"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:" "One of "Ink Master's"" "most outspoken artists returns..." " Feels like coming home when your mother's pissed off at you." "announcer:" "With not one..." " This tattoo is crap." "announcer:" "Not two..." " He made me seem like a crazy bitch." "announcer:" "But three angry canvases." " Nobody's surprised that you're not happy with a free tattoo, man." " You're kind of a dick." "It's your customer service, man." " You're not a customer!" "Neither are you, neither are you!" " Oh, so I don't get treated with respect." "announcer:" "Can he put his pride aside and make amends?" " You still mad?" "I can see it in your face you're still mad." " I don't want this to look flat." " I didn't even draw anything yet, and you're already nitpicking it." "Calm down." "announcer:" "Or will his ego get the best of him?" " I don't see the color I asked for." " No, you don't see any color 'cause there's no color in there." " I'm gonna regret what I say next." " This time, redemption is much harder to come by." "[rock music]" " I'm Gentle Jay;" "I'm from Long Island, New York, and I'm from season four of "Ink Master."" "The worst is when people come in with a picture of someone else's tattoo." "Get your own Goddamn idea, [bleep] simpleton." "The "Gentle" part comes from the way that I tattoo." "It doesn't describe my personality." "I'll bite your [bleep] head off to get what I want." "How do you feel knowing that there's people actually rooting against you." " I don't give a [bleep]." "Story of my life, brah." "If all of you need to gang up against me, that shows you how scared you are of me." " Jay, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master." " I was definitely eliminated from the competition way too soon." "It's not something that I'm prepared to be okay with, ever." "Your bat's looking good, girl." "I stand by everything I did when I competed, so I don't know what anybody's gonna be unhappy with, but they're not clients, they're canvases." "A client is a person who comes to you and pays you." "These people came looking for a handout." "You can't complain about a freebie." "♪" "But I don't want anybody walking around with a bad tattoo, even if they did come to me like a beggar looking for a handout." "Feels like coming home when you know your mother's pissed off at you." " TJ, welcome back." " Thank you." " Your artist was Gentle Jay." " Yes." " Today, you must tattoo a demon." " I'd like to get Satan flying out of my left thigh." " All right." "Good to meet you." "Come on, let's go right to the office." " We can do it wide open like he's flying, coming out of the skin." " Okay." " If you can break the skin coming out." " Coming out of the skin might get tricky." " Everything seemed to go okay." "We talked about the tattoo, and then, all of a sudden, it started moving in his direction and not my direction." " I have my own references for demons and stuff." " Don't overdo it where it overshadows." " This is a good spot for a light effect." " I'm not sure." " Don't worry about it." "I got you." " I'm going, "What's going on here?"" "I was getting nervous." " I understand, but you did approve the drawing." " When you look at a stencil, it's just line, no background." "And here's this artist with 14, 15 years experience." "He knows what the hell he's doing, supposedly." "I knew it was a contest." "I wanted to help him out as much as possible." " But this is your body." "He's not going home with that tattoo." " And that's my stupidity right there." "I really wanted just a simple tattoo, and what I got was a blob." "Didn't even look like a demon." "This actually looks like a NFL linebacker bending over looking for a flashlight." "I'm just so glad I got it up here where I can hide it with my shorts, but my wife sees it all the time." "And every day she looks at it and she goes... she shakes her head, "TJ, it's just a black, gray blob."" " You know who I have waiting for you." "Gentle Jay himself, and you now have an opportunity to confront him and possibly even talk about getting another tattoo if you're so inclined." "If you're not, all good, you're outta here." "What do you say?" " I want to talk to him." " Okay." " Hopefully it'll come out okay." " We'll see what happens." " Yeah." " Why don't you head into the shop?" " This tattoo has been bugging me for years, and I want to come face to face with Jay and let him know this particular tattoo was crap." "[tense rock music]" "♪" " Mr. "I Want the Devil!" You screamed it so loud." "Are you upset?" " I really wasn't pleased with the tattoo." "It wasn't what I really wanted." " Yeah, you wanted the thing jumping out of the leg." "I remember that." " Right." " And you had some ideas..." " Yeah." " And it just didn't turn out right." " We got rushed through the whole thing." " Let me finish." "Let's add some flames." "Let's add these screaming skulls, which don't look like screaming skulls." "And that whole thing got messed up." "And I paid the price for it." "And that's what, I guess, pisses me off." " Rori, good to see you." " Hi." " So your artist was Gentle Jay." " Yes." " This week we're testing geometric tattoos." " What you're looking for is mostly line work?" " Very linear." " Okay." "Yeah, that's cool." " It's like before you did this, you took a whole bunch of acid." "Gentle Jay's piece looks like a bunch of Chiclets scattered around on a piece of black construction paper." " How do you feel about the tattoo that you walked outta here with?" " I'm happy that I can hide it, to be honest with you, perfectly honest." " That's never good." " It's a little scabby." "The colors is patchy." "And also, when the show finally aired, and I saw how he reacted to me behind the scenes, was very upsetting." " You want to do one of these?" " I don't know how that's gonna look like just, like, there on your body." " I want to pick up the toolbox and drop it on her, but I can't." "There's laws against [bleep] like that." "I'm screwed." " He made me seem like kind of a crazy bitch." "It was pretty gut-wrenching." " What did your friends and family say?" " None of my family has seen it." "I didn't want anybody else to see it." "I was pretty embarrassed to watch the episode." " So you feel that he was a little two-faced." " Right." "If he had been having those feelings, he could have said them to my face." "I felt really [bleep] about the experience afterwards." " Well, I'm sorry to hear that." " This was supposed to be, like, the one cool thing I do, and my experience with Jay was just not memorable in the way I was hoping." " And that right there is what's heart-breaking for me." "And I hate to hear that." "What if I told you Jay is in the shop?" " It just didn't turn out right." "You as a tattoo artist has a lot of responsibility on this whole thing." " Right." " You have an opportunity now to go talk to him, confront him, and even possibly get tattooed by him again." "What do you say?" " I say let's do it." "Jay is in the shop." "Why don't you head on in there and meet him?" " I'm more upset about the way I was treated than the way the tattoo turned out." "I think Jay is a good artist, but as far as being a decent human being, he's a little bit deficient." " Just because we're fighting over something we both want doesn't mean it's a comfortable environment." " No, I've seen so many good things walk out of here." " There's another one now." "[chuckles]" "I remember you." " I remember you." " You get mad when I said I was gonna drop a toolbox on your head?" " Yeah." "I came on the show to have an awesome experience." "And then when it finally aired, I was like," ""I don't want anybody to see this,"" "'cause I was so embarrassed." " I got frustrated." "I would not do things the way that we did them other than the fact that I had to." " But you should have known that coming here." " I knew it coming in;" "You should have known it coming in." "You get what you paid for, dude." "Like, you want a free tattoo, you get a [bleep] free tattoo." " I just paid a bunch of skin." " You're not happy with it?" "Nobody's surprised that you're not happy with a [bleep] free tattoo, man." "Break out the wallet if you want a good one." "People want to be paid, and if you want something for free, you don't get to [bleep] complain about it later, man." " Chris, welcome back." " Thanks for having me." " Your artist was Gentle Jay." " He was." "I want you to be able to, like, see his bicep, and, like, his forearm, and his fist." " That might not be anatomically possible." "We got ourselves a bitch, ladies and gentlemen." " I don't want that much." " Ah, whatever, dude." "I don't care." "And ta-da." " It... it just..." "it looks a little... a little too dark." "The shield on the warrior, it's just a big glob of black ink." "Really wasn't up to the quality of a tattoo that I would expect from somebody who was aspiring to allegedly call themself an Ink Master." " From my memory, is that you two kinda butt heads quite a bit." " His professionalism, or his lack thereof, was kind of the, uh, the thing that set me off the most." " And you signed up to get a free tattoo?" " No, I'm supposed to get something that I'm supposed to be happy with." " You're gonna get what's gonna work for the competition." "That's how it works." "Don't cost me my opportunity because you're a dick." " I gotta like this." " But I gotta do what's going to win." "My canvas is an asshole." "But if it doesn't work out," "I'm just gonna wind up tattooing myself." " That's comforting." "He was calling me a bitch and a dick and an asshole." " Yeah, I mean, that must have ignited some kind of anger in you, yeah?" " If he had a problem with me, he would have at least had, you know, the courtesy to say it to my face and we coulda, you know, worked it out like an adult." "But obviously he needs to have a strong personality to make up for his lackings in other areas." " Guess what." "Jay's in the shop today." " I was frustrated by the fact that I couldn't get my point across to you." "I didn't want to give you something that you didn't want." " You now are in the position to confront this guy." " Mm-hmm." " Hash out whatever you want to hash out." "Maybe even get tattooed by him again." " I don't think that's gonna happen." " Fair enough." "Do you want to go in there and talk to him?" " Yeah, sure." "Let's do it." " All right, Chris, why don't you head into the shop?" " You wanted the demon jumping out of your leg going like this." "It would have looked like you had a little guy jumping for your balls." "Is that what you wanted?" "Like, seriously." "I remember you." "This is one I was waiting for." "[tense music]" " I remember you." "This is the one I was waiting for." " You're kind of a dick, man." "Like, even now, you're still yelling at everybody." " You had no problem breaking my balls that day." " It's your customer service, man." "You got a bad attitude." " What's the definition of a customer?" " Somebody who comes in and pays for something." " Ah, there it is, mother[bleep]." "You're not a customer." "Neither are you, neither are you." " Oh, so we don't get treated with respect?" " You do get treated with respect, but you cannot complain about something that's free." "You're not customers." "Fact." "My job is what I get paid for." " What were you here for?" " What was I here for?" " Yeah." " 100 grand." " Indirectly, you were here to get paid." " Who does anything for free?" "And you know what?" "There was no money at the end." " Because you lost." " You win a free tattoo, and then you're gonna break the guy's balls doing it?" " How are we doing here, guys?" " Honestly, I think most of the conversations here have been productive." " Okay, that's good." "You're back for redemption." "You got three people here who aren't happy with some element of their experience with you." "Whether it's a tattoo, whether it's what you said..." " My big mouth, yeah." " You can design for these guys, and they can choose whether or not to get a tattoo done by you." " Do I have to draw for everybody?" " That's a good question." "Chris, let me ask you, do you even want to see a design?" " No." " Then there it is." "Chris, thanks for being here, bud." "I appreciate you giving us the shot here." " No hard feelings, man." "Not everybody was meant to work together." "I don't give a [bleep] if this guy throws 10 grand on the table, you ain't getting nothing out of me." "Put an egg in your shoe, and beat it." " So you guys all talk to Jay and figure it out." "You draw it up, and we'll see you in a little bit." " All right, let's get these consults started." "Rori, ladies first." "Come with me to the shop." "You have a seat, make yourself comfortable." "Talk to you in a few." " Good luck." " Well, I did not expect to see that, but it looks like Jay's got two shots at redemption here." "Hopefully he's gonna knock these out of the park." " Are you still mad?" "You are, right?" "I can see it in your face you're still mad." " I thought we did great the whole time we were on the show." "I was... it was not until, you know, I watched the episode, and I was just like, "God damn it."" " I'm telling you, I never wanted anybody to come here and walk away with something that they didn't want." "But let's get back to you and what you want." " I like nature, pretty things, animals." " You want to go up from the tattoo that's already there, then?" "Or do you want to keep... okay." " Yeah, yeah." "I mean, might as well use it." "Maybe incorporate it into something else somehow." "I've seen, like, these beautiful, intricate trees..." " Okay." " All along the back." "Looks really sexy, really pretty." " Okay." "So what we can do is take these branches off." "Like, we'll set them up coming up this way, and bring it around just a little bit to where it ends here." "Do you like that idea?" " Good with that, yeah." "Do you think there's any way you could, like, sneak words into the branches?" " Um, what kind of words are you looking to sneak in?" " Maybe just one." "Maybe just "breathe."" " "Breathe"?" " Mm-hmm." " I'll see if I can hide it." " Mm-hmm." " You'll know it's there and you can point it out, but it's not the type of thing where people are gonna be like," ""Why does it say 'breathe'?" You know what I'm saying?" " Right, right, right." "Exactly." " While you were working on your other client there," "I penciled up a rough sketch." "This is kinda my idea." "I want to keep the theme of evil, darkness." " I see where you're going, and I can definitely make sense out of it." " Maybe I should go into the tattoo business." " [chuckles] You'd hate it, man." "People com back all pissed off at you." " Don't be an ass. [laughs]" "It might not be the best drawing in the world, but this time I'm not gonna wuss out on this." "It's gonna be my idea, and he's gonna go with it, or I'm walking." "And the three blue roses for my current loved ones." " Use specifically three?" " Yeah." "It doesn't have to be black and gray." "It can be some yellows, whatever you thought, you know." " Basically the colors aren't gonna get decided 'till we do the actual tattoo." " I want the lines, you know, dark and heavy." "I wanted to make it pop out, dimensional." "Like you're looking into the eyes of this thing." "I don't want this to look flat." " I didn't even draw anything yet, and you're already nitpicking it." "Calm down." "TJ is very nitpicky, very micro-managey, and has no idea that he is like that." "I think I know everything I need to know." "I'm gonna need some time to make it all exactly what we want it to be." "If I had to actually go what he drew, my career is over because this thing looks ridiculous." "but I'll make something out of it." "Now that I have two people who have a legitimate gripe with me that I can get actual redemption from," "I can actually accomplish something." "The part that makes me nervous is that I'm dealing with people that are already unhappy." "This is not gonna be an easy road to redemption, but I'm gonna do what I have to do." " What is up, everybody?" "Come on in." "Jay, tell me what it's like coming back here and being confronted not only by an unhappy canvas, but by three." " Yeah." " What's that feel like?" " That feels like you get bombarded, man." "It feels like an onslaught." "These two I want to make it right with because they actually wanted to make it right." " TJ, do you want to check out your design first?" " Let's see what he's got to show me." " You got the skull that you wanted with the dagger going through the top." "You got the snake." "I actually made him wrap it around it a little bit more so he's actually holding the dagger." "And I put the roses up this way so that actually fits the shape of your arm when you're holding it." " I don't see the color I asked for." " No, you don't see any color, 'cause there's no color in there." "The colors can be whatever you want." "I'll mix 'em in front of you so you can say you want darker, you want lighter." " What do you think?" "You gonna get this thing tattooed?" " I'm gonna regret what I'm gonna say next." " What do you think?" "You gonna get this thing tattooed?" " [sighs]" "I'm gonna regret what I'm gonna say next." "I'm gonna have to walk on this." " Yeah, why?" " I'm not gonna walk out that door." "I'm gonna walk up to that chair and get that mother[bleep] tattooed on me, brother!" " You're a [bleep] psycho." "This guy's out of his mind." "I love it." " Wow." "It sounds like you're interested in this design." " Absolutely." "I just wanted to get you, to mess around." " You had to make a day out of it, there you go." "Good job." " All right." "So, Rori, you ready to check out what Jay did for you?" " Yeah." "[sighs]" " This is the silhouette of the trees." "We have the little bit of blossoms like we talked about." "And the word is in there." ""Breathe."" " Hmm." " What are your thoughts on the design?" " He did put all the elements I asked for in there." "Not what I was expecting to see, though." " What were you expecting?" " I think I want a little more irregularity on the tops of the branches." " Wait." "Why don't you..." "like, more of what?" " Just more, like, random ones coming out." " Oh, okay, you just want, like, that." "Remember what I said, though, like," "I was going to put this on you, and then we'll draw the rest on with a marker." " Yeah." "Yeah." " Yeah, 'cause all these lines can just be extended wherever you need them to go." " Right, right, right." " This is all about you." "You don't have to make him happy if it doesn't make you happy." " I can tell he put a ton of work into it." " Here's the question:" "are you willing to get at least a stencil put on?" "It looks to me that you got some wheels turning." " I do, I do." " But you're not committing to the tattoo;" "You're committing to the stencil." "What are you doing here?" " I'm committing to the stencil." " Ah-ha." "That's the part that hurts the least, I think." " I think it's the least, yeah." " All right, Jay, you're gonna start with TJ first." " Okay." " And then you're going to finish up with Rori, all right?" " Get the crazy out of the way, and then we'll mellow it out." " However you want to do it, buddy." "Guys, good luck." "Congratulations." "See you in a little bit." " Did I get even with you?" " Yeah, dude, that was crazy." "What were you doing?" " Two shots at redemption on the line." "It seems like Jay might have a little bit of a customer service issue, but we'll see what happens." "Man, I wish them the best of luck." " I want to talk a little bit about the color first." " Yeah?" "Like what?" " What colors are you gonna use?" " Didn't we have this conversation?" " No." " The roses are gonna be blue." "The leaves are gonna be green." " Yeah." "The snake is gonna be a combination of light green, dark green, depending on whether or not you want spots." " Okay." " It's a process." "We're gonna work together." " Absolutely." " All right?" " Let's not screw it up." "[heavy rock music]" "♪" " I dedicated my life to this." "I genuinely love what I do, and I want it to be the best" "I can possibly make it." "Otherwise, I'm not happy." "That's why redemption matters." "Signed." "Let's go over to the mirror." " Let's take a look at it, Jay." "[tense music]" "That is one bad-ass tattoo." " Awesome." " The roses came out perfectly." "The snake came out way better than I thought." "I am so happy." " No more bad tattoos on you." " Thank you." " Guys, come down here." "Let me take a look at this thing." " He's not mad at me anymore." " Wow." " Is that not bad-ass, or what?" "Jay really redeemed himself with me in my book." "And I'm so proud of this." "I told him he is a true Ink Master." " But we have one remaining client here." "Rori, stencil time?" " Let's do it." " Good luck, okay?" " Thank you." " Bye, guys." " I hope you feel more confident this time." "All right, don't move, all right?" " I'm really nervous right now." "This time, it has to be 100% perfect if he's gonna touch my skin again." " I barely got the stencil on you, but it works out to my advantage." " You're sure?" " Yeah." " Okay." " I'm just gonna draw the [bleep] thing right on you." " I want to give Jay his redemption, but I want to see the stencil on my body before I commit." "I still might walk." " You ready?" "Let's go over to that mirror right over there." " Okay." "[suspenseful music]" "Whoa." " What do you think?" "You want to get tattooed?" " We're gonna do that." " Yeah?" " I think I'm gonna do it." " Give me a high-five, come on." " All right." " All right, sweetie." "I'm gonna start off right here." "[upbeat rock music]" "♪" " Oh, God." " Right?" "It feels a little bit like a hot razor blade." "♪" "All right, girl, you ready to see this?" " Yeah." " To the mirror." "I'm actually really proud of this, so I want you to be too." " Can I look yet?" "Can I look yet?" " I'm gonna pull this up so you can see the whole thing." "What do you think?" " Damn." " Damn good or damn bad?" " [muttering] [bleep]." " Good, I'm glad." "Well, are you happy?" " It looks amazing." " Love it?" " I do." " Can I hug it out?" " Yes." " Yay." "I'm very happy that you're happy, for real." " Guys, come on down." "Wow." "God, that's a lot of coverage." " It all just turned out better than I could ever hope for." " So would it be safe to say Jay Blondel... redeemed?" " Yes." "Absolutely." " I'm proud of what I did here." "I feel like I really took this situation by the balls and made it work for me." " Should we bring Chris back in here?" " Right." "Either that or I can come back for another season and make some more mistakes." "[laughter]" "[rock music]" "♪" " ♪ Original"