Episode 1
Aired Feb 10, 2013
Turtle on Its Back
Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a Bourbon Street bar which is failing despite its location; he tries to persuade the owner to change his copycat ways and start thinking for himself before the business goes under.
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Episode 2
Aired Feb 17, 2013
Rock 'N Roaches
A cockroach infestation plagues a grotesque rock bar in Austin, Texas.
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Episode 3
Aired Feb 24, 2013
Bro's Got to Geaux
Jon has to get the owners of a bar known for serving minors to give up their frat-boy ways.
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Episode 4
Aired Mar 3, 2013
Tears for Beers
Jon must save a bar or it could cost a husband and wife both their business and their marriage.
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Episode 5
Aired Mar 10, 2013
Empty Pockets
Jon tries to help an owner of a Denver pool hall fulfill his American Dream.
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Episode 6
Aired Mar 17, 2013
Jon T, He Don't Like It
Jon helps to revive a former nightclub hotspot in Colorado.
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Episode 7
Aired Mar 24, 2013
In a Pinch
The locals are upset over a controversial lobster tank game.
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Episode 8
Aired Mar 31, 2013
Karaoke Katastrophe
Dated decor, an angry chef and an oblivious, hoarding owner hinder the success of a karaoke bar.
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Episode 9
Aired Apr 7, 2013
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
A western bar is plagued with drunk owners, a bank foreclosure and horse excrement.
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Episode 10
Aired Apr 14, 2013
Meat Sauna
Burger smoke covers patrons; getting no laughs at a comedy club.
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Episode 11
Aired Jul 7, 2013
Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
A Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole Taffer, leaving Jon in a frenzy and tough predicament.
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Episode 12
Aired Jul 14, 2013
Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
Jon learns that a North Carolina nightclub is refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap alcohol.
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Episode 13
Aired Jul 21, 2013
Two Flew Over the Handlebars
Jon tries to get a biker bar in Pawcatuck, Conn., run by two hard-drinking sisters, back on the right road.
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Episode 14
Aired Jul 28, 2013
There's No Crying in the Bar Business
An owner's incessant crying prevents her from noticing the massive employee theft at a sports bar.
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Episode 15
Aired Aug 4, 2013
Play. Some. Janet. Jackson!
Jon looks to save Las Vegas' first gay nightclub from its verbally abusive and intoxicated owner.
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Episode 16
Aired Aug 11, 2013
Characters Assassination
Jon goes to work on a bar in the deep south run by a family from New York who make the waitresses dress provocatively and have a menu of sixty items, only five of which sell.
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Episode 17
Aired Aug 18, 2013
Corking the Hole
Jon puts the owners of Cliques through his boot camp to try to make the place more attractive to the personnel of a nearby military base.
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Episode 18
Aired Aug 25, 2013
A Bar Full of Bull
Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England whaling community.
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Episode 19
Aired Sep 8, 2013
Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
Two classically trained chefs have a blue collar bar that seems beyond repair.
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Episode 20
Aired Sep 15, 2013
Barely Above Water
Taffer tries to save a marriage and a bar by splitting one bar into two.
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Episode 21
Aired Oct 6, 2013
Crappy Cantina
Jon has to turn up the volume to get the message through to two brothers who have opened up a death metal bar that is swallowing their parents' retirement fund.
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Episode 22
Aired Oct 13, 2013
Jon of the Dead
A bar run by two burned-out rockers is failing.
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Episode 23
Aired Oct 20, 2013
Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
A bar owner's adult grandchildren use it as their own personal playground.
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Episode 24
Aired Oct 27, 2013
Hurricane Jon vs. Hurricane Sandy
A bar battered by Hurricane Sandy races to reopen for the summer season.
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Episode 25
Aired Nov 3, 2013
Drunk & Dirty Dolls
A motorsports bar with a busty staff of cougars requires a new gimmick to thrive.
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Episode 26
Aired Nov 10, 2013
Empty Bottles Full Cans
Customers bring their own alcohol and women flash the patrons at a Tennessee bar.
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Episode 27
Aired Nov 17, 2013
Music City Mess
A country music snob with an explosive personality turns to Taffer for help.
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Episode 28
Aired Nov 24, 2013
Hole in None
A bar with a golf theme needs major help to fix its horrendous sanitary conditions.
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Episode 29
Aired Dec 8, 2013
Brawlin' Babes
A sports bar with no TV's isn't Jon's biggest problem at this Missouri establishment; he must get bartenders and their spineless owner to unite in order to beat the competition.
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Episode 30
Aired Dec 15, 2013
Twin vs. Twin
Before Jon even enters this Kansas City bar he is met with sirens; sibling rivalry between twins.
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Episode 31
Aired Mar 9, 2014
Hostile Takeover
Co-owners take over an Irish sports bar with a heavy drinking owner.
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Episode 32
Aired Mar 16, 2014
Critters and Quitters
A members-only bar in Kansas has a raccoon infestation.
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Episode 33
Aired Mar 23, 2014
Punch-Drunk & Trailer-Trashed
A family's feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Outrageous antics force an extreme decision.
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Episode 34
Aired Mar 30, 2014
Scoreboard to Death
Wrangling with an incompetent owner and undertrained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.
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Episode 35
Aired Apr 6, 2014
Grow Some Meatballs!
Disaster ignites in the kitchen trying to train an inexperienced staff; a brother and sister conflict with their explosive father.
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Episode 36
Aired Apr 13, 2014
Taxed Out in Texas
A tax accountant turned bar owner struggles to keep his bar afloat with a bad reputation and staff.
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Episode 37
Aired Apr 20, 2014
When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
Jon visits Pat's Cocktails, a run-down sports bar in California, where the bar manager is too busy canoodling with his wife to notice what is going on around him.
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Episode 38
Aired Apr 27, 2014
I Smell a Rat
Overwhelming odors and frat house behavior at this hookah bar are causing profits to go up in smoke.
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Episode 39
Aired May 4, 2014
Scary Mary's
A philandering, sexist bar owner, who tells female customers to take their tops off, leaves Jon uncertain whether he really wants to save Mary's Outpost in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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Episode 40
Aired May 11, 2014
Muscle Madness
Two meatheads' tempers and testosterone threaten their friendship and their Houston bar.
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