7.1/1034 votes#1 - Bug Breeder
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2007
First Mike helps remove trees and tree stumps in California. Mike then gets himself dirty with some fainting goats in Tennessee. Then he vists a place that breeds exotic insects in New Orleans.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1040 votes
#2 - Poo Pot Maker
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2007
Mike first goes to northern California to count dead salmon. Mike opens up the mail bag and answers a viewer's question about the snake researcher segment. Just when Mike thought he had seen it all, he visits a cow farm in Connecticut that specializes in making gardening pots out of cow manure.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1043 votes
#3 - Mule Logger
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2007
Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Mike also teams up with some mule loggers.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1036 votes
#4 - 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
- 6.9/1035 votes
#5 - Cave Digger
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2007
Mike helps dig tunnels that are used as underground wine caverns. Later he works behind the scenes with Southwest Airlines as a baggage handler. He also gets to work with the airport incinerator.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1036 votes
#6 - Salt Miner
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2007
Mike goes underground in Hutchinson, Kansas to learn about mining rock salt. This episode also focuses on the behind the scenes action in filming the show.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1043 votes
#7 - Wine Maker
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/6/2007
Mike 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 business.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1033 votes
#8 - Steam Ship Cleaner
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/2007
Mike 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 from a previous episode. Finally Mike gets dirty cleaning up a 100 year old steam yacht.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1032 votes
#9 - Billboard Installer
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/26/2007
Mike heads off to Texas to work with an outdoor advertising company.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1039 votes
#10 - Snake Wrangler
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/10/2007
Reptile handler
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1043 votes
#11 - 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
- 7.4/1036 votes
#12 - Bridge Painter
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/7/2007
Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew travels to Michigan to work with the Mackinac Bridge Authority on one of the world's largest suspension bridges. Mike goes to great lengths, and heights, braving 50 mile per hour winds while helping paint the bridge.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1027 votes
#13 - Vomit Island Workers
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 8/14/2007
Mike 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. Mike's mission is to help band and count newly hatched herons on the poo covered island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1044 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.6/1045 votes
#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
- 7.2/1036 votes
#16 - Reef Ball Maker
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 11/6/2007
Mike 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 revitalize fish and coral populations in areas that have been devastated by pollution.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1039 votes
#17 - Exotic Animal Keeper
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 11/13/2007
Mike 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 back of their dirty trucks after each shift. It's a dirty job that even Mike has a hard time completing.
Director: Dave Barsky
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1028 votes
#18 - Spray Insulation Technician
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/27/2007
Mike 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 insulation technicians that get dirty to keep our houses warm.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1028 votes
#19 - Dirty Innovators
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 12/4/2007
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 3
Every episode of Dirty Jobs Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 3!
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Bug Breeder" is the best rated episode of "Dirty Jobs" season 3. It scored 7.1/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Dave Barsky and written by N/A, it aired on 1/9/2007. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Poo Pot Maker".