7.2/1026 votes#1 - Bologna Maker
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2009
Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1026 votes
#2 - Abandoned Mine Plugger
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2009
Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1032 votes
#3 - Animal Rendering
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2009
Mike 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 where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1034 votes
#4 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1029 votes
#5 - Diaper Cleaner
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2009
Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1026 votes
#6 - Spider Pharm
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2009
Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1029 votes
#7 - Locomotive Builder
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2009
Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1024 votes
#8 - 200 Jobs Look-Back
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2009
Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator"
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1019 votes
#9 - Mike's Day Off
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2009
Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1030 votes
#10 - Sled Dog Breeder
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2009
Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadian geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). The mail bag portion was taped at the Soo Locks on the floor of the MacArthur Lock in front of the upstream bulkheads.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1029 votes
#11 - Mattress Recycler
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 10/6/2009
Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1041 votes
#12 - 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)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1031 votes
#13 - Toilet Crusher
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/2009
Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1026 votes
#14 - Camel Rancher
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 10/27/2009
Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1031 votes
#15 - Tofu Maker
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 11/3/2009
Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1029 votes
#16 - Glass Maker
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 11/10/2009
Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1025 votes
#17 - Rocky Reach Dam
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 11/17/2009
Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags fish and winds up wading through a pool of fish poop.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1024 votes
#18 - Safety Third
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 11/24/2009
Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1030 votes
#19 - Reindeer Farm
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 12/1/2009
Mike 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 reindeer farm.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1030 votes
#20 - Marble Maker
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 12/8/2009
Mike 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 make marbles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1025 votes
#21 - Fireworks Technician
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 12/15/2009
Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State University.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1027 votes
#22 - Worm Grunter
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 12/22/2009
Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1026 votes
#23 - Maple Syrup Maker
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 12/29/2009
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 spend the day making delicious maple syrup the old-fashioned way.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 5
Every episode of Dirty Jobs Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 5!
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
Genres:RealityComedy
Network:Discovery
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Bologna Maker" is the best rated episode of "Dirty Jobs" season 5. It scored 7.2/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/6/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Abandoned Mine Plugger".