Bar Rescue
Season 5
201631 episodes
Episode 1
The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
Aug 7, 201643m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
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.
Episode 2
Wheels of Misfortune
Aug 14, 201643m
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
Episode 3
Whipped Into Shape
Aug 21, 201643m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
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.
Episode 4
Antisocial Media
Sep 18, 201643m
Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
Episode 5
How to Train Your Goldfish
Sep 25, 201643m
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?
Episode 6
Win, Lose or Brawl
Oct 2, 201643m
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.
Episode 7
Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
Oct 9, 201643m
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.
Episode 8
Gettin' Jigger With It
Oct 16, 201643m
A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.
Episode 9
Chase Lounge
Oct 23, 201643m
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.
Episode 10
Zero Dark Drunky
Oct 30, 201643m
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.
Episode 11
Ice, Mice, Baby
Nov 6, 201643m
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?
Episode 12
Punk as a Drunk
Nov 13, 201643m
A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
Episode 13
Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns
Nov 20, 201643m
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.
Episode 14
Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
Feb 19, 201743m
An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
Episode 15
I Know What You Did Last Summit
Feb 26, 201743m
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?
Episode 16
Struck Out at the Dugout
Mar 5, 201743m
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.
Episode 17
Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
Mar 12, 201743m
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.
Episode 18
All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
Mar 19, 201743m
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
Episode 19
Bar Over Troubled Water
Mar 26, 201743m
In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge
Episode 20
Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
Apr 2, 201743m
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?
Episode 21
Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
Apr 9, 201743m
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.
Episode 22
Casually Tapped Out
Jul 2, 201743m
Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
Episode 23
Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
Jul 16, 201743m
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.
Episode 24
Mother Doesn't Know Best
Jul 23, 201743m
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.
Episode 25
Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
Jul 30, 201743m
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.
Episode 26
Silence of the Ants
Aug 6, 201743m
A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.
Episode 27
Daddy Dearest
Aug 13, 201743m
Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
Episode 28
Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
Aug 20, 201743m
It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.
Episode 29
Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls
Sep 3, 201743m
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.
Episode 30
The Unlucky Leprechaun
Sep 10, 201743m
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.
Episode 31
Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
Sep 17, 201743m
Taffer revisits 3 bars whose fortunes have turned for the worse after disasters have ravaged their futures, from the apocalypse themed bar The End to Chicago landmark The Abbey. Can Taffer develop a plan to help them get back on their feet?