Tabatha's Salon Takeover

Suzanne Erickson owns Jungle Red salon but she seems more interested in acting like a teenager than a boss, which is why her staff are out of control and she has started to put most of the responsibility on her daughter Kari. To make matters worse, Tabatha is quick to discover that Jungle Red is a failing salon by day and the owner's home by night. Tabatha has to motivate Suzanne to grow up and stop relying on her daughter to manage her staff so that Kari is free to pursue her own dreams.

Club Ripples, the first gay dance club in Long Beach, CA, is owned by couple Larry Hebert and John Garcia. Ripples used to be the gay hot spot, but now it's empty seven nights a week and they blame the competition and their staff. Tabatha quickly discovers the real problems are John's penny pinching business practices and Larry's crazy club rules. To make matters worse, the bar has a bad reputation in the community and the employees' suggestions are falling on deaf ears.

Since the death of her mother, Aisha McKenzie has been taking her anger out on her staff and the atmosphere has turned her upscale multicultural salon "boughetto." To make matters worse, Tabatha discovers that Aisha's anger isn't the only problem in the salon. The staff have become loud, unprofessional and out of control. Tabatha must help Aisha get past her grief to run her business again and help the staff to respect her if Beyond Hair Salon is going to survive.

Pat Duke opened her old-school, southern beauty shop over 24 years ago, but after she expanded and doubled her staff to bulk up her business, her veteran stylists walked out, leaving her emotionally and financially devastated. Tabatha discovers that Pat hasn't recovered from the betrayal and is not communicating with her remaining staff at all. And to make matters worse, the entire team has lost sight of how to be professional.

Sande Cranford and Jim Wright own Chill, a failing yogurt shop that has added coffee, baked goods and sandwiches to the menu. Jim runs a successful bar and Jim's daughter runs a successful pizza shop, both of which are around the corner. But Sande's effort to turn her love of yogurt into a business is failing. Their products are low quality, their staff is unprofessional and the business is unfocused. Tabatha will help decide what this business should sell and teach Sande to become a boss.

It's a family affair at Salon Bridgette, where Bridgette Orcutt, the passive aggressive owner, treats her enabling mother like a maid and allows her spoiled daughter to get away with everything. Tabatha's biggest challenge will be to motivate Bridgette to change her negative ways so she can start motivating her team.

Stockbroker owner Brian Honn seems to have no idea why his salon suffered a massive walk-out and has no idea that he is about to suffer another one. Tabatha, answering the frustrated managers' plea for help, discovers unhappy stylists and an owner who claims he doesn't do anything wrong.

Eighty-four-year-old Flavio Bisignano was a legend when he opened his beauty school over 50 years ago, but now he's ready to hand over the reins to his daughter Tiana who is not a hairdresser. Tabatha is appalled to discover that the school is failing miserably because the teachers are not teaching and the students are uninspired and bored.

Domestic partners Tee Sorge and Tania Raskin tried to translate their passion for dogs into a doggie daycare and grooming business, but they quickly learned that it wasn't as easy as they thought. Now they are on the verge of losing everything as Tabatha quickly discovers that Tania is a management nightmare who is alienating the staff and Tee has no backbone. Their arguments about how to manage the business are spilling over onto the staff.

Chiropractor Tim Tschirhart has a vision for building more than a salon and spa. He wants to have a holistic wellness center that treats people inside and out. When Tabatha arrives she discovers a hippie owner who wants to treat his staff like a "community" and is at odds with his aggressive manager who is driving away his staff.

Absentee owner, Kim Krohn, has an "I don't care attitude" that has poisoned her staff and left her salon rudderless. Even though her house is in foreclosure, Kim barely spends time in her failing salon and her staff have checked out too. When Tabatha tries to show Kim that she needs to be present because actions speak louder than words, Kim is resistant to stepping up.

Despite Dianne Bennett's Hollywood pedigree, her Bed and Breakfast feels like grandma's house -- and to make matters worse, this B&B does not serve breakfast. Can Tabatha make Dianne realize that she needs to focus more on her guests' experience than her own Hollywood nightlife in time to save her livelihood?