Seasons & episodes

S5 · E1The Perks of Being a Wallpaper 2016-08-07 · 43 min＋

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.

S5 · E2Wheels of Misfortune 2016-08-14 · 43 min＋

In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.

S5 · E3Whipped Into Shape 2016-08-21 · 43 min＋

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.

S5 · E4Antisocial Media 2016-09-18 · 43 min＋

Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.

S5 · E5How to Train Your Goldfish 2016-09-25 · 43 min＋

Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?

S5 · E6Win, Lose or Brawl 2016-10-02 · 43 min＋

Taffer must fix an out-of-control staff and the owner’s freeloading friends. But a violent physical fight threatens this sports bar’s rescue potential.

S5 · E7Listen Y'all It's Sabotage 2016-10-09 · 43 min＋

New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.

S5 · E8Gettin' Jigger With It 2016-10-16 · 43 min＋

A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.

S5 · E9Chase Lounge 2016-10-23 · 43 min＋

A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesn't mean he can run a bar.

S5 · E10Zero Dark Drunky 2016-10-30 · 43 min＋

A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.

S5 · E11Ice, Mice, Baby 2016-11-06 · 43 min＋

A spoiled owner is gifted a nightclub by his father. Can Taffer save this mice-infested tourist bar before the owner gives away all his profits?

S5 · E12Punk as a Drunk 2016-11-13 · 43 min＋

A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.

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.

S5 · E14Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead 2017-02-19 · 43 min＋

An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.

S5 · E15I Know What You Did Last Summit 2017-02-26 · 43 min＋

An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?

S5 · E16Struck Out at the Dugout 2017-03-05 · 43 min＋

Taffer faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.

Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.

S5 · E18All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down 2017-03-19 · 43 min＋

An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step

S5 · E19Bar Over Troubled Water 2017-03-26 · 43 min＋

In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge

S5 · E20Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do 2017-04-02 · 43 min＋

After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?

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 & more.

S5 · E22Casually Tapped Out 2017-07-02 · 43 min＋

Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.

S5 · E23Things That Go Pahrump in the Night 2017-07-16 · 43 min＋

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.

S5 · E24Mother Doesn't Know Best 2017-07-23 · 43 min＋

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.