Episode
Bar Rescue: Ground Control to Major Jon
Overview
Jon visits a Cape Canaveral area bar frequented by local NASA astronauts; Jon attempts to get the bar back off the ground before a mother-daughter feud causes a failure to launch.
Details
- Series
- Bar Rescue
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2018-04-01
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Ground Control to Major Jon is Episode 4 in Season 6 of Bar Rescue. It aired on 2018-04-01. The runtime is 43 min.
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