Episode 1
Aired Aug 7, 2016
The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner who's busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.
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Episode 2
Aired Aug 14, 2016
Wheels of Misfortune
In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
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Episode 3
Aired Aug 21, 2016
12 Beers a Slave
After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.
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Episode 4
Aired Sep 18, 2016
Antisocial Media
An owner's social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
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Episode 5
Aired Sep 25, 2016
How to Train Your Goldfish
A staffing crisis hits a sports pub before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 2, 2016
Win, Lose or Brawl
Taffer tries to corral an out-of-control staff, the owner's freeloading friends and a violent physical fight threatens the bar's rescue potential.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 9, 2016
Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back.
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Episode 8
Aired Oct 16, 2016
Gettin' Jigger With It
A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.
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Episode 9
Aired Oct 23, 2016
Chase Lounge
A lazy stepson fails to succeed in his new role as a bar manager and his car dealer father can run the bar.
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Episode 10
Aired Oct 30, 2016
Zero Drunk Thirty
A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs his own rescue; he needs help before he drinks away his profits and angers his girlfriend past to the point of no return.
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Episode 11
Aired Nov 6, 2016
Ice, Mice, Baby
A spoiled owner who was given a nightclub by his father finds the profits aren't coming in for this mice-infested tourist bar.
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Episode 12
Aired Nov 13, 2016
Punk as a Drunk
A former punk rocker is overwhelmed with tragedy, and his constant roughhousing with the employees draws Taffer's ire.
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Episode 13
Aired Nov 20, 2016
Back to the Bar: Drunky McDrunkerton Returns
The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.
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Episode 14
Aired Feb 19, 2017
Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
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Episode 15
Aired Feb 26, 2017
I Know What You Did Last Summit
An absentee owner threatens his marriage by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female patrons.
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Episode 16
Aired Mar 5, 2017
Struck Out at the Dugout
A lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent on a World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.
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Episode 17
Aired Mar 12, 2017
Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley about her blistering attitude and civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms; a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.
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Episode 18
Aired Mar 19, 2017
All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step.
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Episode 19
Aired Mar 26, 2017
Bar Over Troubled Water
Taffer rescues a successful bar, the beacon of a community, that was destroyed by flooding in Louisiana.
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Episode 20
Aired Apr 2, 2017
Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
After suffering a stroke, a bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy.
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Episode 21
Aired Apr 9, 2017
Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar and more.
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Episode 22
Aired Jul 2, 2017
Casually Tapped Out
Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
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Episode 23
Aired Jul 16, 2017
Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.
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Episode 24
Aired Jul 23, 2017
Mother Doesn't Know Best
Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.
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Episode 25
Aired Jul 30, 2017
Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.
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Episode 26
Aired Aug 6, 2017
Silence of the Ants
A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.
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Episode 27
Aired Aug 13, 2017
Daddy Dearest
Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
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Episode 28
Aired Aug 20, 2017
Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.
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Episode 29
Aired Sep 3, 2017
Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls
Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see whether husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and whether their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.
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Episode 30
Aired Sep 10, 2017
The Unlucky Leprechaun
Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.
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Episode 31
Aired Sep 17, 2017
Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
Taffer revisits three bars whose fortunes turned for the worse after disasters ravaged their futures, from the apocalypse-themed bar The End, to Chicago landmark The Abbey.
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