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The Worst Episodes of Dirty Jobs

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 10 - Exotic Nanny
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Exotic Nanny

    S6:E10

    Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 11 - Wetland Warrior
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    #2 - Wetland Warrior

    S6:E11

    Mike tries to evade and outsmart a team of bloodhounds while posing as a stand-in fugitive in Texas. Also, Mike takes on non-native, invasive species in the Florida Everglades.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 12 - Sea Lamprey Exterminator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Sea Lamprey Exterminator

    S6:E12

    Mike helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in battling the sea lamprey population that threatens the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Also, Mike makes meat gel to feed fish in Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino's shark reef aquarium.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 13 - Animal Relocator
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    #4 - Animal Relocator

    S6:E13

    Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 14 - Lightning Rod Installer
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    #5 - Lightning Rod Installer

    S6:E14

    Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 15 - Woolen Mill Operator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Woolen Mill Operator

    S6:E15

    Mikes learns how to make yarn from fleece and waxes hair off of his friend at a day spa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 16 - Pinsetter Mechanic
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    #7 - Pinsetter Mechanic

    S6:E16

    Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 17 - Bug Detective
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Bug Detective

    S6:E17

    Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 18 - Horse Tester
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Horse Tester

    S6:E18

    Mike goes to Ketucky to learn about race horse nutrition. That involves collecting the horse's vital statistic from it's blood, poop and pee. Fortunately there are plenty of flies to distract Mike while he prepares the samples.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 20 - Dirty Holidays
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Dirty Holidays

    S6:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 21 - Dirty Conversation
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Dirty Conversation

    S6:E21

    Mike Rowe takes a look at never-before-seen footage featuring unusual, skewed and quirky conversations Mike has had with a colorful array of characters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 22 - Date Palm Pollinator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Date Palm Pollinator

    S6:E22

    Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 1 - Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap Recycler
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    #13 - Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap Recycler

    S11:E1

    Mike gets to clean the dirtiest pool in America as well as learning how to recycle dirty hotel soap.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 2 - Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper Keeper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper Keeper

    S11:E2

    Mike Rowe helps the cat ladies of northern Texas and learns to processes peppers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 3 - Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner

    S11:E3

    Mike Rowe submerges in a murky Florida river to pour concrete jackets around crumbling bridge pilings. While in North Carolina, Mike sucks out a concrete washout pit and sprays sediment as he turns toxic sludge into potable water.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 4 - Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker
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    #16 - Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker

    S11:E4

    Mike returns to his hometown Baltimore to rectify an OLD mistake and learns the recipe for Maryland's most popular crab seasoning.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 5 - Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker
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    #17 - Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker

    S11:E5

    Mike Rowe attends a dusty baghouse party to clean the filtration system at a North Carolina asphalt plant; in Colorado, Mike gets his dirtiest yet, pyrolyzing waste lumber into the planet's most efficient fertilizer: biochar.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 6 - Deer Urine Farmer / Necropsy
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    #18 - Deer Urine Farmer / Necropsy

    S11:E6

    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 shore to perform a necropsy on an ocean sentinel to determine its cause of death

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 7 - Manhole Rehab / Clock Caretaker
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Manhole Rehab / Clock Caretaker

    S11:E7

    Mike Rowe descends into the depths of an aging manhole, coating it with a polyurea liner to extend its warranty in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Mike joins an horologist and a priest to set the time right as he restores a historic clocktower.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 8 - Beaver Relocator / Slime Master
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Beaver Relocator / Slime Master

    S11:E8

    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 sticky while working with a special effects artist at a glue factory in LA.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 8 - Floating Fish Factory
    6.5/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Floating Fish Factory

    S4:E8

    Mike travels to Alaska for an adventure aboard a fish processing ship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 14 - Animal Barber
    6.6/10(35 votes)

    #22 - Animal Barber

    S4:E14

    Mike first visits Terressentials where natural organic hair care products are made out of mud. He then returns to Montana to do some more work with big animal vet Charlene Esch. Finally, Mike joins forces with the yak and bison rancher who put him to work in his 150th Dirty Job.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dirty Jobs Season 5 Episode 16 - Glass Maker
    6.6/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Glass Maker

    S5:E16

    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:Unknown
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  24. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 11 - Turkey Inseminator
    6.7/10(34 votes)

    #24 - Turkey Inseminator

    S4:E11

    Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail, car crusher

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 12 - Ice Salvage Crew
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Ice Salvage Crew

    S4:E12

    Mike 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 pull a car out of a lake that has fallen through the ice.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Exotic Nanny" is the worst rated episode of "Dirty Jobs". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/19/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wetland Warrior".