Ryan battles his staff over their growing disrespect; Don and Ashley's marital bliss becomes threatened; Kat leaves Chicago; Van starts a brawl; Ashley starts trouble with Charmaine.
Ryan makes a move to assert his authority; Ashley wants Don to control his anger; Danielle confronts Kat about being a bad friend; Van gets locked out of the shop.
Danielle confronts Ryan, putting a damper on Charmaine's birthday party; Ryan attends a tattoo convention in Philadelphia; Van and Danielle take over the shop; Ryan rehires a former employee; Kat shocks the crew.
The crew is smitten when Ryan hires a new artist; Phor's peace offering sends Nikki over the edge; Ashley gives Don a taste of his own medicine; Lily hooks up.
Danielle reveals an explosive secret about Kat; JR and Lily take their relationship to the next level; Van freaks out when Jenn mentions the "m" word; Charmaine grills Ryan about Kat; all hell breaks loose at Phor's concert.
Don starts his new career as a piercer; Charmaine receives devastating news from her mother; Phor tries to reconnect with family; Cobra is turned on by her new roommate; Nikki goes ballistic.
Don freaks out after Ashley reveals shocking news; Lily and Cobra come to blows; Van struggles to deal with the aftermath of his breakup; Ryan throws a party for hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
Lily jeopardizes her relationship with JR; Cobra confronts Ryan about an Internet rumor; Van devises a plan to win Jenn back; Danielle throws a fashion show.
Ryan returns to the shop after a major health scare; JR learns disturbing information about his relationship with Lily; Phor questions his career; Lily takes down Cobra.
Kat questions her life in Los Angeles; Lily tries to turn the shop against Cobra; Charmaine's career takes priority; Nikki becomes jealous, again; Don blows up.
The crew heads to Mexico for some fun, sun and tequila; Kat's unexpected arrival at the villa creates tension; Ryan loses his cool when Lily crosses a line; Kat reveals a shocking secret.
Ryan tries salvaging his relationship with Rachel; Phor and Nikki take their relationship to new heights; the crew throws Kat a surprise birthday party behind Ryan's back.
The crew hatches a plan to get Kat to come back to 9Mag; Ashley throws a tantrum at her gender reveal party; Charmaine's dreams of movie stardom hang in the balance; Kat confronts Ryan over what happened at the lake house.
Ryan blows up after his staff betrays him; Neek accepts a project in Africa and Charmaine goes to extreme lengths to keep him in Chicago; Lily hooks up with another 9Mag tattoo artist.
Kat and Lily are grilled about the hook up; differences are put aside to honor Don's sister; Lily opens up about her past; Ryan invites the crew to a lake house.
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