So despite the annoying fakery here, the show does have genuine interest. Also, we get to see what touches can make a bar successful, from menu design to interior decoration. Jon also has some tension with a cook over the cleanliness of. RG's Lounge is owned by identical twin brothers and 'lights, sirens, and handcuffs greet Jon before he even enters the bar.'. On tonight's episode of Bar Rescue, Jon Taffer and crew are in Independence, Missouri to try to rescue RG's Lounge. This may sound boring, but it's actually pretty interesting. Bar Rescue - BARcode (RG's Lounge) Update. For one thing, the show manages to show the many ways that a bar can fail, and why. For example, I may not be an expert on business, but I know you can't change the name of your business overnight! Also, there are some very nagging questions, like: Just who is paying for all these bar renovations, especially since the bar owners seem to be broke the majority of the time? Yet despite these and other manipulation touches, the show remains interesting. Time seems also to be compressed to a ridiculous point. 'Conversations' between people are edited from multiple camera angles, showing that these sequences were shot several times and edited together. It doesn't take long with watching an episode of 'Bar Rescue' that the events we are seeing are being highly manipulated - sometimes to the point of blatant fakery.
