Season 5

E1. The Perks of Being a Wallpaper

Aug 7, 2016 · 43m

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.

E2. Wheels of Misfortune

Aug 14, 2016 · 43m

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

E3. Whipped Into Shape

Aug 21, 2016 · 43m

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.

E4. Antisocial Media

Sep 18, 2016 · 43m

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

E5. How to Train Your Goldfish

Sep 25, 2016 · 43m

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?

E6. Win, Lose or Brawl

Oct 2, 2016 · 43m

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.

E7. Listen Y'all It's Sabotage

Oct 9, 2016 · 43m

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.

E8. Gettin' Jigger With It

Oct 16, 2016 · 43m

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

E9. Chase Lounge

Oct 23, 2016 · 43m

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.

E10. Zero Dark Drunky

Oct 30, 2016 · 43m

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.

E11. Ice, Mice, Baby

Nov 6, 2016 · 43m

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?

E12. Punk as a Drunk

Nov 13, 2016 · 43m

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

E13. Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns

Nov 20, 2016 · 43m

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.

E14. Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead

Feb 19, 2017 · 43m

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

E15. I Know What You Did Last Summit

Feb 26, 2017 · 43m

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?

E16. Struck Out at the Dugout

Mar 5, 2017 · 43m

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.

E17. Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water

Mar 12, 2017 · 43m

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.

E18. All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down

Mar 19, 2017 · 43m

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

E19. Bar Over Troubled Water

Mar 26, 2017 · 43m

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

E20. Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do

Apr 2, 2017 · 43m

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?

E21. Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon

Apr 9, 2017 · 43m

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.

E22. Casually Tapped Out

Jul 2, 2017 · 43m

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

E23. Things That Go Pahrump in the Night

Jul 16, 2017 · 43m

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.

E24. Mother Doesn't Know Best

Jul 23, 2017 · 43m

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.

E25. Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls

Jul 30, 2017 · 43m

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.

E26. Silence of the Ants

Aug 6, 2017 · 43m

A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.

E27. Daddy Dearest

Aug 13, 2017 · 43m

Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.

E28. Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's

Aug 20, 2017 · 43m

It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.

E29. Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls

Sep 3, 2017 · 43m

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.

E30. The Unlucky Leprechaun

Sep 10, 2017 · 43m

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.