Miami Ink

Ami divides his time between days at the tattoo shop and nights at the new bar, but becomes annoyed that Nunez is spending so much time at the bar.

Garver agrees to paint a piece of art to hang in a model home. Yoji gives Jasmine and Ali matching tattoos to show how much they are in love with each other. Meanwhile, Nunez tattoos a real-life mermaid.

An artist from New York City, Miss D'Jo, gets a tryout as Kat's replacement. She and Chris work on a family portrait with a film theme. Meanwhile, Darren creates an impressive phoenix to symbolize customer Humberto's rebirth after a troubled childhood.

Kat comes up with a design that's a tribute to extreme sports, gets a cooking lesson, and is visited by her mom. Garver doesn't seem so strong around women anymore after a special customer visits.Garver also creates a design for a woman in the style of a 1940s-style pinup.

Graffiti artist G-Wiz has abandoned illegal activities in favor of a mural project for a local charity, and asks Darren and Nunez to assist, but they aren't sure if they still have the necessary skills.

Living in a different time zone from her husband Oliver is taking a toll on Kat's marriage, so when he comes to visit they consult a psychic for counseling. Nunez creates a memorial to a client's dog. Ami makes a complex back design in tribute to Eastern medicine.

Ami's dog Bella goes wild in the shop, so Nunez and Yoji decide to pay for her to be professionally trained. A fan of Nunez's work comes in for a tattoo that will serve to put the past behind her. A friend of Ami's comes in from Seattle to have a Hanya mask added to her arm.

Nunez helps a woman redo her tattoo tribute to her late husband. Ami creates a freehand dragon design for a man who has overcome a terrible addiction. Kat makes a portrait of a man's mother.

Visiting Korn's Family Values tour, Darren gives the bass player tattoos of his band-mate's autographs. Nunez works on a friend's back tattoo. A kid on a Make-a-Wish trip comes by the shop.

Yoji moves his family into a larger place. Kat does a tattoo of slain pop singer Selena for her brother. Darren has Garver give him a tattoo in the image of his tiny dog, Pachuco.

Miami Ink celebrates its first year; Ami helps Crystal heal the pain of her mother's murder with a guardian-angel tattoo; a hip-hop artist is back for round two on his back piece.

When Ami's buddy Yaniv comes to Miami with his Japanese apprentice Kosuke, to drop off Ami's bike, Ami and Yaniv decide to swap apprentices for the day, leaving Yoji to experience a new world of grease.

A Madre de Agua (mother of water) tattoo is done by Kat for a woman who lost her father; a man gets a clock and crying-woman image to symbolize time he lost with his loved ones while incarcerated.

Overhaulin' host Chris Jacobs gets a tattoo.

A rapper gets the words "forgive us" inked; Darren designs a tattoo for a line of custom choppers.

A man in medical school honors those who helped him; a woman pays tribute to her mother with a special pinup tattoo.

Circus sideshow workers get tattoos of a rubber-chicken prop and the Coney Island Wonder Wheel ride.

Garver draws a "Day of the Dead" skull to memorialize a legal battle. Ami creates a hot rod design to help a client reconcile with his father.

Carver works on a novel design to celebrate a woman's brother, who died in Iraq. Ami has a morale dilemma with a client and may refuse the tattoo. Nunez and Ami do some charity work for "Amigos for Kids" and tech them how to draw.

Garver uses a local pinup model to get inspiration for Roger's tattoo. Philip memorializes his dad's battle against cancer. Kat celebrates a full 10 years as a tattoo artist with a design by Corey Miller.

Ami creates a large tattoo on a man's back to represent significant turning points in his life, including his father's suicide and his coming out as gay. Kat creates an image of fifties pinup Bettie Page. Another man gets a design symbolizing the good and bad things of his life.

Lloyd Banks of G-Unit gets a tattoo to mark his new album, "Rotten Apple," from Chris Garver.

One woman gets a tattoo with her grandfather's favorite Latin saying, another gets a blue-ringed octopus tattoo from Ami, and a third gets an image of her favorite band, Guns N Roses.

Ami gets in an argument with Darren's wife. Darren designs a koi fish tattoo for a man to celebrate his losing 100 pounds. Applicant Lee is chosen as the new shop manager.

The "Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Lady" gets a tattoo of her namesake sandwich image from Kat. Ami gives two people matching star tattoos. Yoji's daughter goes to the beach with Ami.

Garver's back problems flare and may jeopardize his career. Meanwhile, the crew tests another applicant in their quest to find a new manager for the shop.

Garver does a tattoo of a Spanish skull for one woman. Another gets an image of an Asian woman. But newcomer Kat is feeling left out.

Nunez is having trouble dealing with his mother's surgery. Darren faces change after an important phone call. Ami tries to help with Yoji's communication problem. Meanwhile, Garver struggles with personal issues.

The crew tests the latest applicant for shop manager by having a friend poses as a bookie who has come to confiscate Nunez's stuff.

Nunez designs a tattoo to honor a woman's soldier father, a graffiti artist has a tattoo created from her own artwork, and Garver makes a Japanese-style snake design for a local club owner.

Former apprentice Yoji Harada, now a full-fledged member of the design crew, joins Ami in doing simultaneous tattoos for a pair of best friends. One customer gets a cartoon version of herself, and another asks for a Buddha design to help cover up a scar from scoliosis. A woman with no tattoos comes in to apply for the shop manager position.

Darren has to be careful doing a tattoo for a man with type 1 diabetes, Nunez gets a little out of control with spending, Kat tattoos a man's daughter's portrait, and Ami creates a winged penny design for a woman in remembrance of her father, who believed in the value of saving pennies.

Kat stays on and helps out while Ami and Chris are vacationing in Hawaii. Now under the temporary management of Nunez, the shop is kept busy doing an intricate Alphonse Mucha design for a breast-cancer survivor and a special tattoo for custom-motorcycle builder Billy Lane. Meanwhile, apprentice Yoji gets his first solo job for a paying customer.

Kat makes a surprise visit from Los Angeles, delighting the overworked staff, and Ami tries to get past the memory of a past accident and resume rising a motorcycle.

Tensions rise when Ami leaves town just as a huge storm is about to hit and leaves Chris Nunez in charge. Meanwhile, Darren tries to convince his wife to leave Connecticut and join him.

Nunez's partying starts to get in the way of his work and demeans the shop's reputation. Meanwhile, Ami spends time with his mother, who is visiting from Israel.

Yoji learns that he must show improvement in his drawing skills or Ami will remove him from his apprenticeship.

Trouble and confusion are brewing with the artists. They learn that as you get more money, you also get more problems. Ami buys his dream car and Darren puts his life and career on the line by drinking too much.

On a trip to Oahu, Hawaii, Ami James and Chris Garver meet Keoni Nunez who teaches them traditional Polynesian tattooing. Next, they sit in at a shop in Honolulu and tattoo six locals. While they're in Hawaii, they also meet professional surfers who take them to catch some waves.

While exercising to get into better physical shape, Ami revives an old back injury. Meanwhile, the gang are hesitant to let Yoji handle a solo tattoo job on a woman.

After last week's episode where Kat was brought in to help out, she's now settled in and having fun doing some great artwork. Kat tattoos the Virgin Mary on Darren's wife, and some family members come to visit the shop.

Darren Brass takes a little spill and breaks his elbow, so Ami brings in a new girl from Los Angeles to substitute for a few weeks.

A medal-winning Paralympic athlete comes in to get his tribal tattoo completed. Meanwhile, Yoji and Bridgette bring Sydney to the shop to meet the others.

Yoji and Brigette's daughter is born.

Yoji slowly learns the ropes, but still has a way to go before he can tattoo. Also: a former member of rock band Skid Row gets tattooed with his kids' names.

While the gang adjusts to the responsibility of owning their own business, a list of celebrity clientèle wait months for their turn under the needle with the masters.

Ami and crew deal with changes and transformations in their lives and relationships, including the wedding of Yoji to his fiance Bridgette when they get married in a beautiful ceremony on the beach.

As the business grows, the guys of Miami Ink struggle with the pressure of balancing their personal life and work

The friends reunite to turn what was once just a dream into a reality. As Ami and three world-class tattoo artists open up a tattoo shop in Miami's South Beach called Miami Ink, the four friends and apprentice Yoji, hope to build a thriving business.

A retrospective and touch-ups on Kat Von D's best work.