8.9/1048 votesLoading...#1 - Lost in Aboriginal Land
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 8/22/2012
Mike 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 that leaves Mike speechless as he works and hunts (yes, hunts) with tribal leaders.
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- 8.4/1029 votesLoading...
#2 - Journey to Croc Country
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/2012
Mike journeys down the Adelaide River to capture one of Australia's most deadly creatures: the crocodile. Then, after wrestling the wild crocs into the boat, he helps a scientist pump their stomachs and study their vomit.
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8.1/1019 votesLoading...#3 - Jellyballer / Epoxy Installer
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2022
Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as they harvest cannonball Jellyfish for food, a trade known as Jellyballing. Then Mike helps a father-son team install epoxy flooring at a restaurant in time for the dinner rush.
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- 8.0/1031 votesLoading...
#4 - Deadly Snake Wrangler
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 8/29/2012
In Australia, Mike Rowe teams up with local business "Snakes Away" to capture a poisonous Eastern brown snake without getting bitten, then joins a posse of local "toadbusters" in their war against the cane toad, a non-indigenous species destroying the local ecosystem.
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- 7.9/1043 votesLoading...
#5 - Leather Tanner
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/2007
Mike 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 trade of tanning leather.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1034 votesLoading...
#6 - Goose Down Plucker
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2009
Mike 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 make goose down pillows and comforters.
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- 7.9/1011 votesLoading...
#7 - The Dirty Truth
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 6/14/2010
A special episode which looks back at previous episodes as Mike offers employment tips he’s learned over the years.
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7.9/1024 votesLoading...#8 - Rodbuster / Galvanizer
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2022
Mike installs rebar with a team of rodbusters, then he galvanizes steel.
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- 7.8/1044 votesLoading...
#9 - Alligator Egg Collector
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 8/21/2007
Mike 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 that's helping to preserve the population of the American alligator.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1029 votesLoading...
#10 - Cedar Log Peeler
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2011
Mike 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 a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.
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- 7.8/1029 votesLoading...
#11 - Outback Treasure Hunter
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/2012
Mike 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 adventure with dangerous work and extreme temperatures, production is almost brought to a halt by a fly infestation.
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7.8/1015 votesLoading...#12 - Combat Surgeon / Iguana Hunter
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2022
Mike Rowe trains as a trauma surgeon using hyper-realistic scenarios and specialized equipment to learn under simulated battlefield conditions. He then controls an invasive mess of iguanas which are posing health risks to humans on the Florida coast.
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- 7.7/1041 votesLoading...
#13 - High-Rise Window Washer
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 10/13/2009
High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)
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7.7/1015 votesLoading...#14 - Tugboat Fitter / Water Tower
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2022
Mike 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 dirty water tower in Magee, Miss., to clean inside the tank.
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- 7.6/1045 votesLoading...
#15 - Special Effects Artist
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 10/30/2007
Mike exposes the fascinating secrets behind the dirty world of special effects. He explores this very strange world as he is transformed into a real life zombie by special effects artist, Toby Sells. Also, Mike gets dirty harvesting kelp.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1029 votesLoading...
#16 - Chicken Busters
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2010
Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.
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- 7.6/1029 votesLoading...
#17 - Asphalt Paver
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2011
In 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 crossed paths with a tiger crossbreed in Texas.
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- 7.6/1026 votesLoading...
#18 - Fossil Hunter
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 12/20/2011
Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.
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- 7.5/1061 votesLoading...
#19 - Chinatown Garbage Collector
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2005
Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling
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- 7.5/1072 votesLoading...
#20 - Sewer Inspector
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/2/2005
Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)
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- 7.5/1045 votesLoading...
#21 - Skull Cleaner
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 7/11/2006
Mike first goes to Sacramento, CA to help repair railroad tracks. Mike then heads to Louisiana to learn how to make "boudin" (Cajun sausage). Mike then cuts and fry's pig skins to make "cracklin" (pork rinds). Finally, Mike goes to Oklahoma and joins a skull cleaning business to learn how to clean skulls and bones using beetles and maggots, including a whale carcass.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1036 votesLoading...
#22 - Well Digger
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2007
Mike joins the Bowie BaySox team at Prince Georges Stadium in Maryland acting as a groundskeeper. Next he fixes boat moorings with a former Navy SEAL. He then joins Watson Water company dig deep through mud, rock, gravel, sand and water as they drill for heating and water in Tennessee. Also, Mike takes a dive into the mail bag.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1018 votesLoading...
#23 - Tower Top Hand
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 2/7/2012
A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.
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- 7.5/1015 votesLoading...
#24 - Dirty Conversations 2
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 2/21/2012
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 them talk ... while in Mike Rowes presence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1019 votesLoading...#25 - Rock Sucker / Mountain Carver
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2022
Mike 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: Crazy Horse. Both stories involve several generations working together to pass on their life's ambitions.
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The Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs
Every episode of Dirty Jobs ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs!
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
Genres:RealityComedy
Network:Discovery
Best Episodes Summary
"Lost in Aboriginal Land" is the best rated episode of "Dirty Jobs". It scored 8.9/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/22/2012. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Journey to Croc Country".