"Male announcer:" "Tonight on "Ink Master:" "Redemption"..." " We have so many canvases that come here into this shop hoping for an amazing tattoo, and leave here totally heartbroken." "What happens to them?" "announcer:" "Two artists return..." " If someone's unhappy, I need to fix it." "announcer:" "Looking for redemption..." " Wonder who's gonna walk through that door." "announcer:" "For mistakes they made on military veterans." " Oh, my goodness." " One of the first things they teach you in the military is personal responsibility, so I want her to take responsibility for what she did." "announcer:" "But when redemption seems impossible..." " He's not gonna touch this tattoo because he's not qualified to correct it." "announcer:" "Can an "Ink Master" veteran save the day?" " It's me who has to be redeemed." "It's my name that is on the line." "I don't know what's your problem with that flag." " It's pure [bleep]." " This time, redemption is much harder to come by." "[rock music]" "♪" " My name's Lydia Bruno." "I was on "Ink Master" season four." "So you want a tattoo on your ass, right?" " Yeah." "Damn!" " Do you want something to squeeze or anything?" "I'm panicking about how my tattoo's going to turn out." " Lydia, how do you feel being named on the bottom?" " Feels like [bleep]." " Lydia, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master." " I am just not the type of artist, apparently, that can do good artwork under pressure." "♪" "A lot of things in my life have changed since the competition." "I have moved to Baltimore to work with one of my competitors on season four, Halo." "So I got a phone call from "Ink Master."" "They want me to come back, something about a canvas being unhappy." " I would absolutely go back." " I'm really confident that I'll kill it." "Working here has helped me grow as an artist tenfold." " You got this, man." " Putting art on someone is putting a piece of my soul on them." "If someone's unhappy, I need to fix it." "My career, my pride, everything about me is on the line right now." "I'm not quite sure what is in store for me, but I'm excited to find out." " Raymond, welcome back." " Thank you." " So your artist was Lydia." " Yes, she was." " For this flash challenge, you must tattoo a scorpion or a tarantula." " I hate spiders." "Please tell me that you do not want a spider." " I do." " Oh, my God." "I can't even believe I'm doing this right now." "Are you nervous at all?" " Not at all, man." "I was an Army ranger for a while." " I'm, like, super nervous." " Really?" "You're nervous?" " Yeah, I don't know." " That's crazy." "Think she was in over her head." "I just reassured her the whole time." " Normally it's the other way around." "The artist will try and make the canvas feel better." " Exactly." "The tattoo originally looked fairly decent, but a day later, all the ink started to rise to the skin." "From what I was told from other artists, it was just the skin was overworked." "So the skin couldn't take the ink." " Raymond, tell me, you served in the military." " I was in the U.S. Army for 21 years." " Wow." " I've been a few places, in the first Gulf war." "Somalia, Bosnia, few other peacekeeping operations." " Wow, man." "On behalf of "Ink Master" and everybody here," "I'm not alone in thanking you for your service." " Appreciate it." " The last thing I would want to do is provide you with a traumatic experience." "And this thing obviously is something that you're not happy with." "You know, I have Lydia here." "If you guys can squash this," "I'd like to offer you a rework of this tattoo, maybe get it covered with something else?" " That sounds good." " Why don't you head in there and have a chat with her?" " Okay." "One of the first things they teach you in the military is personal responsibility." "I want her to see her work and take responsibility for what she did." "If she starts making excuses," "I'll just salute the show and walk on off." "[tense music]" "♪" " Oh, my goodness." "Is it safe to come shake your hand?" " Yeah, it's safe." " How are you doing?" "I had a feeling it would be you." " Why?" " Your tattoo was one of the first challenges we had." "And I was super nervous." " I could tell." " Now, have a seat." "Talk to me." "What's going on?" " Well, that's what happened." "It was overworked." " It was cold, dark, and they had spiders there." "I'm petrified of spiders." " Just kind of put me in a holding pattern because I can't do nothing around that." "I want to get tattoos done, but I just didn't know what to do with it." "Most artists, they don't like to touch other people's work, especially when it's a mess-up." " I'm Joey Hamilton, season three winner of "Ink Master."" " Joey, you do have what it takes to be Ink Master." "[cheers and applause]" "Joey." " Dave, what's up?" " How you been, bud?" " Good, how you doing?" " Good to see you." "Let me tell you why you're here." "I have a canvas who's very unhappy with a tattoo that was done here." "This canvas is a veteran." " Okay, cool." " We want to make this guy happy." "That's where you come in." "You're our Ink Master and you're a veteran." "If you help with design and tattooing, tag team-style, it's gonna help this guy feel a lot more comfortable," " I'm down anytime to help out a vet." "♪" " My name is Lalo, and I was on season two of "Ink Master."" " Lalo." " I look at this, this guy knows what he's doing." "It's obvious you know how to tattoo." " Dude, that is [bleep] scary." "The face?" "It looks like Chucky." " I hate to say this, but I ran out of time." "The only variable here that I think it makes the whole thing different, is time." " Lalo, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master." " It is very important for me to get redemption this time." "When I competed, I feel like I only showed 70% of my potential." "I have to prove that I'm way better than a lot of people that stayed longer than me." "Wonder who's gonna walk through that door." " John Marcus, thank you so much for coming back." " Thank you for having me on." " Your artist was Lalo." " Yes." " He's gonna rip his ass." " All of the canvases this week are military veterans." " Where did you come up with the reds on this one here?" " It's not a realistic description of the American flag." " If you have a guy who's an American patriot, he wants an American flag." "Who knows what Lalo's doing?" "But it's not an American flag, and it's jacked." " This is red, right?" "And ends up red here." "I mean, of course it's not a realistic..." " We would have to fold it out..." " Yeah, but let me talk." "I let you talk, let me talk." " I just want the lines to match up." " The criteria was to incorporate an eagle and a flag." "He started on the eagle, and he was doing an excellent job." " Sure." "I remember our guest judge commented that Lalo had the best eagle of the day." " He also stated that, "You're lucky this veteran didn't tear your throat out."" " I can't get over the flag." "On a vet!" "This guy's put his life on the line for this blanket of freedom." "I'd have been scared of that guy ripping my [bleep] throat out." " There's only eight stripes." " That's crazy." " Whereas you should have 13 stripes." "And the way it's waving in the wind, it'll never twist like that." "It's incorrect, and I really don't want to walk around this way." " Man, I am so sorry to hear that." " I could've went nose-to-nose with him." " Oh, yeah." " But I backed off and did not do anything." "I have never had a chance to confront him." " Well, now is the chance." "I have Lalo here in the shop." " Oh, my God." " He does not know that you're here." " Whoo." "Boy, is he going to be surprised." " I want to give you the opportunity to confront him and say whatever it is you gotta say to this guy." " Okay." " All right?" " Get your flak jacket on, 'cause here it comes." " Why don't you head in there and have a chat?" " Okay." "I am super [bleep] pissed." "When I meet that little son of a bitch face to face, he will know the rage." "Look out, it's a tornado gonna let loose." "And I will tear him up." "[tense music]" "♪" " Oh, you, man." " Look at this [bleep] guy." " Everything good?" " No, it's not good." "I hate the [bleep] thing." " If you really look at the photos of that challenge, your tattoo's the best one by far." " It's the best eagle, but we're not talking about eagles." "We're talking about the flag." "You don't have 13 stripes on there." " I don't know what your problem with that flag." "I think it has movement." "I could've done a rectangle with stripes and all that." " What's..." "let's get realistic." "Get a real flag." "Put that up alongside it." "And then you tell me if you can't see any difference." "The whole thing turned out like [bleep]." " Eh, it's not like [bleep]." "Don't say it's like [bleep]." " It is." " It looks like a badass..." " From here down, it's pure [bleep]." " It's pure [bleep]?" " Yeah." " So what are you trying to do?" "To fix this tattoo?" "Or to get a new..." " No, no." "I'm gonna get a professional." "You're not a professional." " The whole thing turned out like [bleep]." " That is not like [bleep]." " It is!" " It's like a badass..." " From here down, it's pure [bleep]." " Oh, my God." " It don't even look like a flag!" "It looks like some napkin that you have around your neck for when you're eating dinner or something." " So what are you trying to do, to fix this tattoo or to get a new one?" " No, I'm gonna get a professional." "You're not a professional." " I'm not a professional?" " No, I know you can't do it." " So what are you doing here?" " Fellas... come on down." "How do we resolve something like this?" " He's not gonna touch this tattoo, because he's not qualified to correct it." " Are you saying he's qualified to do another one?" " If he draws it up and I scrutinize it." " What happened the first time?" "Didn't you scrut..." "Like, whatever that word is." " You gotta start reading the dictionary." " Yeah." " Obviously there's some tension here." "I want to do everything I can to make you feel comfortable, so I brought someone here to help us out today." "Why don't you come on in?" "You may recognize this gentleman." " Oh, yes, I do!" "Yes, I do." " Ink Master Joey Hamilton." " How you doing, John?" "Thank you for your service." " Nice seeing you." " You too." " Lalo needs redemption." "You need closure." "So what I'm willing to offer you is that Joey and Lalo, they would draw up a design of your choice and tattoo you together." "These guys aren't competing." "This is just about making you happy." "And Joey's also a vet." " Welcome home." " Oh, thank you." " So we wanted to bring in another veteran." "It's the best I can do for you." " Joey has my utmost respect, and for him to supervise Lalo..." " Collaborate." " Uh, yes." " They'll draw something up together." "If you like the design, then you get it." "If you don't like the design, you're out of here." " That's agreeable." " Of course I can do this by my own, but if Joey being here gives this man peace of mind, good, great, but I don't need him, the same way you don't need a house with a swimming pool" "but if you have it, why not?" " Let's do it." " Lalo, it's redemption time." " How are you at cover-ups?" " I actually do cover-ups every day." " I definitely would like to try to not see that anymore." " Right." "What are you thinking?" "You have any ideas?" " I have nothing on my body that says I was a soldier." "Some of the things, you know, I thought of was, like, a soldier with half a face and then half a skeleton inside the helmet." " A helmet here, actually, would cover that up." " This show's a little less stressful, so it wouldn't be, like, a stressful thing for you again, right?" " I'm not trying to make excuses." "Here in the now in the moment," "I would love to make it right." " Like to cover that little bad boy." " Where did you get that?" " 1969, Hong Kong." " How much you pay for that?" "Do you remember?" " $2." " Such a piece of history, man." " Well, my mother always said she would pay anything in the world to have this covered up, and she passed away yesterday, and that's the reason I'm doing it." "What I'm looking for is King Neptune with his trident." " This is gonna be a big tattoo, but the hardest part's gonna be the cover-up." "What style do you want the tattoo in?" " I'd like to stay black and gray." " Do you want anything behind him?" " Lightning bolts." "A shark is a good possibility, but it would have to be coming out of the water in front of him." " Yeah, we could do a shark coming at you." " Nice wavy gray hair." " Would you want the crown or not?" " No." "What crown?" " He does have a crown on his head up there, but it's, like, a seashell." " I think it's barnacles." " What is barnacles?" " Are you [bleep] me?" "Damn, now, Lalo." " During the competition," "I was pretty stressed out and anxious." "I kind of got a little bit of artistic block." "I don't feel that I showed what my art was all about, so I do want this redemption really bad." " Lydia, come on down." "What did you guys talk about in terms of a new design?" " A soldier, in a helmet..." " Sticking in a military theme." " Yeah." " So, Raymond, you want to take a look at the design that Lydia came up with?" " I do." " Let's take a look." " You wanted a soldier with a half skull face." "I put the American flag in the back." "The helmet is actually what's gonna be the cover-up, so the spider's gonna sit in here." "I'll have to put it on your arm to see how it looks and how it flows." "I want to make it right." "I want you to love this tattoo." " That kind of looks like the vision that I got in my head." " This is totally up to you." "You want to get this tattoo, or do you want to get out of here?" " I think it's something I could wear." " That's a for sure "yes," correct?" " Yes, it is." " [laughs]" " How's that feel for you?" " Feels awesome." "Why don't you guys get to work, and I will check in in a little while." " All right, cool." " I really want this thing to come out great, because Raymond's spent a lot of time serving this country and the guy deserves a great commemorative tattoo." " Okay, I'm gonna get this stencil on there and see how that goes." " That's great." " Joey's a solid artist, but it's me who has to be redeemed." "And at the end of the day it's my name that is on the line." " Fellas, come on down here." "John, how did it go with Joey and Lalo?" " Knowing that Joey's here, I'm more relaxed." " How does that feel to hear?" " This is not about me or him." "This is about giving a good tattoo to someone, so if that gives him peace of mind," "I'm down and I respect him as an artist." " That is the attitude that you want from an artist." " That's the attitude I want." " I understand we're covering up a tattoo that is very, very old." " My mother fought for 50-something years for me to get this tattoo off my arm." "She passed away and I am gonna cover it up now and present it to her at the wake." " Oh, God." "No pressure, fellas." " Hopefully, she's happy with it." " John, you want to see this design?" " I'd love to see the design." " Do you remember we talked about a shark?" " Yep." " I thought it would work better if we do, like, a sea monster." "Like, a fish?" " Why couldn't we make the fish the shark?" " This is, like, more like off an old map, as far as..." " Okay, and you don't have a crown on here." "You have some barnacles." " I drew them just in case, 'cause I thought they are pretty cool." " We mentioned lightning bolts." "Where are we gonna put any lightning bolts?" " If we have time we do that, instead of trying to accomplish more than when we can." " This is all about you." "We want you happy." "So let's think about it." "We got a crown." "He didn't want that." "Lightning bolts, they don't have that." "Wanted a shark, we don't have that." "What do you think?" "[tense music]" " We got a crown." "He didn't want that." "Lightning bolts, they don't have that." "Wanted a shark, we don't have that." " What do you think?" " Admit to me that that flag is wrong." "I just want the lines to match up." "If you do the flag the way it goes down, which is right, his or this?" " I can't get involved in this." " I'll feel 100% more comfortable." "[tense music]" " The flag is wrong." " Okay." " Of course." " Thank you, buddy." " Okay, man." " All right." "All that remains is you to make a decision." " All in all, I'm impressed by the design." "Yes, I want to go forward with it." " So you're gonna do it." " I'm gonna do it." " All right, fellas, good luck." " All right, let's get going." " Where are you from?" " Colombia, South America." " And you're legally here?" " Gotta talk to my lawyer." "No, of course I'm legal." " I was being sarcastic." " Don't worry." "My immigrant feelings don't get hurt." " And, Joey, I know you're relaxed." " Oh, yeah." "Piece of cake." " Veteran to veteran, that makes me relaxed also." " Okay, here we go, man." " Mom, it's getting covered." "[hard rock music]" "♪" " All right, you ready?" " I'm born ready." "♪" "Joey's stroke feels smoother than yours, Lalo." " He's a good artist, you know." "He's trying real hard to please you, so I'm sure you appreciate that." " You have a crush on Joey, right?" " It's an artist to canvas relationship, yes." "He's going to town." "He's getting the job done." "I mean, Lalo was lollygagging along, there." " Oh, yeah?" " Lalo-gagging." " John." " What?" " You want to get me in a mood while I tattoo you?" "Is that what you're trying to do?" " Well, I don't know." "The way it looks," "Joey's gonna have it banged out." " No more spider." " Daddy long gone." " Daddy long gone." "[hard rock music]" "♪" " You said you were in the Army, right?" " Yeah." "I was in a long time, because I was enlisted in the Army in 1985, so... but I was still in high school." "'95, went to Bosnia when it was, um... pretty hellish." " So it's, like, your whole life, your..." " Yeah, till the end of 2005." " Well, I personally want to thank you for your service." " I appreciate it." " That's one of the reasons it meant a lot to me that you got this tattoo and that we do it right." " Okay, so the fish is gonna be what?" "Blue?" " Definitely just figuring it out as we go." " What?" "I don't like everybody going out there with the whip and winging it." " I'm not winging it." " Talk out loud." "Come on, man." " No, you don't want me talking out loud, 'cause I don't know what I'm doing." " Hell, no, you don't." " Of course not." " That's the best part of tattooing, is the spontaneity of it, and the creativity part of it." " Now I'm starting to get nervous." "[tense electronic music]" " I think that's it." "Check it out." "[suspenseful music]" " That is killer, boy." "My favorite part is just the face in there." "That's exactly what I wanted." "I mean, look at me, I got the goosebumps just talking about it." "It's awesome." "I love it." " Million-dollar question:" "did I get my redemption?" " Yeah." " Oh, awesome!" " Thank you." " That makes me so happy." "It feels great that he loves it." "My experience this time around is amazing." "There's less stress." "I can actually be an artist." "There's no time limits." "I'm leaving a happy little girl." "Thank you for letting me do this." " Thank you." "[hard rock music]" " Take a look." " Okay, we're ready to take a look." "Whoa!" "Now, that's a tattoo." "My God, you cannot see the old tattoo at all." " Guys, come on down here." "I want to take a look." "Oh, man." "This thing is massive." " Yes, and they made it pop out." "Can't see nothing..." " You cannot see any previous tattoo." "But not only that, this is one of the better" "Neptunes that we've seen here." "What do you think, dude?" " He's redeemed." " He's redeemed!" "Look at that." "Do you hear that, buddy?" " Yeah." "I'm redeemed, bitches." " How's this feel for you?" " Makes me happy to make him happy and to be able to show good work." " What would Mom say?" " If she was alive and she saw that this was off, she'd start crying and just lose it." " That's great, man." " The flag is still [bleep] up, so I can't say I love you yet, but, Lalo, good job." " Thank you so much, buddy." "Congratulations." "Clean that sucker up." "Oh, that's the way we wanted this day to go." "The tattoo's totally covered up." "His mom would be super happy about that." "It couldn't have gone any better than that." " You fulfilled the job." " Redeemed." "There you go." " Whew!" 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