About this season
Tattoo Nightmares is an American docu-reality series taking a closer look at “tattastrophies” and the genius work of cover-up artists who fix them. Tommy Helm, Big Gus and Jasmine Rodriguez are among the most revered cover-up artists in the business, and they employ their years of experience to undo their client’s ill-conceived tats. Watch as they work their magic and turn “disasterpieces” into new works of art.
Episodes (26)
1. Welcome to Miami
Aired 2 September 2014 • 60 min
Tommy works on a piece that has shamed his clients family. Gus helps out a musician. Jasmine has to help out a superhero fan's phallic mistake.
2. Call 911!
Aired 9 September 2014 • 60 min
Tattoo Nightmares: Miami; a client's health takes a turn for the worse; Clint faces a fellow Texan's request; one father's poor choice offends Reese.
3. Chicaglow
Aired 16 September 2014 • 60 min
Tattoo Nightmares: Miami; Reese's client drops to his knees; Clint takes a bite out of a client's back tattoo; High Noon gets an unusual request.
4. Birth Marks the Spot
Aired 23 September 2014 • 60 min
Tattoo Nightmares: Miami; High Noon tackles his largest cover up yet; something that has marked Clint's client since birth and Reese helps a sex educator get her sexy back.
5. Doggie Style
Aired 29 April 2014 • 60 min
Jasmine rescues a former 90's beach babe, whose bad ink is drowning her career, Big Gus' client is eager to drop his pants to change his game.
6. Baywatch Bimbo!
Aired 6 May 2014 • 60 min
A former 90's beach babe whose bad ink is drowning her career; a client who is eager to drop his pants; a father honors his son.
7. U-F-OH NO!!
Aired 13 May 2014 • 60 min
Jasmine attempts a major touch-up on an unfortunate celebrity portrait, Big Gus signs up to help a client get rid of the wrong number, and Tommy has flashbacks when an ex-raver begs him to cover-up a past alien encounter.
8. No One's Bitch
Aired 20 May 2014 • 60 min
Gus helps a mother wanting to leave her bad-ass days behind; Jasmine's client is ready to grow up and stop being a baby; Tommy takes a stab at the ink that's been haunting his client for 13 years.
9. Get Off My Trunk!
Aired 11 November 2014 • 60 min
Jasmine helps a client with their massive mistake; Gus erases the memory of a client's son; Tommy breaks his client's cursed tattoo gamble.
10. What Would Jasmine Do
Aired 18 November 2014 • 60 min
Jasmine is faced with a Bible Belt blooper; Big Gus helps a father hit a home-run; a woman's mystical mishap.
11. Back in the Saddle
Aired 25 November 2014 • 60 min
Tommy works to try and cover up sidewalk-chalk inspired ink; Big Gus helps reset a gamer's tattoo from a bet; Jasmine helps a client recover from an online dating catastrophe.
12. Surfari
Aired 2 December 2014 • 60 min
A surfer hopes to wash away a mistake to win back his father; an accident-prone paramedic; getting rid of ink in time for an important reunion.
13. Friends Don't Let Friends Tattoo
Aired 9 December 2014 • 60 min
A client's crazy past; a mother's need for a classy new look; Tommy is challenged with his coworker's cover-up.
14. Broke and Branded
Aired 9 December 2014 • 60 min
A beauty expert's beast of a tattoo; a couple hoping to strip away a past mistake; Tommy works to kill some bad ink.
15. Merry Inkmas
Aired 23 December 2014 • 60 min
Gus ties his client's new ink up with a bow; Tommy tries to freeze out a man's yuletide eggnog disaster; a tough guy drops his drawers hoping for a new Christmas package.
16. Butt of the Joke
Aired 30 December 2014 • 60 min
A disgraced basketball fan; new ink for a hunter; a client hopes to fight back against a nasty little devil.
17. Bad Luck of the Irish
Aired 23 June 2015 • 60 min
A badly scarred man tearfully asks for Jasmine's help; a client wants to loose her best friend who has been following behind her for years; a man needs help to change his luck.
18. Father Doesn't Know Best
Aired 30 June 2015 • 60 min
A cycling fanatic comes to Jasmine hoping to rebuild his patriotism, while Tommy helps a disappointed daughter mask a swap meet mistake, and Big Gus fights a tricky tattoo, and has to switch up his game mid-stride.
19. Father Doesn't Know Best
Aired 30 June 2015 • 60 min
A cycling fan wishing to rebuild his patriotism; a disappointed daughter's swap meet mistake; BIg Gus fights a tricky tattoo, being forced to switch up his game mid-stride.
20. Friends Don't Let Friends Tattoo
Aired 7 July 2015 • 60 min
Gus takes on a client's past; Jasmine relates to a mother's need for a classy new look; Tommy is challenged with a coworker's cover-up.
21. Hashtag Horrible
Aired 14 July 2015 • 60 min
A client drops his pants in front of Jasmine; Gus tackles a goofy tattoo that's destroyed a family; Tommy tries to give a client's ink a second life.
22. The Ink Panther
Aired 21 July 2015 • 60 min
Big Gus helps a bartender; Jasmine empowers her client with a cover-up of a dating disaster; an arm-wrestling champ seeks some new ink from Tommy.
23. Fl(ex) Wives
Aired 4 August 2015 • 60 min
A bodybuilder visits Gus for a lift of his spirits; Jasmine helps a father get rid of some bad ink; and Tommy works on a stripper's tattoo.
24. Unlucky Fate
Aired 11 August 2015 • 60 min
An innocent girl gets gullible when she wants nothing more than a tattoo.
25. Mermaids, Goblins and Snakes. Oh My!
Aired 19 August 2015 • 60 min
asmine gets suspicious of her client's mermaid mistake; Tommy takes on the result of a painful incident; and Big Gus encounters a client's green creature sidekick.
26. Mama's Boy
Aired 25 August 2015 • 60 min
Big Gus gives a birthday girl the perfect present; an attempt to amp up a musician's old mistake; covering up a "horri-bull" tattoo.