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Episode One: High Noon in the High Desert

The world learned about self storage auctions during this first Storage Wars episode! And the storage unit fever began! Barry Weiss scored on some possessions owned by rapper Suge Knight while Jarrod Schulz and Dave Hester battled it out for a storage unit with a classic organ that could be worth up to $7,000 if authentic. Hester was after the organ while Schulz was after whatever Hester wanted. The next unit revealed Atomic Age furniture that had everyone whispering...except Schulz who confessed he knew nothing about this mid-century furniture. Darrell Sheets shared a $150,000 storage locker find with the world. Storage Wars is here to stay! We'll never look at a self storage auction the same again.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $800 and made a net profit of $1,987

Jarrod & Brandi spent $700 and made a net profit of $2,400

Darrell Sheets spent $450 and made a net profit of $650

Barry Weiss spent $340 and made a net profit of $9,000

The big winner for this storage auction was Barry!

Episode Two: Railroad Roulette

There will be dozens of storage auctions in Storage Wars Season One, but in this episode Storage Wars takes us to Westminster, California. Dave Hester, the Mogul, and Darrell Sheets, the Gambler, begin a bitter rivalry that will last all Season. Brandi accompanies Jarrod to "monitor" how much he spends on storage lockers. Barry is also accompanied, but by a widget he equips with stilts and night vision goggles in order to get a "leg up" on the competition when previewing the self storage units. This storage auction brings a big payout to the winning bidder. Hester buys a restaurant storage locker with profitable commercial kitchen equipment. But Hester and Sheets aren't the only ones battling it out - Brandi and Jarrod go at it over what storage units to bid on and how much to pay for a storage unit. At the end of the day Brandi Passante sees the light and Jarrod Schulz might not be in the dog house (not tonight at least).

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $2,600 and made a net profit of $19,000

Jarrod & Brandi spent $350 and made a net profit of $50

Barry Weiss spent $850 and made a net profit of $3,100

The big winner for this storage auction was Barry!

Episode Three: Melee in the Maze

Episode Three of Storage Wars is in Cerritos, California. Dan Dotson informs us that storage units usually go for $100 - $1,000 at these public storage auctions. Brandi joins Jarrod again to be a second set of eyes on the storage lockers. Darrell complains about the fact that its all interior storage units at this facility. Bamboo fishing rods catch the eye of Dave Hester and Jarrod Schulz, but Jarrod and Brandi are still being hazed by the storage auctions veterans. To combat this, Brandi Passante uses her female charm to get an advantage for storage unit bidding. Darrell Sheets stresses about making money while Barry Weiss plays it cool. And everyone "Pays the Lady" - Laura Dotson!

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,800 and made a net profit of $9,203

Jarrod & Brandi spent $800 and made a net profit of $2,300

Darrell Sheets spent $400 and made a net profit of $5,832

The big winner for this storage auction was Dave!

Episode Four: War on the Shore

Storage Outlet in Huntington Beach, California brings us the next self storage auction. Dave Hester sticks a storage unit to Darrell Sheets but the Gambler makes the Mogul pay for it in the end. Hester buys a storage unit with a detailing trailer we'll make money on. At the end of the day Sheets is happy with the storage unit Hester stuck him with because the storage locker has boxes full of sports memorabilia. Barry Weiss collects a profitable miniature piano.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $3,900 and made a net profit of $1,992

Darrell Sheets spent $850 and made a net profit of $2,650

Barry Weiss spent $275 and made a net profit of $11,625

The big winner for this storage auction was Barry!

Episode Five: All Guns to Port

A storage facility in Long Beach, California yields flare guns and a lot of entertainment for us junkies of self storage auctions in episode five of Storage Wars. Barry Weiss keeps us laughing while Hester, Sheets, Schulz and Passante fight bidding wars over the best storage units. Jarrod and Brandi are anxious to fill the shelves in their thrift shop with contents from storage lockers and Dave Hester gets on their nerves with his constant Yuuups. But Hester knows just how to bid on self storage units to drive up the price on his competitions so they don't have any money to buy the storage units he really wants.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,600 and made a net profit of $4,850

Jarrod & Brandi spent $300 and made a net profit of $0

Barry Weiss spent $250 and made a net profit of $2,250

The big winner for this storage auction was Dave!

Episode Six: The Old Spanish Standoff

Competitions begin to heat up in this episode of A&E's Storage Wars. Darrell boasts that he spends $10,000 on storage lockers a week but Dave is quick to retort that he's only be spending that much since he's had Dave at the storage auctions with him. Darrell Sheets does land an unusual mannequin phone he had his eye on in a nearly empty storage unit. And what would an episode of Storage Wars be without a little moonshine in a storage locker?

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,950 and suffered a net loss of $400

Darrell Sheets spent $250 and made a net profit of $1,750

Barry Weiss spent $600 and made a net profit of $400

The big winner for this storage auction was Darrell!

Episode Seven: Senior Center Showdown

At a storage auction in Homeland, California, the bidders hope to strike it rich because the facility is in an upscale retirement community. Darrell Sheets buys a storage locker with loads of furniture while Jarrod and Brandi buy a storage unit with a safe.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $750 and made a net profit of $89,250 on the Elvis paper storage unit

Jarrod & Brandi spent $875 and made a net profit of $2,100

Darrell Sheets spent $1,450 and made a net profit of $2,000

The big winner for this storage auction was clearly Dave!

Episode Eight: Midnight in the Gardena Good and Evil

Episode Eight of Storage Wars takes us to Storage Outlet Gardena, in Southern California. Barry Weiss is accompanied by two psychics that will help him predict the storage unit contents. This has Dan and Laura Dotson laughing but the psychics have a "dark" impression of this storage auction and the storage units. Jarrod and Brandi decide to buy a storage unit anyway, to find some great storage auction treasures to fill up their thrift store with. Dave Hester calls the psychics psychos and decides that whoever buys the storage locker is going to have to pay for it - no one pokes fun at Hester's storage auction business - at least not without paying for it. Jarrod ends up paying $1,700 on the storage unit, just to show Dave he can. But Jarrod's plan wasn't to spend the days budget on one storage locker.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Jarrod & Brandi spent $1,700 and made a net profit of $12,800

Darrell Sheets spent $3 and made a net profit of $27

Barry Weiss spent $550 and suffered a net loss of $450

The big winners for this storage auction were Jarrod & Brandi!

Episode Nine: Collector's Last Stand

Tonight's storage auction is in Norwalk, California. Dan Dotson says it still has that small town charm but Jarrod just seems to think its an old town. Darrell Sheets buys a storage locker that could turn a profit while Barry Weiss, who has discovered the auction business is a lot of work, looks for a rare item to add to his collection. Brandi and Jarrod are all business and get into a bidding war with Dave Hester...they aren't backing down, they need good units for Now and Then thrift store.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,450 and made a net profit of $3,500

Darrell Sheets spent $450 and made a net profit of $1,300

Barry Weiss spent $375 and suffered a net loss of $375

The big winner for this storage auction was Dave!

Episode Ten: School House Lock

This episode of Storage Wars first brings us to a Storage Outlet in Fullerton, California, where these bidders test their luck at another public storage auction. When the first lock is cut a storage unit with contractor's tools is unveiled. Brandi wins the storage unit for $650 while Darrell and Dave face off. On the next storage locker Darrell lets his son bid for him to keep the Hester competition to a minimum. Barry Weiss goes for a unit with a monkey bowl and avoids the dorm room units. Then at the episode's second storage auction in Long Beach, Jarrod and Brandi continue to duke it out with the veterans of these storage auctions and Brandi tries to keep her man in line.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,000 and made a net profit of $967

Jarrod & Brandi spent $650 and made a net profit of $3,239

Darrell Sheets spent $400 and suffers a net loss of $400

Barry Weiss spent $500 and suffered a net loss of $175

The big winners for this storage auction were Jarrod & Brandi!

Episode Eleven: Gambler's Last Resort

The buyers will be at several storage auctions during episode eleven of Storage Wars. Jarrod stands up to these storage auction vets and spots a bag of Levis in a storage unit. Dan Dotson sold him the unit for $175 and it ended up being a good buy. Turns out the Young Gun knows more about fashion. Dave Hester continues to do his thing and work hard but now it's Jarrod that's driving up the bids on Dave. The storage unit ended up having a rock collection in it - apparently we've found something The Mogul doesn't know about. Darrell Sheets finds another profitable storage unit with jewelry in it - and he thinks it's the real stuff.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $275 and made a net profit of $4,725

Jarrod & Brandi spent $175 and made a net profit of $1,025

Darrell Sheets spent $1,100 and made a net profit of $16,675

The big winner for this storage auction was Darrell

Episode Twelve: Auction Royale

Storage Wars attends several self storage auctions in Las Vegas, Nevada. Appropriately, the Gambler Darrell Sheets buys a storage locker covered with blankets without knowing the contents of the locker, causing Darrell's son Brandon Sheets to question his dad. Laura Dotson says that's what storage auctions are all about - buying storage lockers without knowing all the contents inside. Dave The Mogul passes on a storage unit because it's not clean enough for him but The Gambler is wiling to take a chance on it. Brandi Passante bids on a unit based on a good feeling, despite protests from Jarrod Schulz. Barry Weiss gets a 40's sign appraised and Dave Hester tries to stea the job of Laura Dotson. Pay the lady won't let that happen!

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,650 and made a net profit of $1,850

Jarrod & Brandi spent $200 and made a net profit of $512

Darrell Sheets spent $175 and made a net profit of $3,025

Barry Weiss spent $540 and suffered a net loss of $350

The big winner for this storage auction was Darrell!

Episode Thirteen: Makings of a Mogul

Our favorite reality stars go to many storage auctions but in this episode they are at a public storage auction in Perris, California. Without time for skydiving, they battle it out for storage units. Darrell Sheets flexs his muscle when he arrives with an army of trucks and buys multiple storage unit. Dave Hester shares the Mogul's trade secrets to the storage auction business, and shows us that its not always what you see in the storage locker but what you don't see. According to the Mogul you've got to be willing to take inexpensive gambles at storage auctions. Meanwhile Jarrod Schulz and Barry Weiss both have their eye on a storage unit with power tools. Barry Weiss bids on a packed unit just to find a single item he could add to his collection but instead Darrell takes home the locker for $1,200.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $60 and suffered a net loss of $60

Darrell Sheets spent $4,275 and made a net profit of $3,275

Barry Weiss spent $800 and suffered a net loss of $796

The big winner for this storage auction was Darrell!

Episode Fourteen: Trouble the Oil

Tonight Storage Wars airs a storage auction from Long Beach, California where Dan Dotson says there can be interesting finds because the major industries here are the port and oil. Dave Hester and Barry Weiss duke it out to see who has the best knowledge about bizarre storage locker finds. Jarrod and Brandi buy a storage unit with an antique wine rack but Darrell Sheets takes a back seat at this storage auction, not happy he drove from San Diego for these storage units. Barry however finds a unit everyone else passed up that he thinks is worth bidding on. Dave bids him up just because he can but Barry doesn't let Dave steal the unit from him and reprimands Dave about professional behavior at storage auctions.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $375 and suffered a net loss of $125

Jarrod & Brandi spent $300 and made a net profit of $300

Barry Weiss spent $650 and made a net profit of $350

The big winner for this storage auction was Barry!

Episode Fifteen: Chairman of the Hoard

This episode takes us to a self storage auction in Orange, California. This storage facility has seven storage units up for auction, with six of the units rented by one tenant, so the competition is stiff. Dave Hester identifies the storage unit that he claims is the best locker of the day, and claims that he could make the best profit off of it. Barry Weiss, the Collector, lands a vintage magazine while Dave the Mogul and Darrell the Gambler bid it out for a profitable unit. Jarrod Schulz has to swallow his pride and ask Dave Hester for help with an appraisal on an antique hutch. Jarrod also wonders if his storage unit has a Piccaso in it. Dave admits the hutch made the locker a good buy.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $300 and made a net profit of $12,100

Jarrod & Brandi spent $1,050 and made a net profit of $2,087

Barry Weiss spent $850 and suffered a net loss of $840

The big winner for this storage auction was Dave!

Episode Sixteen: High End Heist

At a public storage auction in Torrance, California, luxury items are found in these storage units located near an upscale neighborhood. Brandi Passante is hoping that she'll discover a storage shed with antiques in it, since she knows Torrance has monthly anique festivals. The Mogul is ready to "TCB" aka take care of business at this storage auction. Barry Weiss is bored, but buys a storage unit while Dave Hester and Jarrod Schulz bid against each other on a unit with a vintage Jaguar. But Brandi Passante puts her boyfriend and business partner Jarrod Schulz in his place - turns out Brandi knows how to buy a storage unit all on her own.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $500 and made a net profit of $1,975

Jarrod & Brandi spent $650 and made a net profit of $1,195

Barry Weiss spent $825 and suffered a net loss of $650

The big winner for this storage auction was Dave!

Episode Seventeen: Young with the Gun

As we near the end of the season, we join Storage Wars at a self storage auction in Riverside, California. Dan Dotson sells a storage unit with vintage books to Darrell Sheets while Barry Weiss buys a storage locker with a trunk in it. Darrell knows how to buy a storage unit, but what is Barry after - should he really be in the storage auction business? Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante bid on a storage unit with household items to sell in their thrift store. And as we all watch, we get tips for storage auction pros.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $ and made a net profit of $648

Darrell Sheets spent $1,000 and suffered a net loss of $788

Barry Weiss spent $575 and suffered a net loss of $475

The big winner for this storage auction was Dave - by default!

Episode Eightteen: Skullduggery

Now at a storage auction in Yucaipa, California, the personality wars continue and Darrell Sheets takes a low blow at Dave Hester by bagging on Hester's Newport Consignment Store in Costa Mesa, California. But the tension doesn't stop there....Brandi and Jarrod continue their lover's quarrel over how much to spend on a storage unit. Barry Weiss makes a bid on a storage locker and surprise, surprise, Dave Hester makes the highest bid on a storage unit. Dan and Laura Dotson make sure everyone plays by the rules though, because the storage auction business is a professional gig!

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $1,350 and made a net profit of $525

Jarrod & Brandi spent $475 and made a net profit of $1,860

Darrell Sheets spent $850 and made a net profit of $300

The big winners for this storage auction were Jarrod & Brandi!

Episode Nineteen: Live and Let Bid

It's a sad sad day as Storage Wars Season One comes to a close at this public storage auction with auctioneer Dan Dotson. After a whole season of storage auctions, the buyers are in Encinitas, California. Since Darrell Sheets is from San Diego the other bidders are forced to pay premiums for their storage units. Barry Weiss finds something for his collection and outbids an aggressive storage unit buyer. Meanwhile Darrell Sheets buys a storage locker with a medical device he can resell for a pretty penny. Dave Hester continues to involve Dave Hester Jr. in the family business. Dave Hester Jr. bids his life savings on a storage shed. Junior has been raised in this business though and he has more storage auction tips that the typical storage auction pro. We'll have to wait for Storage Wars Season Two to see the Gambler battle the Mogul and find out whether Brandi Passante or Jarrod Schulz is in charge of the family purse strings.

Here's the tally for this episode of Storage Wars:

Dave Hester spent $5,500 and made a net profit of $1,889

Jarrod & Brandi spent $475 and made a net profit of $1,860

Barry Weiss spent $375 and suffered a net loss of $275

The big winner for this storage auction was Barry!

The Storage Wars Season One Totals are:

Dave Hester proved he is The Mogul - Dave spent $25,910 and made a net profit of $153,876

Jarrod & Brandi more than tripled their money - they spent $8,225 and made a net profit of $29,868

Darrell Sheets tripled his money - Darrell spent $11,903 and made a net profit of $36,843

Barry Weiss did well for a collector - Barry spent $8,165 and made a net profit of $23,269