S05E24: Mother Doesn't Know Best
Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.
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Season 1
Fallen Angels
S1E1 / 17 Jul 2011
Downey's and Out
S1E2 / 24 Jul 2011
Shabby Abbey
S1E3 / 31 Jul 2011
Beach Bummer
S1E4 / 07 Aug 2011
Swanky Troubles
S1E5 / 14 Aug 2011
The Blue Frog Sings the Blues
S1E6 / 21 Aug 2011
Bad to the Bone
S1E7 / 28 Aug 2011
Chumps
S1E8 / 11 Sep 2011
Bar Fight
S1E9 / 18 Sep 2011
Hogtied Ham's
S1E10 / 25 Sep 2011
Season 2
Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb
S2E1 / 29 Jul 2012
Tiki Curse
S2E2 / 29 Jul 2012
Murphy's Mess
S2E3 / 05 Aug 2012
Mystique or Murder?
S2E4 / 12 Aug 2012
Bottomless Pit
S2E5 / 19 Aug 2012
Broke Black Sheep
S2E6 / 26 Aug 2012
Weber's of Lies
S2E7 / 09 Sep 2012
Owner Ousted
S2E8 / 16 Sep 2012
On the Rocks
S2E9 / 23 Sep 2012
Bikini Bust
S2E10 / 30 Sep 2012
Season 3
Turtle on Its Back
S3E1 / 10 Feb 2013
Rock N Roaches
S3E2 / 17 Feb 2013
Bro's Got to Geaux!
S3E3 / 24 Feb 2013
Tears for Beers
S3E4 / 03 Mar 2013
Empty Pockets
S3E5 / 10 Mar 2013
Jon T, He Don't Like It
S3E6 / 17 Mar 2013
In a Pinch
S3E7 / 24 Mar 2013
Karaoke Katastrophe
S3E8 / 31 Mar 2013
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
S3E9 / 07 Apr 2013
Meat Sauna
S3E10 / 14 Apr 2013
Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
S3E11 / 07 Jul 2013
Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
S3E12 / 14 Jul 2013
Two Flew Over the Handlebars
S3E13 / 21 Jul 2013
There's No Crying in the Bar Business
S3E14 / 28 Jul 2013
Play Some Janet Jackson!
S3E15 / 04 Aug 2013
Characters Assassination
S3E16 / 11 Aug 2013
Corking the Bunghole
S3E17 / 18 Aug 2013
A Bar Full of Bull
S3E18 / 25 Aug 2013
Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
S3E19 / 08 Sep 2013
Barely Above Water
S3E20 / 15 Sep 2013
Crappy Cantina
S3E21 / 06 Oct 2013
Jon of the Dead
S3E22 / 13 Oct 2013
Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
S3E23 / 20 Oct 2013
Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy
S3E24 / 27 Oct 2013
Drunk & Dirty Dolls
S3E25 / 03 Nov 2013
Empty Bottles Full Cans
S3E26 / 10 Nov 2013
Hole in None
S3E27 / 17 Nov 2013Music City Mess
S3E28 / 24 Nov 2013
Brawlin Babes
S3E29 / 08 Dec 2013
Twin vs. Twin
S3E30 / 15 Dec 2013
Hostile Takeover
S3E31 / 09 Mar 2014
Critters and Quitters
S3E32 / 16 Mar 2014
Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed
S3E33 / 23 Mar 2014
Scoreboard To Death
S3E34 / 30 Mar 2014
Grow Some Meatballs!
S3E35 / 06 Apr 2014
Taxed Out in Texas
S3E36 / 13 Apr 2014
When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
S3E37 / 20 Apr 2014
I Smell A Rat
S3E38 / 27 Apr 2014
Scary Mary's
S3E39 / 04 May 2014
Muscle Madness
S3E40 / 11 May 2014
Season 4
Bug Bite
S4E1 / 05 Oct 2014
Thugs with Mugs
S4E2 / 12 Oct 2014
Schmuck Dynasty
S4E3 / 19 Oct 2014
El Moronte!!
S4E4 / 26 Oct 2014
Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder
S4E5 / 02 Nov 2014
To Protect And (Over) Serve
S4E6 / 09 Nov 2014
A Dash of Bitters
S4E7 / 16 Nov 2014
Swinging from the Rafters
S4E8 / 23 Nov 2014
Spoiled Brat Party
S4E9 / 07 Dec 2014
Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling
S4E10 / 14 Dec 2014
Second Base, Third Strike
S4E11 / 08 Feb 2015
Crayons & Anger Lines
S4E12 / 15 Feb 2015
Beach Rats
S4E13 / 22 Feb 2015
All Twerk & No Pay
S4E14 / 01 Mar 2015
Bromancing the Stone
S4E15 / 08 Mar 2015
Storming the Castle
S4E16 / 15 Mar 2015Lagers and Liars
S4E17 / 22 Mar 2015Loose Lips Loose Tips
S4E18 / 29 Mar 2015Back to the Bar: Hot-Headed Owners
S4E19 / 05 Apr 2015Mandala Down
S4E20 / 21 Apr 2015Sticky Situation
S4E21 / 21 Jun 2015Take Me Out of the Bar Game
S4E22 / 28 Jun 2015Emergency Exit
S4E23 / 05 Jul 2015It's Always Sunny in Portland
S4E24 / 12 Jul 2015Brokedown Palace
S4E25 / 19 Jul 2015Ants with Wings, Bro!
S4E26 / 26 Jul 2015Back to the Bar: Stubborn Owners
S4E27 / 02 Aug 2015Put a Cork in It
S4E28 / 09 Aug 2015Too Many Managers, Not Enough Man
S4E29 / 16 Aug 2015Jon Ain't Afraid of No Ghost
S4E30 / 23 Aug 2015Back to the Bar: Delusional Owners
S4E31 / 30 Aug 2015Till Debt Do Us Part
S4E32 / 04 Oct 2015Shamrocks and Shenanigans
S4E33 / 11 Oct 2015Blowing Royal Smoke
S4E34 / 18 Oct 2015Sour Lemmons and Bitter Business
S4E35 / 25 Oct 2015Ripper's Rookie House
S4E36 / 01 Nov 2015Big Sister's Watching
S4E37 / 08 Nov 2015Vulgar Vixens
S4E38 / 15 Nov 2015Unnecessary Toughness
S4E39 / 22 Nov 2015Boss Lady Blues
S4E40 / 06 Dec 2015Bare Rescue
S4E41 / 13 Dec 2015Back to the Bar: No Laughing Matter
S4E42 / 20 Dec 2015Hard Heads and Softballs
S4E43 / 06 Mar 2016Dragon Lady
S4E44 / 13 Mar 2016Paradise Lost
S4E45 / 20 Mar 2016Back to the Bar: Meathead-to-Head
S4E46 / 27 Mar 2016Land of the Beer and Home of the Misbehaved
S4E47 / 03 Apr 2016Getting Freaki at the Tiki
S4E48 / 10 Apr 2016Back to the Bar: Empty Pockets
S4E49 / 17 Apr 2016How to Train the Dragon
S4E50 / 24 Apr 2016Demolition Man
S4E51 / 01 May 2016Back to the Bar: Luck of the Irish
S4E52 / 08 May 2016We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
S4E53 / 15 May 2016Danny Sits on His Fanny
S4E54 / 22 May 2016Gon in a Flash
S4E55 / 10 Jul 2016Momster's Ball
S4E56 / 17 Jul 2016Drunk on Punk
S4E57 / 24 Jul 2016Raising Arizona
S4E58 / 31 Jul 2016
Season 5
The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
S5E1 / 07 Aug 2016
Wheels of Misfortune
S5E2 / 14 Aug 2016
Whipped Into Shape
S5E3 / 21 Aug 2016
Antisocial Media
S5E4 / 18 Sep 2016
How to Train Your Goldfish
S5E5 / 25 Sep 2016
Win, Lose or Brawl
S5E6 / 02 Oct 2016
Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
S5E7 / 09 Oct 2016
Gettin' Jigger With It
S5E8 / 16 Oct 2016
Chase Lounge
S5E9 / 23 Oct 2016
Zero Dark Drunky
S5E10 / 30 Oct 2016
Ice, Mice, Baby
S5E11 / 06 Nov 2016
Punk as a Drunk
S5E12 / 13 Nov 2016Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns
S5E13 / 20 Nov 2016
Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
S5E14 / 19 Feb 2017
I Know What You Did Last Summit
S5E15 / 26 Feb 2017
Struck Out at the Dugout
S5E16 / 05 Mar 2017Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
S5E17 / 12 Mar 2017
All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
S5E18 / 19 Mar 2017
Bar Over Troubled Water
S5E19 / 26 Mar 2017
Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
S5E20 / 02 Apr 2017Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
S5E21 / 09 Apr 2017
Casually Tapped Out
S5E22 / 02 Jul 2017
Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
S5E23 / 16 Jul 2017
Mother Doesn't Know Best
S5E24 / 23 Jul 2017
Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
S5E25 / 30 Jul 2017
Silence of the Ants
S5E26 / 06 Aug 2017
Daddy Dearest
S5E27 / 13 Aug 2017
Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
S5E28 / 20 Aug 2017Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls
S5E29 / 03 Sep 2017
The Unlucky Leprechaun
S5E30 / 10 Sep 2017Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
S5E31 / 17 Sep 2017
Season 6
Put It on Cody’s Tab
S6E1 / 11 Mar 2018
Close, But No Cigar
S6E2 / 18 Mar 2018
Weird Science
S6E3 / 25 Mar 2018
Ground Control to Major Jon
S6E4 / 01 Apr 2018
Mississippi Rears
S6E5 / 08 Apr 2018Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback
S6E6 / 15 Apr 2018
Pole Without a Purpose
S6E7 / 22 Apr 2018
An Ode to the Cap'n
S6E8 / 29 Apr 2018
Crazy Little Thing Called Selman
S6E9 / 06 May 2018
Caving In
S6E10 / 13 May 2018Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face
S6E11 / 20 May 2018
Down and Out in Las Vegas
S6E12 / 03 Jun 2018Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer
S6E13 / 10 Jun 2018
Father Knows Best
S6E14 / 17 Jun 2018
Phishing for Answers
S6E15 / 24 Jun 2018
Not Cleared for Takeoff
S6E16 / 01 Jul 2018Back to the Bar: Tough Love
S6E17 / 08 Jul 2018
Fish Out of Blue Water
S6E18 / 15 Jul 2018
Operation Puerto Rico
S6E19 / 22 Jul 2018
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fatballs
S6E20 / 29 Jul 2018
The Unwanted Saloon
S6E21 / 05 Aug 2018Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change
S6E22 / 12 Aug 2018
Star Lite, Star Not So Brite
S6E23 / 19 Aug 2018
There Will Be Family Blood
S6E24 / 26 Aug 2018
The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico
S6E25 / 03 Mar 2019
Dalia’s Inferno
S6E26 / 10 Mar 2019
Don’t Cry for Me Jon Taffer
S6E27 / 17 Mar 2019
Owner on the Run
S6E28 / 24 Mar 2019
Twerking 9 to 5
S6E29 / 31 Mar 2019
Back to School
S6E30 / 07 Apr 2019
Tanked and Toasty
S6E31 / 14 Apr 2019
Miles from Success
S6E32 / 21 Apr 2019
Uncivil War
S6E33 / 28 Apr 2019
LIV'n on a Prayer
S6E34 / 05 May 2019
Big Trouble in Little China Grove
S6E35 / 12 May 2019
Pie Hard
S6E36 / 19 May 2019
Driving Miss Tara
S6E37 / 02 Jun 2019
All Blaze, No Glory
S6E38 / 14 Jul 2019
Reckless Roundhouse
S6E39 / 21 Jul 2019
John and Bert Bought a Bar
S6E40 / 28 Jul 2019
Green Walls and Donkey Balls
S6E41 / 04 Aug 2019
Doreen's Dilemma
S6E42 / 11 Aug 2019
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bar
S6E43 / 18 Aug 2019
So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer
S6E44 / 25 Aug 2019
The Sound of Failing Music
S6E45 / 15 Sep 2019
Saving G.I. Jodi
S6E46 / 22 Sep 2019
Get Off Your Ass!
S6E47 / 29 Sep 2019
Season 7
Sactown Going Down
S7E1 / 01 Mar 2020
Gutterball!
S7E2 / 08 Mar 2020
Breaking Brandon
S7E3 / 15 Mar 2020
Still Bill
S7E4 / 22 Mar 2020
Saving Post 6216
S7E5 / 29 Mar 2020
Life's a Beach
S7E6 / 05 Apr 2020
Taken for Granted
S7E7 / 12 Apr 2020
Come Home to Roost
S7E8 / 19 Apr 2020
Beast Rescue
S7E9 / 26 Apr 2020
Raging Turkey
S7E10 / 03 May 2020
In the Rough
S7E11 / 17 May 2020
Bottoms Up, Going Down
S7E12 / 31 May 2020
A Silver Dollar Saved Is a Silver Dollar Earned
S7E13 / 07 Jun 2020
Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill
S7E14 / 14 Jun 2020
The Gaslamp Redemption
S7E15 / 06 Sep 2020
The Mother of All Failures
S7E16 / 13 Sep 2020
Season 8
Two Tickets to Paradise Cantina
S8E1 / 02 May 2021
Not Your Godfather's Speakeasy
S8E2 / 09 May 2021
A Twice in a Lifetime Opportunity
S8E3 / 23 May 2021
Every Rosé Has It's Thorn
S8E4 / 06 Jun 2021
Viva La Casona
S8E5 / 13 Jun 2021
Rookie of the Beer
S8E6 / 20 Jun 2021
A Bar to Take Pride In
S8E7 / 27 Jun 2021
A Commander and His Post
S8E8 / 11 Jul 2021
Behind the 8 Ball
S8E9 / 18 Jul 2021
Ninja Karaoke's Swan Song
S8E10 / 01 Aug 2021
Remembering Billy
S8E11 / 08 Aug 2021
Wreck It Ralph
S8E12 / 15 Aug 2021
Penalty on the Bar
S8E13 / 20 Mar 2022
Ace's Wild
S8E14 / 27 Mar 2022
Personal Assistant, Professional Failure
S8E15 / 03 Apr 2022
Doing it for Dad
S8E16 / 10 Apr 2022
Shutting Down the Confetti Party
S8E17 / 17 Apr 2022
Quick-Sandtown Rescue
S8E18 / 24 Apr 2022
Working to Death
S8E19 / 08 May 2022
Magically Atrocious
S8E20 / 15 May 2022
Rescue on the River
S8E21 / 22 May 2022
Till Failure Do You Part
S8E22 / 29 May 2022
Game Over
S8E23 / 12 Jun 2022
JJ's Sports Bust
S8E24 / 26 Feb 2023
Outta Touch, Outta Time
S8E25 / 05 Mar 2023
Hideaway From Reality
S8E26 / 12 Mar 2023
The Napoleon Complex
S8E27 / 19 Mar 2023
Pool House Rock
S8E28 / 26 Mar 2023
Loveless in Loveland
S8E29 / 02 Apr 2023
Fresh Bread, Rotten Bar
S8E30 / 09 Apr 2023
3rd Pocket's a Charm
S8E31 / 23 Apr 2023
Long Live a Legacy
S8E32 / 30 Apr 2023
Horseshoe Bend It Like "Bar Rescue"
S8E33 / 14 May 2023
Spare Me Another Chance
S8E34 / 21 May 2023
Changing of the Guards
S8E35 / 28 May 2023
Put This Fire Out
S8E36 / 04 Jun 2023
How The Cookie Crumbles
S8E37 / 11 Jun 2023
Season 9
Deadliest Kitchen
S9E1 / 25 Feb 2024
Wildkats Wild Collapse
S9E2 / 03 Mar 2024
Jason's Last Call
S9E3 / 10 Mar 2024
A Drunk, a Fruitfly, and a KnightWalk Into a Bar
S9E4 / 17 Mar 2024
Low Five Dive
S9E5 / 24 Mar 2024
Missing the Marc
S9E6 / 31 Mar 2024
My Brother's Barkeeper
S9E7 / 07 Apr 2024
A Perla in the Rough
S9E8 / 14 Apr 2024
Losing the Playoffs
S9E9 / 21 Apr 2024
Friends Without Benefits
S9E10 / 28 Apr 2024
Boca Re-Tune
S9E11 / 05 May 2024
CSI: Los Cocos
S9E12 / 12 May 2024
From Camo to Cocktail
S9E13 / 19 May 2024
Thank You for (Not) Smoking
S9E14 / 02 Jun 2024
Inland Tavern, Underwater
S9E15 / 09 Jun 2024
Dancing Dreams Dashed
S9E16 / 16 Jun 2024
Mis-Steaks Were Made
S9E17 / 23 Jun 2024
Feels Bad at Philgoods
S9E18 / 30 Jun 2024
Long Island Mess
S9E19 / 14 Jul 2024
Lost in the Sauce
S9E20 / 21 Jul 2024
Till the Wagon Wheels Fall Off
S9E21 / 28 Jul 2024
Midtown Slump
S9E22 / 04 Aug 2024
Jimmy Meet World
S9E23 / 23 Feb 2025
Lights Out in the Harbor
S9E24 / 02 Mar 2025
Rock Bottom at Top Shelf
S9E25 / 09 Mar 2025
Pete's Ruined Tavern
S9E26 / 16 Mar 2025
I'm a F'n Bar Guy! I'm a F'n Bar Girl!
S9E27 / 23 Mar 2025
Backroads to Ruin
S9E28 / 30 Mar 2025
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
S9E29 / 06 Apr 2025
Honey, I Bought a Bar!
S9E30 / 13 Apr 2025
The Airliner Is Grounded
S9E31 / 20 Apr 2025
Calendar's Crisis
S9E32 / 27 Apr 2025
On the 3:10 to Failure
S9E33 / 04 May 2025
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fireplace
S9E34 / 11 May 2025
Bad Times at Goodtime
S9E35 / 18 May 2025
Tropical Storm
S9E36 / 01 Jun 2025
Murky Waters at Swamp Tales
S9E37 / 08 Jun 2025
The World Famous Raw Chicken Wings
S9E38 / 15 Jun 2025
Third Time's the Charm
S9E39 / 22 Jun 2025
Slotzy's Last Shotzy
S9E40 / 29 Jun 2025
Season 10
Sitting Down on the Job
S10E1 / 22 Feb 2026
One Man Brand
S10E2 / 22 Feb 2026
When Dreams Hit the Sidewalk
S10E3 / 01 Mar 2026
Alley Cat-astrophe
S10E4 / 08 Mar 2026
Every Blu Rose Has Its Thorn
S10E5 / 15 Mar 2026
