The second part of Season Three of TLC’s L.A. Ink kicked off on Thursday February 18, with the usual drama serving as a backdrop for some great tattoos with a few “rad”s and “awesome”s sprinkled throughout.  The show stars tattoo artist Kat Von D and her staff of Los Angeles’ High Voltage Tattoo and airs at 10 P.M. Eastern on cable network TLC. 

Last season’s cliffhanger reached its resolution when Kat finally canned shop manager and one-woman-Romy and Michelle, Aubrey.  After Aubrey and Corey have a verbal throwdown, Kat finally intercedes and tells Aubrey to pack it up and call it a day  Aubrey counters saying that she has dealt with an unprofessional environment and Kat and the rest of the staff have not been  patient with her.  Kat brings up the fact that Aubrey took a lackadaisical approach to her job, sometimes showing up late for work and not at all.  Aubrey is then throw out of the shop, with other shop manager, Adrienne and the rest of the shop elated that Aubrey was finally gone.  As irritating as Aubrey may have been, Kat and the rest of the crew come off as a tad elitist, talking about their “tattoo family” as if they were some sort of mafia with needles. Continue Reading