The season's opening episode finds the apprentices locked in a contest against their masters, striving to demonstrate their superior skill.

When the contestants tackled Oliver Peck's area of expertise, his mentor offered a sharp critique, a decisive and often unflinching assessment.

The artists faced a daunting challenge: to capture the ethereal beauty of underwater ocean scenes on stretched canvases, working with ink beneath the waves. Success demanded a willingness to adapt and persevere.

Teams decorate sarcophagi as an artist, with a sharp and uncompromising eye, selects designs for Egyptian tattoos, drawing the disapproval of those present.

The stark beauty of nude figures provides the foundation for astonishing illusions, and a driven artist finds an opportunity for retribution within this world.

In the elimination round, a performer facing a true legend often finds their career abruptly curtailed.

In a feat of audacious artistry, the artists face their most demanding challenge yet: to transform blank canvases into vibrant beasts through the intricate medium of tattooing, all within a single, unified composition.

A burgeoning tattoo style stretches the boundaries of artistic possibility, yielding both breathtaking achievements and surprising missteps.

In the Flash Challenge, the artists wield their creativity like flames. Amidst the heat of competition, a burgeoning romance between two of them begins to strain their allegiances.

The tension sharpens as the artists dedicate themselves to their most prized works, and a single fabrication threatens to unravel the entire endeavor.

Artists initiate aspiring religious figures with their first tattoos, marking them upon the skin of their fingernails.

In a demanding contest, the artists collaborate with their guests, facing formidable challenges. During the competition, Chris compels one of the artists to demonstrate unwavering allegiance.

The world of professional football dictates trends in body art, influencing tattoo artists and challenging conventional styles.

The competition is fierce as artists vie for a place among the final four, tasked with creating portraits of active military personnel and their families before impending deployments.

Only four artists remain, vying for a place in the live finale. But first, they must endure a grueling tattoo marathon to prove their skill.

In the final stretch of the competition, the remaining three artists tattoo live for a prize of one hundred thousand dollars, while those who have been eliminated are given a chance to face off against one another.