Tattoo Highway - Season 1

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Vegas Babies

1 - Vegas Babies

Air Date: May 27, 2009

Unscripted series that follows renowned tattoo artist Thomas Pendelton as he transforms a 1970s tour bus into a traveling tattoo parlor and takes it on the road. In this episode, Thomas and his business partner and wife, Monica, take the bus to Las Vegas where they tattoo a phoenix on a woman who gave up her child for adoption 10 years ago. Later, Thomas pays his respects to the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. at their tattoo shop and brings a mother and daughter closer together through his artwork.

Breakdown Lane

2 - Breakdown Lane

Air Date: May 27, 2009

Famed tattoo artist Thomas Pendelton, star of the former A&E hit Inked, takes his traveling tattoo parlor to Reno, Nevada. Thomas visits his old high school, and Monica worries that his bad experiences in school might affect how he raises his daughters. Later, Thomas goes to Hawthorne, Nev., to meet Trooper, who wants a portrait of his beloved deceased wife on his chest. Thomas mixes the cremated woman's ashes into the ink for a touching memorial that brings tears to his eyes.

Show Us Your Tats

3 - Show Us Your Tats

Air Date: June 3, 2009

It's Chili's birthday, and the big day is filled with thoughts about motherly love--and strippers. First, Chili asks Thomas to tattoo a note his mother wrote to him on his palm. Then the crew calls a stripper on the bus to give Chili a lap dance. The next day, Thomas rents an RV for a trip to the mountains, but he hits a fire hydrant and the crew ends up tattooing prostitutes at the Mustang Ranch to pay for the damage.

Minister of Ink

4 - Minister of Ink

Air Date: June 3, 2009

A voluptuous artist, Heather, who once worked in a mortuary and collects dead animals wants to receive a tattoo in Sacramento. Thomas looks at her drawing and winds up changing it completely, but she loves it anyways. Next it's off to San Fransisco where he plans on interviewing potential helpers for the shop. While none seem right, Thomas and Krystin tattoo matching eggplants on a gay couple. Then Thomas performs a renegade wedding for the love birds.

Let's Make a Deal

5 - Let's Make a Deal

Air Date: June 10, 2009

Thomas rolls his bus into Albuquerque where he tattoos a Tahitian dancer to cover a previous tattoo on her back. Next, a marine fresh off of two tours of duty in Iraq and a marine who just finished boot camp both receive a tattoo.

This Buddah's For You

6 - This Buddah's For You

Air Date: June 10, 2009

While stopping in San Fransisco, Thomas gets a tattoo of a Buddhist monk and his mentor on his calf. Then he heads the bus to San Jose to meet with the monk and show off his tattoo. Elsewhere, a man receives a tattoo of a Koi fish.

Go Big or Go Home

7 - Go Big or Go Home

Air Date: June 17, 2009

Hot and Bothered

8 - Hot and Bothered

Air Date: June 24, 2009

Familt Treepee

9 - Familt Treepee

Air Date: July 1, 2009

New Kid On The Shop

10 - New Kid On The Shop

Air Date: July 1, 2009

Close Encounters

11 - Close Encounters

Air Date: July 1, 2009

Trial By Tire

12 - Trial By Tire

Air Date: July 8, 2009

Double Trouble

13 - Double Trouble

Air Date: July 29, 2009