Dirty Jobs (2003)

1. S01E01Season's bestChinatown Garbage CollectorJuly 26, 2005 7.0Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling
2. S01E02Sewer InspectorAugust 2, 2005 7.0Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)
3. S01E03Pig FarmerAugust 9, 2005 7.0Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)
4. S01E04Chick SexerAugust 16, 2005 7.0Baby chicken sexer, beer brewer, oyster harvester
5. S01E05VexconAugust 23, 2005 7.0Exterminator, crab fisherman, blacksmith/farrier
6. S01E06Sludge CleanerAugust 30, 2005 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty as he works with surfboard shaper Matt Barker. Mike masters the art of shaping a surfboard from Styrofoam. And Mike goe
7. S01E07Hot Tar RooferSeptember 27, 2005—Mike first heads off to Pasadena, California and discovers the difficult step by step process in patching up a roof. Then Mike goes to New J
8. S01E08Ostrich FarmerOctober 4, 2005—Mike visits a coffee plantation in Hawaii and learns about the long process in how to make coffee, from picking the beans to roasting them.
9. S01E09Cheese MakerOctober 11, 2005—Mike visits the San Francisco Zoo and learns what it's like to be a zookeeper, essentially feeding the animals and collecting their poo.Mike
10. S01E10ShrimperOctober 18, 2005—Mike goes to South Carolina and learns about shrimping. He also helps study the shrimp population in order to find out when it's time to op
11. S01E11Bio-Diesel ManOctober 25, 2005—Mike goes to Washington and helps build a house out of cob, which is basically a combination of sand, clay, and straw.Mike then heads to Cal
12. S01E12Micro-Algae ManNovember 1, 2005—Mike begins by traveling to Palo Alto, CA to learn how to be a pet groomer, from cutting hair to giving baths. Mike then goes to Hawaii to
13. S01E13Chimney SweeperNovember 8, 2005—Mike first goes to the Chimney Safety Institute of America in Plainfield, IN and learns how to be a certified chimney sweeper. Mike then goe

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Season's bestAvian VomitologistJanuary 10, 2006 7.0Mike first travels to Colorado to help out at a marble quarry. He then goes to California to collect owl vomit which is sold to school child
2. S02E02Turkey FarmerJanuary 17, 2006 7.0Turkey farmer, potato farmer, waste water sewage plant
3. S02E03Alligator FarmerJanuary 24, 2006 7.0Sugarcane mill, firefighter (Fremont, CA), alligator farmer
4. S02E04Mushroom FarmerMarch 7, 2006 7.0Mushroom farmer, storm drain cleaner, drain cover foundry
5. S02E05PlumberMarch 14, 2006 7.0Plumber, drilling mud, Rough necker (oil drilling)
6. S02E06Termite ControllerMarch 21, 2006 7.0Concrete spreader, termite exterminator, concrete truck cleaner
7. S02E07Casino Food RecyclerJune 13, 2006 7.0It's a glitzy Las Vegas premiere as Mike visits the Lance Burton Theater to clean up the pens for Lance's show doves and geese. Mike then ge
8. S02E08Parade Float DismantlerJune 20, 2006 7.0Mike first goes to Pennsylvania at a coal processing plant and learns how to make coke, carbonized coal used to make iron which in turn is u
9. S02E09Garbage Pit TechnicianJune 27, 2006 7.0Mike first heads off to Las Vegas to work at an old fashioned printing press making lithographs of himself for the official Dirty Jobs poste
10. S02E10Skull CleanerJuly 11, 2006 7.0Mike first goes to Sacramento, CA to help repair railroad tracks. Mike then heads to Louisiana to learn how to make "boudin" (Cajun sausage)
11. S02E11Geoduck FarmerJuly 18, 2006 7.0Mike first heads off to California to help tear down a dam so trout on the endangered species list can spawn. Mike then goes to Pennsylvania
12. S02E12Fuel Tank CleanerJuly 24, 2006 7.0Mike heads to a good old fashioned steel town in Pennsylvania to work at a 75 year old candy store named Wertz Candies making all sorts of c
13. S02E13Coal MinerAugust 8, 2006 7.0Mike helps a family in New Jersey demolish and recycle parts from 100 year old buildings on an old college campus. Finally, Mike enters the
14. S02E14Hoof CleanerAugust 15, 2006 7.0Mike Rowe first joins a crew at a rock quarry in Washington and learns what it takes to make gravel from loading rocks to blowing up a side
15. S02E15Alpaca ShearerAugust 22, 2006 7.0Mike once again joins up with the guys of Taylor Shellfish Farms to help them harvest mussels. Next he goes to Hawaii to learn about harvest
16. S02E16Monkey CaretakerAugust 29, 2006 7.0Mike Rowe meets his match when he travels to South Africa to take care of monkeys that are being trained to go back into the wild
17. S02E17Snake ResearcherNovember 28, 2006 7.0Mike Rowe wrangles some water snakes, steps into the shoes of hard working bait and lobster fishermen in Maine, and opens the viewer mail ba
18. S02E18Penguin KeeperDecember 5, 2006 7.0Even though Mike has worked with concrete before in Dallas, he visits concrete workers in California today to learn the art of concrete stam
19. S02E19Bell MakerDecember 12, 2006 7.0Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeve and gets dirty making giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry. Mike also gets down and dirty with the US Army
20. S02E20Mosquito Control OfficerDecember 19, 2006 7.0Mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Season's bestBug BreederJanuary 9, 2007 7.0First Mike helps remove trees and tree stumps in California. Mike then gets himself dirty with some fainting goats in Tennessee. Then he v
2. S03E02Poo Pot MakerJanuary 16, 2007 7.0Mike first goes to northern California to count dead salmon. Mike opens up the mail bag and answers a viewer's question about the snake res
3. S03E03Mule LoggerJanuary 23, 2007 7.0Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Mike also teams up with some mule loggers.
4. S03E04Well DiggerJanuary 30, 2007 7.0Mike joins the Bowie BaySox team at Prince Georges Stadium in Maryland acting as a groundskeeper. Next he fixes boat moorings with a former
5. S03E05Cave DiggerFebruary 20, 2007 7.0Mike helps dig tunnels that are used as underground wine caverns. Later he works behind the scenes with Southwest Airlines as a baggage han
6. S03E06Salt MinerFebruary 27, 2007 7.0Mike goes underground in Hutchinson, Kansas to learn about mining rock salt. This episode also focuses on the behind the scenes action in f
7. S03E07Wine MakerMarch 6, 2007 7.0Mike first heads off to Napa Valley to learn how to make wine. Mike then gets dirty at a Kansas Cattle Ranch learning about the cattle busin
8. S03E08Steam Ship CleanerMarch 13, 2007 7.0Mike heads off to San Diego to learn the dirty job of hydroseeding. He then reads a viewer's letter and shows us never before seen footage f
9. S03E09Billboard InstallerJune 26, 2007 7.0Mike heads off to Texas to work with an outdoor advertising company.
10. S03E10Snake WranglerJuly 10, 2007 7.0Reptile handler
11. S03E11Leather TannerJuly 17, 2007 7.0Mike goes to Georgia to learn how to make artistic jugs. He then joins Richard Meyer and his sons in upstate New York to learn the ancient t
12. S03E12Bridge PainterAugust 7, 2007 7.0Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew travels to Michigan to work with the Mackinac Bridge Authority on one of the world's largest suspension br
13. S03E13Vomit Island WorkersAugust 14, 2007 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty as he braves the untamed world of Vomit Island, a place where few have ever been and even fewer would ever want to go.
14. S03E14Alligator Egg CollectorAugust 21, 2007 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty as he forages the swamps of Louisiana in search of alligator eggs 90,000 of them to be exact. It's a very dirty job tha
15. S03E15Special Effects ArtistOctober 30, 2007 7.0Mike exposes the fascinating secrets behind the dirty world of special effects. He explores this very strange world as he is transformed int
16. S03E16Reef Ball MakerNovember 6, 2007 7.0Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty in order to help create an artificial underwater reef. It's a dirty job that is helping to revitali
17. S03E17Exotic Animal KeeperNovember 13, 2007 7.0Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a recycling center in San Francisco that requires their dump truck drivers to clean out the
18. S03E18Spray Insulation TechnicianNovember 27, 2007 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty with a team of airport runway painters, examines dirty diapers for bad smells and then teams up with a group of spray i
19. S03E19Dirty InnovatorsDecember 4, 2007 7.0

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Season's bestBig Animal VetJanuary 8, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty at a famous barbeque joint, joins forces with a big animal veterinarian and finds himself deep in a New Jersey sludge.
2. S04E02Steel Mill WorkerJanuary 15, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty in St. Louis as he works with a river barge demolition team and then melts down the scrap steel into molten metal.
3. S04E03Cave BiologistJanuary 22, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.
4. S04E04Buoy CleanerJanuary 29, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty in Oregon making shingles and then jumps on a Coast Guard ship to clean dirty buoys.
5. S04E05Cranberry FarmerFebruary 5, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty making handmade bricks in South Carolina. He then masters the art of cranberry farming in Oregon.
6. S04E06Mud Mineral ExcavatorFebruary 12, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe gets dirty in Death Valley, CA preparing for a gem and mineral show. He then helps save injured birds from a nearby salt lake. Fin
7. S04E07Dirty Jobs of the Big AppleApril 14, 2008 7.0Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty with some of the dirtiest jobs in New York City. First Mike climbs to the top of a giant build
8. S04E08Floating Fish FactoryApril 21, 2008 7.0Mike travels to Alaska for an adventure aboard a fish processing ship.
9. S04E09Dairy Cow MidwifeApril 28, 2008 7.0Inside an Indiana dairy farm, Mike learns how to milk a cow and use a blow torch to clean her udders. Then, Mike gets the inside scoop on ho
10. S04E10Aerial Tram GreaserMay 5, 2008 7.0Mike heads to the site of a future California neighborhood where he learns that there's more to erosion control than one might think. Then M
11. S04E11Turkey InseminatorMay 12, 2008 7.0Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail, car crusher
12. S04E12Ice Salvage CrewMay 19, 2008 6.0Mike gets dirty in Alaska as he helps protect the environment by cleaning up an oil spill. He then travels to Minnesota where he works to pu
13. S04E13Wind Farm TechnicianJune 2, 2008 7.0Mike heads to an Oklahoma wind farm and learns that going green sometimes means you've got to get brown first. Then he heads to Kentucky to
14. S04E14Animal BarberJune 9, 2008 7.0Mike first visits Terressentials where natural organic hair care products are made out of mud. He then returns to Montana to do some more wo
15. S04E15Brown Before GreenJune 16, 2008 7.0Mike looks back on several of the Dirty Jobs that help to clean up the environment. From geothermal drilling, to wood and tire salvage, to b
16. S04E16Tar RiggerOctober 7, 2008 7.0Mike hooks up with the tar rigging crew on the oldest active merchant ship in the world, the Star of India in San Diego. Then, Mike looks ba
17. S04E17Dirty Chip MakerOctober 14, 2008 7.0Mike heads to the Dirty Potato Chips factory and learns how potato chips are made and what it takes to keep the machines used to make them c
18. S04E18Sheep CastratorOctober 21, 2008 7.0Mike helps saw down a giant concrete wall at an auto dealership in order to make way for a new wash bay. Then he heads to a sheep farm where
19. S04E19Leech TrapperOctober 28, 2008 7.0Mike teams up with the boys from Bartos Bait & Fish to catch leeches that will later be sold for fish bait. Then it's off to the Green Tripe
20. S04E20Dirty PresidentsNovember 4, 2008 7.0Mike takes a look at what dirty jobs past presidents once performed. This Dirty Jobs Extravaganza will leave us all looking at the country i
21. S04E21Mannequin FactoryNovember 11, 2008 7.0Mike helps break down some homes at the Windsorland Mobile Home Park to make room for a new shopping center. Next, he heads to Patina-V wher
22. S04E22Egg FarmNovember 18, 2008—Mike visits a Chicken Farm to see how eggs make it to the store. There, he finds out that 1.4 million chickens equal a lot of poo, which he
23. S04E23Vellum MakerNovember 25, 2008—Mike travels to Yakama, Washington to harvest hops, the main ingredient in beer. From there Mike goes to the Hudson Valley where he turns an
24. S04E24Maggot FarmerDecember 2, 2008—Mike moves a giant cactus in Arizona and then helps raise maggots on a farm in Idaho.
25. S04E25Gourd MakerDecember 9, 2008—Mike Rowe cleans out a Connecticut lake and then turns gourds into artwork in Pennsylvania.
26. S04E26Brown Before Green 2December 16, 2008—Mike takes a look back at some of his former coworkers who should be role models for the green movement.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Season's bestBologna MakerJanuary 6, 2009 7.0Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.
2. S05E02Abandoned Mine PluggerJanuary 13, 2009 7.0Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft
3. S05E03Animal RenderingJanuary 20, 2009 7.0Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north
4. S05E04Goose Down PluckerJanuary 27, 2009 7.0Mike heads to Meridian, California to find out what it takes to harvest walnuts. Then he spends some time in Tulelake where he learns how to
5. S05E05Diaper CleanerFebruary 3, 2009 7.0Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.
6. S05E06Spider PharmFebruary 10, 2009 7.0Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the d
7. S05E07Locomotive BuilderFebruary 17, 2009 7.0Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.
8. S05E08200 Jobs Look-BackFebruary 24, 2009 7.0Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from
9. S05E09Mike's Day OffMarch 3, 2009 7.0Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servici
10. S05E10Sled Dog BreederApril 12, 2009 7.0Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadia
11. S05E11Mattress RecyclerOctober 6, 2009 7.0Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.
12. S05E12High-Rise Window WasherOctober 13, 2009 7.0High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)
13. S05E13Toilet CrusherOctober 20, 2009 7.0Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher
14. S05E14Camel RancherOctober 27, 2009 7.0Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.
15. S05E15Tofu MakerNovember 3, 2009 7.0Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
16. S05E16Glass MakerNovember 10, 2009 7.0Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making gla
17. S05E17Rocky Reach DamNovember 17, 2009 7.0Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags
18. S05E18Safety ThirdNovember 24, 2009 7.0Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.
19. S05E19Reindeer FarmDecember 1, 2009 7.0Mike goes to Kentucky to try his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat. Then he heads off to Palmer, Alaska to spend a day working at a reinde
20. S05E20Marble MakerDecember 8, 2009 7.0Mike goes to Hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at The Original Dirt Shirt Company. Then he heads off to Reno, Ohio to learn how to mak
21. S05E21Fireworks TechnicianDecember 15, 2009 7.0Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State Univ
22. S05E22Worm GrunterDecember 22, 2009 7.0Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National
23. S05E23Maple Syrup MakerDecember 29, 2009—Mike travels to San Francisco to participate in the messy process of paint bulking. Then he heads to Wagner's Sugar Camp in Pennsylvania to

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Season's bestAnimal Control SpecialistJanuary 5, 2010 7.0Mike goes to Southern California to handle skunks and other pests as an animal control specialist.
2. S06E02Cricket FarmerJanuary 12, 2010 7.0Mike goes to work at a cricket farm in Augusta, Georgia and later becomes a camel rancher at the Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona, California.
3. S06E03Chicken BustersJanuary 19, 2010 7.0Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.
4. S06E04Soo Locks TechnicianJanuary 26, 2010 7.0Mike goes to Michigan to join up with the 12 maintenance crew.
5. S06E05Concrete FinisherFebruary 2, 2010 7.0Mike creates some concrete counter-tops and fire pits in Moss Landing, California and then reminisces about the scariest job he's ever done.
6. S06E06Bone BlackFebruary 9, 2010 7.0Mike visits a bone black plant in Michigan and then talks about his five dirtiest jobs.
7. S06E07Tight Spaces 2February 16, 2010 7.0Mike reminisces about jobs where he had to work in tight spaces, including the time he cleaned the inside of a buoy, his adventure in an aba
8. S06E08Crew UnemploymentFebruary 23, 2010 7.0With a hiatus looming, Mike tries to secure employment for the "Dirty Jobs" crew and reflects on their contributions.
9. S06E09The Dirty TruthJune 14, 2010 7.0A special episode which looks back at previous episodes as Mike offers employment tips he’s learned over the years.
10. S06E10Exotic NannyOctober 19, 2010 7.0Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.
11. S06E11Wetland WarriorOctober 26, 2010 7.0Mike tries to evade and outsmart a team of bloodhounds while posing as a stand-in fugitive in Texas. Also, Mike takes on non-native, invasiv
12. S06E12Sea Lamprey ExterminatorNovember 2, 2010 7.0Mike helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in battling the sea lamprey population that threatens the fishing industry of the Great Lakes.
13. S06E13Animal RelocatorNovember 9, 2010 7.0Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.
14. S06E14Lightning Rod InstallerJanuary 4, 2011 7.0Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.
15. S06E15Woolen Mill OperatorNovember 21, 2010 7.0Mikes learns how to make yarn from fleece and waxes hair off of his friend at a day spa.
16. S06E16Pinsetter MechanicNovember 23, 2010 7.0Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.
17. S06E17Bug DetectiveNovember 28, 2010 7.0Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.
18. S06E18Horse TesterNovember 30, 2010 7.0Mike goes to Ketucky to learn about race horse nutrition. That involves collecting the horse's vital statistic from it's blood, poop and pee
19. S06E19Custom Meat ProcessorDecember 7, 2010 7.0Mike works with a falconer to chase birds away. Then Mike butchers a cow from the hoof clear through to steaks.
20. S06E20Dirty HolidaysDecember 14, 2010 7.0
21. S06E21Dirty ConversationDecember 21, 2010 7.0Mike Rowe takes a look at never-before-seen footage featuring unusual, skewed and quirky conversations Mike has had with a colorful array of
22. S06E22Date Palm PollinatorDecember 28, 2010 7.0Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Season's bestAsphalt PaverJanuary 4, 2011 7.0In Nebraska, Mike Rowe takes a shot at paving roads. Then, in reply to a mailbag question about his favorite animal, he recalls the time he
2. S07E02Rum DistillerJanuary 11, 2011 7.0Mike visits a distillery, where he turns molasses into rum, hauls hoses, scours copper and works with scalding liquid.
3. S07E03Hair FairyJanuary 18, 2011 7.0Mike installs a metal power pole in Wyoming and later learns about how to remove lice from hair in San Francisco.
4. S07E04Dirty InfrastructureJanuary 25, 2011 7.0Mike takes a look at America's report card on its infrastructure and also salutes the workers who help preserve it.
5. S07E05Scrapple MakerFebruary 1, 2011 7.0Mike learns how to make a pig delicacy known as scrapple and later becomes a shoe doctor's assistant.
6. S07E06Blueberry ConnoisseurFebruary 8, 2011 7.0Mike visits the Jelly Belly Candy Company to concoct a dirty boot flavored jelly bean based on his own sweaty, grimy, filthy pair of work bo
7. S07E07Sponge DiverFebruary 15, 2011 7.0Mike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with
8. S07E08Cedar Log PeelerFebruary 22, 2011 7.0Mike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend
9. S07E09Termite ResearcherMarch 1, 2011 7.0Mike visits with long-time fans Marilyn and Carolyn Maedel to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he
10. S07E10Dirty DNAMarch 8, 2011 7.0Revisit of jobs related to family with Mike visiting his parents: crab fisherman ("Vexcon"), maggot farmer ("Maggot Farmer"), leech trapping

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01Season's bestFish SqueezerDecember 13, 2011 7.0Mike travels to New Mexico to work as a Fish Squeezer with the Department of Game and Fish. Then he heads to Virginia to practice the ancien
2. S08E02Fossil HunterDecember 20, 2011 7.0Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.
3. S08E03Doomsday Seed BankerDecember 27, 2011 7.0Mike assists the Millennium Seed Bank Project, which preserves seeds that could be replanted following a catastrophic event, at the Chicago
4. S08E04Water Softener TechnicianJanuary 3, 2012 7.0Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.
5. S08E05Barber's AssistantJanuary 10, 2012—Mike works at a barber shop in Mobile, Ala., and visits California to work as a landfill operator.
6. S08E06Mardi Gras Bladder BangerJanuary 17, 2012—Working with the Knights of Revelry, a 137-year-old secret society, Mike Rowe assembles evil-spirit-warding cow bladders for the Knights Mar
7. S08E07Medical Waste Disposal ExpertJanuary 24, 2012—Mike Rowe passes a surprisingly tranquil -- and highly entertaining -- day at Medical Waste Transport, Inc. in Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. S08E08Dirty Little BitsJanuary 31, 2012—Mike takes another look back at some of the unusual and quirky conversations he's had with his dirty co-workers. Using 99.9% never-before-se
9. S08E09Tower Top HandFebruary 7, 2012—A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.
10. S08E10Onion ProcessorFebruary 14, 2012—At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, its off t
11. S08E11Dirty Conversations 2February 21, 2012—There are no second takes on Dirty Jobs, and this special shows you just what happens when you point real cameras at real people and let the

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01Season's bestLost in Aboriginal LandAugust 22, 2012 7.0Mike Rowe works with Australia's northern coast Aboriginals, who have lived off the land for more than 40,000 years. It's a dirty adventure
2. S09E02Deadly Snake WranglerAugust 29, 2012 7.0In Australia, Mike Rowe teams up with local business "Snakes Away" to capture a poisonous Eastern brown snake without getting bitten, then j
3. S09E03Journey to Croc CountrySeptember 5, 2012 7.0Mike journeys down the Adelaide River to capture one of Australia's most deadly creatures: the crocodile. Then, after wrestling the wild cro
4. S09E04Outback Treasure HunterSeptember 12, 2012 7.0Mike and his crew travel deep into the Australian Outback to strike it rich with a group of opal miners. And then, with this already a dirty

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01Season's bestRodbuster / GalvanizerJanuary 2, 2022 7.0Mike installs rebar with a team of rodbusters, then he galvanizes steel.
2. S10E02Jellyballer / Epoxy InstallerJanuary 9, 2022 7.0Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as they harvest cannonball Jellyfish for food, a trade known as Jellyballing
3. S10E03Tugboat Fitter / Water TowerJanuary 16, 2022 7.0Mike visits a ship-building community in Coden, Ala., to learn the ins-and-outs of building a tugboat; he makes a long climb to the top of a
4. S10E04Rock Sucker / Mountain CarverJanuary 23, 2022 7.0Mike sucks rocks off an industrial roof with a massive vacuum. He then travels to the Black Hills to carve the largest monument in the world
5. S10E05Escalator Maintainer / Scorpion SweeperJanuary 30, 2022 7.0Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom. Then, he and a zoo kee
6. S10E06Combat Surgeon / Iguana HunterFebruary 6, 2022 7.0Mike Rowe trains as a trauma surgeon using hyper-realistic scenarios and specialized equipment to learn under simulated battlefield conditio

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

1. S11E01Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap RecyclerDecember 11, 2022—Mike gets to clean the dirtiest pool in America as well as learning how to recycle dirty hotel soap.
2. S11E02Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper KeeperDecember 18, 2022—Mike Rowe helps the cat ladies of northern Texas and learns to processes peppers.
3. S11E03Pile Jacketer / Concrete CleanerJanuary 1, 2023—Mike Rowe submerges in a murky Florida river to pour concrete jackets around crumbling bridge pilings. While in North Carolina, Mike sucks o
4. S11E04Caviar Harvester / Spice MakerJanuary 8, 2023—Mike returns to his hometown Baltimore to rectify an OLD mistake and learns the recipe for Maryland's most popular crab seasoning.
5. S11E05Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar MakerJanuary 15, 2023—Mike Rowe attends a dusty baghouse party to clean the filtration system at a North Carolina asphalt plant; in Colorado, Mike gets his dirtie
6. S11E06Deer Urine Farmer / NecropsyJanuary 22, 2023—Mike Rowe travels to Anna, Ill., and wades knee-deep in diarrhea to collect deer urine for America's buck-hunters; Mike strands Maryland's s
7. S11E07Manhole Rehab / Clock CaretakerJanuary 29, 2023—Mike Rowe descends into the depths of an aging manhole, coating it with a polyurea liner to extend its warranty in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Mike
8. S11E08Beaver Relocator / Slime MasterFebruary 5, 2023—Mike Rowe goes to the mountains in Utah and gives a dam to a couple nuisance beavers causing havoc for municipalities; Mike gets a little st

Season 11 ranked & reviewed