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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 11 Episode 3 - Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 4 - Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 5 - Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 6 - Deer Urine Farmer / Necropsy
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    #4 - 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
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  5. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 7 - Manhole Rehab / Clock Caretaker
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    #5 - 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.

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  6. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 8 - Beaver Relocator / Slime Master
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    #6 - 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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  7. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 8 - Floating Fish Factory
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    #7 - Floating Fish Factory

    S4:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 14 - Animal Barber
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    #8 - 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
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  9. Dirty Jobs Season 5 Episode 16 - Glass Maker
    6.6/10(34 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 11 - Turkey Inseminator
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 17 - Dirty Chip Maker
    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Dirty Chip Maker

    S4:E17

    Mike heads to the Dirty Potato Chips factory and learns how potato chips are made and what it takes to keep the machines used to make them clean and in working order. Then it?s off to Rifle, CO where Mike attempts to clean a "monster" hidden underground.

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  12. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 21 - Mannequin Factory
    6.7/10(33 votes)

    #12 - Mannequin Factory

    S4:E21

    Mike helps break down some homes at the Windsorland Mobile Home Park to make room for a new shopping center. Next, he heads to Patina-V where he learns the art involved in creating a mannequin.

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  13. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 24 - Maggot Farmer
    6.7/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Maggot Farmer

    S4:E24

    Mike moves a giant cactus in Arizona and then helps raise maggots on a farm in Idaho.

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  14. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 26 - Brown Before Green 2
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #14 - Brown Before Green 2

    S4:E26

    Mike takes a look back at some of his former coworkers who should be role models for the green movement.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Dirty Jobs Season 5 Episode 17 - Rocky Reach Dam
    6.7/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Rocky Reach Dam

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown
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  16. Dirty Jobs Season 6 Episode 8 - Crew Unemployment
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Crew Unemployment

    S6:E8

    With a hiatus looming, Mike tries to secure employment for the "Dirty Jobs" crew and reflects on their contributions.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 1 - Big Animal Vet
    6.8/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Big Animal Vet

    S4:E1

    Mike Rowe gets dirty at a famous barbeque joint, joins forces with a big animal veterinarian and finds himself deep in a New Jersey sludge.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 3 - Cave Biologist
    6.8/10(36 votes)

    #18 - Cave Biologist

    S4:E3

    Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 6 - Mud Mineral Excavator
    6.8/10(35 votes)

    #19 - Mud Mineral Excavator

    S4:E6

    Mike Rowe gets dirty in Death Valley, CA preparing for a gem and mineral show. He then helps save injured birds from a nearby salt lake. Finally, he gets dirty working at a rice plantation in South Carolina.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 7 - Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple

    S4:E7

    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty with some of the dirtiest jobs in New York City. First Mike climbs to the top of a giant building to build a water tower and then he masters the art of elevator repair.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 10 - Aerial Tram Greaser
    6.8/10(34 votes)

    #21 - Aerial Tram Greaser

    S4:E10

    Mike heads to the site of a future California neighborhood where he learns that there's more to erosion control than one might think. Then Mike gets a bird's eye view of Palm Springs as he helps maintain and repair the tram 8,500 feet above the city.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 12 - Ice Salvage Crew
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 16 - Tar Rigger
    6.8/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Tar Rigger

    S4:E16

    Mike hooks up with the tar rigging crew on the oldest active merchant ship in the world, the Star of India in San Diego. Then, Mike looks back at some of the dirtiest tools he's used, all which make life simpler for the rest of us.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Dirty Jobs Season 5 Episode 9 - Mike's Day Off
    6.8/10(23 votes)

    #24 - Mike's Day Off

    S5:E9

    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:Unknown
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  25. Dirty Jobs Season 5 Episode 13 - Toilet Crusher
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    #25 - Toilet Crusher

    S5:E13

    Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner" 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 1/1/2023. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker".