Season 4 • Episode 21
LatestWhen Kat decides to open a new tattoo shop in Austin with Jesse, the High Voltage family fears the shop will close its doors for good after five successful years. Regret is a bitter pill when Kat hears Michael's big confession. Kat faces the toughest decision of her life.
LA Ink is an American reality show on TLC that followed the events of the High Voltage Tattoo tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California. The spin-off of TLC's Miami Ink, it premiered on August 7, 2007. In August 2011, TLC announced that the show will end production, with Season 4 being its last and that the series is cancelled.
Production
Early reality TV's unpolished, chaotic energy hits different now.
Practical Effects
Actual tattoo artistry on display—no CGI, just blood and needles.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
LA Ink helped mainstream tattoo culture for suburban America, normalizing body art before Instagram made everyone an 'inkfluencer.'
TLC's cancellation came after Kat Von D's public controversies and declining ratings—reality TV's brief love affair with tattoo artists cooled fast.
US
