Hardcore Pawn

- Season 5

(2011)

With Les' threat of opening another store looming in the air, Seth and Ashley must band together to convince him otherwise.

Les reveals to Seth and Ashley whether he'll buy the new pawn shop, but his decision has bigger consequences than anyone could have imagined.

After purchasing the new store, Les discovers a bag of jewels in an old employee's desk.

Seth gets schooled when a customer gives him a hard lesson in fine crystal jewelry.

Ashley's nemesis Tressa returns to sell the Rolex that got her fired.

Les sends a troop of employees to the new store.

Les discovers someone has broken into one of the backrooms and begins a full scale manhunt. Meanwhile, a customer tries to sell a guitar signed by Kid Rock and reveals a tightly guarded secret that has Rich seeing a pile of cash.

Les and Seth go ballistic when they discover loans are down for the first time in history.

Ashley comes out from behind the security glass to confront a menacing customer head-on. Then, rare Nirvana memorabilia has Seth and Rich seeing dollar signs, but will the nostalgia cause them to spend too much?

Seth sees stars when a former NHL MVP comes into the shop with a buddy.

A storm threatens to knock out the store's power. With piles of cash at risk, Seth scrambles to create a battle plan only to be shot down by his father's old-school philosophy that insists "everything will be ok."

Seth confronts Les about the blackout and opens the door to a screaming match over their conflicting business styles.

Les discovers Seth's plan to change the business structure and goes behind his back to confront the employees head-on.

Tensions are at an all time high following Seth's stand-off with Les.

Seth must prove his worth after Les hands him the keys to the kingdom.

Seth makes a major mistake that could lead the store to a financial disaster.

Les and Seth eye a $20,000 sale when a client requests a custom diamond ring be made in 24 hours.

The Golds face-off with the dirty South when an urban hillbilly tries to sell them unusual items to fund his farm.

Competitors are a fact of life in business, but when merchants start poaching customers on Les' property, he plans to catch them in the act.

Seth explodes when Ashley buys a worthless roulette table, but what starts out as a compulsive argument turns into the worst fight in the family's history.

Ashley returns to put Seth in his place. Meanwhile, a customer is robbed and fights to sell her last remaining possession. And later, Les sits his kids down for a royal reaming that may finally get them both on track.

A rash of break-ins has the Golds on high alert. As they prepare to catch a thief, a customer comes in claiming to be the Devil himself. Can they strike a deal or will they be forced to exorcise him from the premises? And later, security catches a burglar in the parking lot, but as they drag her inside, they're hit with a surprise no one saw coming.

Les takes a customer's word on an item's value and forks over massive cash. But later, Ashley makes a discovery that leaves Les looking like a fool. Can he turn around this catastrophe or will he be hung out to dry???

Seth schemes to get some fresh cash into his internet department, but when one of his guys makes a colossal mistake, Les demands blood. Unwilling to hand his father a severed head, Seth takes a stand and squares off against Les.

Les discovers broken merchandise and calls his staff to the carpet. The next person to step out of line is getting fired.

Tensions are at an all time high as Les aims to fire the next bumbling employee. But when Rich makes a fatal error it leads to an unforeseen ending that could change 25 years of history.