• Air date: 18 Jul '06 33 episodes
      Miami Ink brings together a brotherhood of tattoo artists. They learned their craft together as apprentices in South Beach. Then they went their separate ways. From Los Angeles to New York, all have become renowned artists with celebrity clientele that wait months to be inked by the masters. Now, 10 years later, they're coming home. Back to the place where it all began, South Beach, to open a tattoo shop together, live together and teach their traditions to a new generation.
  • List of Episodes (33)
    • 1. Saver vs. Spender

      18 Jul '06
      Darren has to be careful doing a tattoo for a man with type 1 diabetes, Nunez gets a little out of control with spending, Kat tattoos a man's daughter's portrait, and Ami creates a winged penny design for a woman in remembrance of her father, who believed in the value of saving pennies.
    • 2. Yoji's Initiation

      25 Jul '06
      Former apprentice Yoji Harada, now a full-fledged member of the design crew, joins Ami in doing simultaneous tattoos for a pair of best friends. One customer gets a cartoon version of herself, and another asks for a Buddha design to help cover up a scar from scoliosis. A woman with no tattoos comes in to apply for the shop manager position.
    • 3. Woman in a Man's World

      01 Aug '06
      Nunez designs a tattoo to honor a woman's soldier father, a graffiti artist has a tattoo created from her own artwork, and Garver makes a Japanese-style snake design for a local club owner.
    • 4. The Ultimate Job Interview

      08 Aug '06
      The crew tests the latest applicant for shop manager by having a friend poses as a bookie who has come to confiscate Nunez's stuff.
    • 5. We're All Family

      15 Aug '06
      Nunez is having trouble dealing with his mother's surgery. Darren faces change after an important phone call. Ami tries to help with Yoji's communication problem. Meanwhile, Garver struggles with personal issues.
    • 6. Kat the Party Machine

      22 Aug '06
      Garver does a tattoo of a Spanish skull for one woman. Another gets an image of an Asian woman. But newcomer Kat is feeling left out.
    • 7. Garver's Ultimatum

      29 Aug '06
      Garver's back problems flare and may jeopardize his career. Meanwhile, the crew tests another applicant in their quest to find a new manager for the shop.
    • 8. Kat: A Fish out of Water

      05 Sep '06
      The "Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Lady" gets a tattoo of her namesake sandwich image from Kat. Ami gives two people matching star tattoos. Yoji's daughter goes to the beach with Ami.
    • 9. Ami's Bad Side

      12 Sep '06
      Ami gets in an argument with Darren's wife. Darren designs a koi fish tattoo for a man to celebrate his losing 100 pounds. Applicant Lee is chosen as the new shop manager.
    • 10. Kat's Niche

      19 Sep '06
      One woman gets a tattoo with her grandfather's favorite Latin saying, another gets a blue-ringed octopus tattoo from Ami, and a third gets an image of her favorite band, Guns N Roses.
    • 11. Hawaii

      08 Jan '06
      On a trip to Oahu, Hawaii, Ami James and Chris Garver meet Keoni Nunez who teaches them traditional Polynesian tattooing. Next, they sit in at a shop in Honolulu and tattoo six locals. While they're in Hawaii, they also meet professional surfers who take them to catch some waves.
    • 12. Kat & Ami Tattoo the Troops

      17 Oct '06
      Ami creates a large tattoo on a man's back to represent significant turning points in his life, including his father's suicide and his coming out as gay. Kat creates an image of fifties pinup Bettie Page. Another man gets a design symbolizing the good and bad things of his life.
    • 13. Bye-Bye Bridgette

      24 Oct '06
      Garver uses a local pinup model to get inspiration for Roger's tattoo. Philip memorializes his dad's battle against cancer. Kat celebrates a full 10 years as a tattoo artist with a design by Corey Miller.
    • 14. Sink or Swim

      31 Oct '06
      Carver works on a novel design to celebrate a woman's brother, who died in Iraq. Ami has a morale dilemma with a client and may refuse the tattoo. Nunez and Ami do some charity work for "Amigos for Kids" and tech them how to draw.
    • 15. The Jeep

      07 Nov '06
      Garver draws a "Day of the Dead" skull to memorialize a legal battle. Ami creates a hot rod design to help a client reconcile with his father.
    • 16. History of the Circus Sideshow

      28 Nov '06
      Circus sideshow workers get tattoos of a rubber-chicken prop and the Coney Island Wonder Wheel ride.
    • 17. A Disgruntled Yoji

      05 Dec '06
      A man in medical school honors those who helped him; a woman pays tribute to her mother with a special pinup tattoo.
    • 18. Von D Family Bonding

      12 Dec '06
      A rapper gets the words "forgive us" inked; Darren designs a tattoo for a line of custom choppers.
    • 19. The Car Star

      19 Dec '06
      Overhaulin' host Chris Jacobs gets a tattoo.
    • 20. Garver's Injury

      26 Dec '06
      A Madre de Agua (mother of water) tattoo is done by Kat for a woman who lost her father; a man gets a clock and crying-woman image to symbolize time he lost with his loved ones while incarcerated.
    • 21. Battle of the Apprentices

      23 Jan '07
      When Ami's buddy Yaniv comes to Miami with his Japanese apprentice Kosuke, to drop off Ami's bike, Ami and Yaniv decide to swap apprentices for the day, leaving Yoji to experience a new world of grease.
    • 22. Shop Party

      30 Jan '07
      Miami Ink celebrates its first year; Ami helps Crystal heal the pain of her mother's murder with a guardian-angel tattoo; a hip-hop artist is back for round two on his back piece.
    • 23. Yoji's Big Move

      06 Feb '07
      Yoji moves his family into a larger place. Kat does a tattoo of slain pop singer Selena for her brother. Darren has Garver give him a tattoo in the image of his tiny dog, Pachuco.
    • 24. Family Values Tour

      13 Feb '07
      Visiting Korn's Family Values tour, Darren gives the bass player tattoos of his band-mate's autographs. Nunez works on a friend's back tattoo. A kid on a Make-a-Wish trip comes by the shop.
    • 25. Nobody Likes a Quitter

      27 Feb '07
      Nunez helps a woman redo her tattoo tribute to her late husband. Ami creates a freehand dragon design for a man who has overcome a terrible addiction. Kat makes a portrait of a man's mother.