Lily is in need of some s*x.
She says Bella moving in has made this more clear. Don says that he’s going to set her up with someone. As Brittany listens in, she reveals she’s still salty about Don taking her job as shop manager.
Minutes later, a new artist walks into the shop.
Ryan introduces him as Shine.
Shine’s black and grey style caught Ryan’s attention.
“Well I wanna see your work, though.” – Lily
After Lily eyes his work, she admits he has a lot of talent.
“Appreciate that, beautiful.” – Shine
Shine and Lily feel the attraction.
Lily blushes and the attraction between them is obvious.
When Shine reveals that he’s into “Spanish women,” Lily blushes even more.
Don gets things back on track and suggests they throw a 9Mag Halloween party. In a green screen interview, he says parties are good for business.
Ryan says that parties can’t be as wild as they were anymore. Don promises that things won’t get too out of hand.
In a green screen interview, Brittany says it’s hypocritical that Don can throw a party in the shop but she was scolded for doing the same.
Phor goes out on a date.
He meets a woman named Violet at a bar. She’s also a tattoo artist.
They discuss his breakup with Nikki. He clams he hasn’t had s*x since the breakup.
But he’s not going to allow that to hold him back from moving forward. He’s also proud to admit that he’s a freak. After talking, they play some games and continue to get to know each other.
Don and Brittany clash.
Back at the shop, Bella and Brittany start putting up decorations for the Halloween party.
As Brittney drinks as she does this, Ryan says in a green screen interview that this is why he decided that Don needed to be manager.
Not to long after they start putting up the decorations, Don returns to the shop. Brittany tells him she’s just trying to get her job back. He can tell that Brittany is drunk.
Don points out that they shouldn’t be hanging up decorations at this time since clients are still coming in.
After Don tells Brittany she should probably go home to regroup, she tells Don she’s not going anywhere.
So Don tells Ryan about Brittany’s behavior.
Ryan gives Don the go ahead to get rid of Brittany.
Don comes back and asks Brittany if they can talk outside. He tricks her and locks her out the shop. This outrages Brittany and she angrily goes home.
Charmaine and Ryan hash it out.
Apparently Ryan reached out to Charmaine and asked if they could have lunch.
In a green screen interview, Charmaine says that she doesn’t know what to expect. She’s just shocked he even wanted to talk to her.
She tells him that she doesn’t understand why he’s forgiven everyone else but her.
Ryan explains that he doesn’t want to hold onto his anger. He wants to let go of the grudge he has for Charmaine.
Don and Van’s return made him realize that it’s nice to still have the originals around.
Charmaine says that splitting the group up was hard on her and everyone else. She regrets everything that happened.
“It wasn’t cool to do anything I did.” – Charmaine
Ryan says he forgives her and they don’t have to discuss the past ever again.
They then catch up and discuss what Charmaine can do for 9Mag now. She really wants to help with the branding.
While she doesn’t want to work for 9Mag, she wants to work with them. So Ryan invites her to come out to the Halloween party.
Brittany returns to the shop, Van brings in a new face.
In a green screen interview, Brittany says she’s ashamed of her behavior. So she’s just going to focus on being a great piercer.
Van walks in with a new artist.
Her name is Evenita. Van says she’s talented and she’s going to be his apprentice.
But Lily doesn’t believe Evenita is anything more than a potential side chick for Van.
He discovered Evenita on Instagram. Her specialty is microblading.
In a green screen interview, Bella says that she needs to step her game up and sleep her way up the chain of command like others appear to be doing.
After Bella questions why Evenita didn’t microblade her own eyebrows, they start arguing. Van sees things are getting intense, so he decides it would be best for him and Evenita to leave.
Shine gets his first tattoo client at 9Mag.
His client for the day is someone he’s tattooed before. The man traveled to Chicago just to get more work done by Shine.
It is revealed that Shine is from Sacramento, California. He came to Chicago to expand.
He’s had to overcome homelessness to get to where he is.
“Tattooing saved my life.” – Shine
Both the client and Ryan are impressed with the final product.
Neek puts his foot down.
Charmaine has been making cooking videos for her YouTube channel.
Neek has been helping her out.
After they wrap up the latest one, Charmaine tells Neek about her conversation with Ryan. Now she wants to return to 9Mag. But Neek is not happy to hear this. He feels like it’s a toxic place for Charmaine to be.
He says leaving 9Mag was best for her professionally and their relationship.
But Charmaine says she needs the extra income, and Neek says that if she gets caught up in more drama at the shop, he may have to move on.
While Charmaine feels this is an ultimatum, Neek says it’s not.
Shine and Van clash.
A man walks into the shop wanting a tattoo of his kids.
He says he wants Van or Ryan to do it.
With Ryan not there, Van walks up and introduces himself.
The client wants it done in book form. In particular, he wants his kids’ names tattooed on him. However, Shine says he’d liked to do it and shows off his work. This annoys Van but in the end, the client decides to go with Van.
And Van tells him he’ll be in touch so they can schedule a date.
After the client leaves, Van checks Shine.
Although Van tries to explain why Shine was out of line, Shine doesn’t think it’s a big deal.
“Don’t pull no bullsh*t with me, bro.” – Van
Van tells Shine not to step on his toes ever again. But it’s clear Shine doesn’t appreciate the way Van came at him.
9Mag has the Halloween party.
The gang turns up in their costumes.
While at the party, Lily and Shine flirt.
Charmaine arrives and makes some small talk with the others. Of course she doesn’t speak to Lily and Lily says she’s going to pay Charmaine dust in her green screen interview.
Ryan takes the mic and thanks everyone for coming out.
He then instructs the DJ to get the party started.
Bella has a meltdown.
When Evenita and Bella spot each other in the party, they start arguing again. They are kept in separate corners, but the arguing continues.
After drinks start flying, Bella is taken outside and Don tries to calm her down.
“Just keep her away from me because I will smack the b*tch.” – Bella
Eventually, a drunken Bella starts arguing with a stranger. As she and the woman exchange words, Lily gets irritated.
In a green screen interview, Lily says she doesn’t like how Bella acts when she’s drunk.
Bella and the woman start throwing hands.
After Bella and the unnamed woman are separated, Bella somehow then starts pulling Lily’s hair and attacking her.
They are broken up and both Van and Don wonder how to deal with Bella’s outrageous behavior.
What are your thoughts on the episode?
