Twists, turns, flash challenges, and tattoos are the order of the day on Spike TV's Ink Master, and so are eliminations. After Fighting Dirty, which tested "detail" in the grills and warrior flash challenge, the next episode will hold no flash challenge. The Final 6 artists will be tested on their "flexibility."

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"Flexibility" means that artists get to work on open canvases who allow the artists to tattoo anywhere they wish, reported CarterMatt on Thursday. The twist is as follows: artists work in pairs on the same tattoo, and tag team out each hour - to continue the former artist's work.

Gentle Jay, who was at the bottom last week, finds himself alone when it comes to partnering up. No one wants to work with him. They feel they are more advanced on flexibility. This may be because Gentle Jay wasn't able to really adapt to a difficult client in episode 9, Fighting Dirty. He also accused frontrunner Scott Marshall of cheating on the elimination warrior tattoo challenge, according to Wednesday's International Business Times.

Marshall, the Chicago artist, has been winning flash challenges and assigning human canvases - giving threatening competition more difficult canvases and the like. The artists had to tattoo a warrior on a canvas in the latest flash challenge. That's when all hell broke loose.

"I realize that I've seen that before," Gentle Jay explained to the cameras of Marshall's warrior tattoo. "If Scott is stealing images he shouldn't be here."

Gentle Jay tried to out Marshall to the judges after recruiting Halo and Sausage. But the judges, Peck, Nunez and Navarro, actually sided with Marshall! Marshall further ripped Gentle Jay a new one by saying he was at "the end of his rope."

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Peck questioned Gentle Jay directly, "Did he or did he not make changes?" Then said there was a big difference in "real similar" and "exactly the same." Peck told fellow judges that maybe Gentle Jay should also use references like Marshall so his trees would come out better.

Gentle Jay was not happy.

He's definitely the underdog. Will he be able to make a comeback against Marshall next episode?

Ink Master airs on Spike TV Tuesdays at 10/9c.

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