Kat Von D is back in her hometown of LA and she's fulfilling her dream of opening her own tattoo shop. She found a hot location and she plans to make it the coolest shop in town. As construction gets underway, Kat looks everywhere for her dream team.
Kat's nailed down her dream team, but the shop's not ready when Hannah and Kim arrive to work in LA. Hannah's worried Kim might drop out. Fortunately, Corey agrees to let the entire crew work out of his shop until LA Ink opens.
LA INK is open for business and Kat Von D and her crew celebrate with a huge rock n roll bash! It's been a struggle getting her dream shop off the ground but it's done and now the whole city will see if Kat has what it takes to run her own business.
While bathing suit shopping with Pixie, Kat learns her recent weight loss has changed more than her waistline. Pixie gives Kat the hard sell on breast implants. But before Kat goes under the knife, she does a test run on the girls at the shop.
Kat's overworked and tired, so Kim suggests that they both do a cleanse. Kat raises the stakes by making a bet to see who can last longer.The loser will get tattooed by Steve O.Nashville's Emerson Drive stops by the shop to celebrate their first #1 song.
Corey contemplates getting a vasectomy, but it's a tougher decision then he thought it would be. Kat surprises Pixie by getting a portrait tattoo of her to show her how much she loves her. In the shop, Hannah tattoos a fighting fish on Raye.
Kat and the team learn the true meaning of sisterhood when Pixie falls sick but can't afford the surgery she desperately needs. Corey turns to occult art to find inspiration and tattoos a creepy portrait for his friend.
Kat invites her father to visit the shop and nothing goes down as planned. When she's five hours late to work things get chaotic. Her rock star client Frank Iero of the band My Chemical Romance looks for ways to pass the time.
Kim's single and ready to mingle. The crew is determined to find her a good man and she finally takes a gamble on love at Drag Queen Bingo.Chris combines his two passions in life in a rockabilly style pin up.
Kat's business is booming but her personal life has been suffering as a result. Kat has managed to meet a guy who she vibes with but has some doubts about jumping into a relationship so quickly after her recent divorce.
Hannah's daughter Holly comes to check out L.A., but Hannah's stuck working at the shop. While she tries to break free, Rita Haney tells Kat the tragic story of the death of her soul mate - Pantera's guitarist Dimebag Darrell.
Pixie is going through relationship issues so the girls rally around her to help her cope. Bonnie pays tribute to her music with a piece from Corey and in the process helps bring a smile to Pixie's face. And Sebastian Bach shows he's still rock-n-roll.
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.