To help Kat tame her wild ways she impulsively moves in with her boyfriend Orbi.Meanwhile, in the shop Hannah tattoos a mermaid for Rebecca to help her confront her horrors of surviving the tsunami that almost took her life.
The crew looks to make a fresh start. Pixie undergoes laser tattoo removal to make room for a very important tattoo. Kat hires her sister to be her personal assistant and plans a surprise with the help of comedian Tom Green.
Kat tattoos a classic portrait of Orbi's father, rock n roll legend, Roy Orbison. Pixie and Kim discover the ups and downs of being single when they try speed dating.
Kat builds a full sized skate ramp inside the shop; Hannah is not happy with the contraption being next to her work station. With construction going on at the shop, Corey and Kim work out of Corey's shop.
Kat decides she wants to set a world record for doing 400 tattoos within 24 hours, but with less than a week to plan the event she might be attempting the impossible.
After some intense pains, Kat consults a doctor and is rushed into surgery. The shop is forced to carry on with a guest artist, the legendary tattooer Bob Tyrrell.
Corey promises to help Kat with her tattoo and music convention, MusInk, but finds that his family commitments don't leave much time for anything else. Meanwhile, the artists' problems with Pixie heat up.
After Kim complains to Kat about Pixie's work ethic, Kat confronts Pixie. But she is unable to contain the situation as it spirals out of control in front of the entire shop and customers.
Kat, her crew - and Pixie - all try to pick up the pieces after the big blow up the previous week which ended with Pixie quitting her job. Kat hires a new shop manager, while Hannah goes to see Pixie to try to make sense of everything that's happened.
Hannah's brother, Guy Aitchison, rolls into the shop as a guest artist. And Orbi contemplates proposing marriage to Kat, the old-fashioned way: he's asking her dad for permission.
The shop's growing, and keeping it running smoothly has everyone stressed out. Kat needs more help, but struggles with whether to hire another friend as manager. Rocker Dave Navarro visits Kat for a pinup style portrait memorializing him mom.
Hannah attempts to transform the crew at the shop into larger than life comic book characters. Naheed has her work cut out for her with the serious business of managing the shop while trying to bond with the crew at the same time.
Kat Von D and her tattoo crew get to rock it out at Motley Crue. Kat gets a surprise visit from her guy, Motley Crue musician Nikki Sixx, who wants a portrait of his friend and fellow band member Mick Mars.
Corey loves the environment at LA Ink, but his long commute every day is keeping him from his kids. Kat tattoos rapper The Game, who's thinking about quitting music to be a family man. Kat gives Jason a portrait of his baby daughter who recently passed.
When Kat and her fellow smokers in the shop decide to kick the habit, they seek the help of a hypnotist. Singer Yolanda Perez shares her struggle with being a single mom. Kat brings a photo of Don's wife to life.
Kim seizes the opportunity of a lifetime when she's approached by a shoe manufacturer to provide artwork for their new line. Corey and Hannah discover the need for speed when they hook up with the nation's top female rally car driver.
Kat's up against a tight deadline on her latest project-a book about her art-and she's still got some important things to get done. Matt Bradley, of Discovery's "Deadliest Catch," steps off his fishing boat and into the shop.
Naheed crosses a line when Kat gives her a heavy metal momma on a black horse with razor teeth on her forearm. Dan, a world-famous architect isn't too sure he wants a tattoo, then isn't certain Hannah's up to doing his very complicated artwork!
Kat signs up for a big project outside the tattoo shop - redecorating her musician boyfriend Nikki Sixx's recording studio, Funny Farm. Kim gives soap actor Kristoff St. John a philosophical to remind him what makes him strong.
Kat returns to the shop to find that Hannah is still in Chicago. And that Pixie took a week off from work - without telling her! Plus, Kat comes up with an idea for a tattoo and music convention called "Musink."
Kat considers how to deal with Pixie's absence from the shop when Kat was on vacation. While Pixie asks for a day off to moonlight as a make-up artist. But everyone is glad that Hannah finally returns to LA.
Kat's relationship with Orbi falls apart, and she tries to reach out to Pixie. But as her music and tattoo convention - MusInk - kicks off she knows her reputation is on the line and there's no time for doubts and compromises.
Kat puts Naheed in charge of throwing a party for the whole crew to celebrate the 1 yr anniversary of the shop! Kim asks Hannah to tattoo her for the first time. Nick Wheeler from the band the All-American Rejects stops by for a portrait of his puppy dog