 28 Aug 2018
Not on My Watch
S11E2 / 04 Sep 2018
Right on Target
S11E3 / 11 Sep 2018
No Wrist, No Reward
S11E4 / 18 Sep 2018
That's Gonna Leave a Mark
S11E5 / 25 Sep 2018
Fight Your Own Battles
S11E6 / 03 Oct 2018
No Wasted Space
S11E7 / 09 Oct 2018
Chalk This Way
S11E8 / 16 Oct 2018
Tipping the Scales
S11E9 / 23 Oct 2018
Put Up or Shut Up
S11E10 / 30 Oct 2018
In Deep Waters
S11E11 / 13 Nov 2018
Too Hot to Handle
S11E12 / 20 Nov 2018
Who's Got the Power?
S11E13 / 27 Nov 2018
What Are You Crayon About?
S11E14 / 04 Dec 2018
Prelude to a Bloodbath
S11E15 / 11 Dec 2018
Grudge Match Finale
S11E16 / 18 Dec 2018
Season 12
The Ink Will Speak For Itself
S12E1 / 11 Jun 2019
A Storm Is Brewin'
S12E2 / 18 Jun 2019
Down to the Wire
S12E3 / 25 Jun 2019
The Hunter & The Hunted
S12E4 / 02 Jul 2019
The Art Stands Alone
S12E5 / 09 Jul 2019
Art of War
S12E6 / 16 Jul 2019
Sabotage
S12E7 / 23 Jul 2019
Pins & No Needles
S12E8 / 30 Jul 2019
Drawing Alliances
S12E9 / 06 Aug 2019
By Accident or By Design
S12E10 / 13 Aug 2019
Roll of the Dice
S12E11 / 20 Aug 2019
Put Your Ink Where Your Mouth Is
S12E12 / 27 Aug 2019
Moving Pictures
S12E13 / 03 Sep 2019
Unfriendly Fire
S12E14 / 10 Sep 2019
Step Up or Shut Up
S12E15 / 17 Sep 2019
Battle of the Sexes Finale
S12E16 / 24 Sep 2019
Season 13
Rep Your Region
S13E1 / 07 Jan 2020
Clash of the Collages
S13E2 / 14 Jan 2020
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
S13E3 / 21 Jan 2020
Battle Lines
S13E4 / 28 Jan 2020
Out of Your Element
S13E5 / 04 Feb 2020
Off the Chain
S13E6 / 11 Feb 2020
Head Spin
S13E7 / 18 Feb 2020
Sugar Rush
S13E8 / 25 Feb 2020
Artistry on the Line
S13E9 / 03 Mar 2020
Every Artist for Themselves
S13E10 / 10 Mar 2020
From Toast to Toast
S13E11 / 17 Mar 2020
Last Draw
S13E12 / 24 Mar 2020
There Can Only Be One
S13E13 / 31 Mar 2020
Compose Yourself
S13E14 / 07 Apr 2020
Race to the Finish
S13E15 / 14 Apr 2020
Season 14
Legends Return
S14E1 / 07 Sep 2022
A Work of Art
S14E2 / 07 Sep 2022
Devil's in the Details
S14E3 / 14 Sep 2022
Match a Master
S14E4 / 21 Sep 2022
Master Mash Ups
S14E5 / 28 Sep 2022
Up in Flames
S14E6 / 05 Oct 2022
Panes of Pressure
S14E7 / 12 Oct 2022
Let the Sparks Fly
S14E8 / 19 Oct 2022
Finale Part 1
S14E9 / 26 Oct 2022
Finale Part 2
S14E10 / 02 Nov 2022
Season 15
The New Ink Class
S15E1 / 01 Nov 2023
Skull & Bones
S15E2 / 01 Nov 2023
Put Me In, Coach!
S15E3 / 01 Nov 2023
Don't Fork It Up
S15E4 / 08 Nov 2023
Teams Transformed
S15E5 / 15 Nov 2023
Saddle Up, Buttercup
S15E6 / 22 Nov 2023
Fight Fire with Fire
S15E7 / 29 Nov 2023
Competition Shattered
S15E8 / 06 Dec 2023
Instant Karma
S15E9 / 13 Dec 2023
Fifteen's Finale
S15E10 / 20 Dec 2023
Season 16
Divide of the Decade
S16E1 / 23 Oct 2024
Money Where Your Mouth Is
S16E2 / 23 Oct 2024
Out of the Box, Onto the Skin
S16E3 / 23 Oct 2024
Inked in Gold
S16E4 / 30 Oct 2024
A Sin in Tattooing
S16E5 / 06 Nov 2024
At Your Service
S16E6 / 13 Nov 2024
Monsters Ink
S16E7 / 20 Nov 2024
Face Your Fears
S16E8 / 27 Nov 2024
Mash Up Mayhem
S16E9 / 04 Dec 2024
OGs vs Young Gun
S16E10 / 11 Dec 2024
Season 17
Hometown Throwdown
S17E1 / 29 Oct 2025
Back to the Drawing Board
S17E2 / 29 Oct 2025
Gut Check
S17E3 / 29 Oct 2025
Bottled Up
S17E4 / 05 Nov 2025
It's A Marathon, Not A Sprint
S17E5 / 12 Nov 2025
No Day At The Beach
S17E6 / 19 Nov 2025
All Scars Will Heal
S17E7 / 26 Nov 2025
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
S17E8 / 03 Dec 2025
Tat For Tat
S17E9 / 10 Dec 2025
Hometown Hero
S17E10 / 17 Dec 2025
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