7.6/1062 votes#1 - Chinatown Garbage Collector
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2005
Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1073 votes
#2 - Sewer Inspector
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/2/2005
Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1064 votes
#3 - Pig Farmer
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/9/2005
Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1051 votes
#4 - Chick Sexer
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/16/2005
Baby chicken sexer, beer brewer, oyster harvester
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1049 votes
#5 - Vexcon
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/23/2005
Exterminator, crab fisherman, blacksmith/farrier
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1042 votes
#6 - Sludge Cleaner
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/30/2005
Mike Rowe gets dirty as he works with surfboard shaper Matt Barker. Mike masters the art of shaping a surfboard from Styrofoam. And Mike goes underground into a greasy pit of sludge as he joins an environmental company that recycles the gunky grime.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1044 votes
#7 - Hot Tar Roofer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/27/2005
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 Jersey and helps move a 60 ton, 225 year old house.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1053 votes
#8 - Ostrich Farmer
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/2005
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. Mike then goes to Sausalito, CA to be a marine mammal rescuer and help rehabilitate some injured seals.Finally, Mike learns about ostrich farming, from their daily upkeep to collecting their eggs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1040 votes
#9 - Cheese Maker
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/2005
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 then goes to Vermont to a haunted cheese making factory and learns not only how to make cheese, but the art of patience.Finally, Mike learns how to be a volcano ash mud bath mixer (spa technician) in Calistoga, CA and takes a mud bath after a very dirty day. That's not all - Mike also journeys to a live volcano in Hawaii and gets up close and personal with some very hot lava.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1039 votes
#10 - Shrimper
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/18/2005
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 open the shrimping season. Mike then goes to the swamps of Louisiana to catch some crawfish. Finally, Mike goes to Washington to clean up an illegal tire dump and recycle some tires.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1040 votes
#11 - Bio-Diesel Man
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/25/2005
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 California and works alongside Dave the bee man to get rid of some bee's infesting a church.Finally, Mike goes back to Washington and helps clean out the old oil from a deep fryer at a Mexican restaurant and then recycle the oil into fuel or bio-diesel.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1035 votes
#12 - Micro-Algae Man
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/1/2005
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 turn happy green algae into unhappy red algae to be used as antioxidant gelcaps for human consumption. Finally, Mike goes to Missouri to learn how to be a charcoal factory worker. Mike ends the day with a barbeque and introduces us to the crew that help make the show.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1042 votes
#13 - Chimney Sweeper
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/8/2005
Mike first goes to the Chimney Safety Institute of America in Plainfield, IN and learns how to be a certified chimney sweeper. Mike then goes to Ontario, Canada to salvage underwater logs, which are then used to make furniture. Finally, Mike visits a scrap metal recycler in St. Louis, MO and learns how to separate different metals and operate some big machines.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 1
Every episode of Dirty Jobs Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 1!
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Chinatown Garbage Collector" is the best rated episode of "Dirty Jobs" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/26/2005. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Sewer Inspector".