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The Worst Episodes of Dirty Jobs

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The Worst Episodes of Dirty Jobs

Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
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    #1 - Bug Breeder

    S3:E1

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Poo Pot Maker

    S3:E2

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Mule Logger

    S3:E3

    Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Mike also teams up with some mule loggers.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Well Digger

    S3:E4

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Cave Digger

    S3:E5

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Salt Miner

    S3:E6

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - Wine Maker

    S3:E7

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Steam Ship Cleaner

    S3:E8

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Billboard Installer

    S3:E9

    Mike heads off to Texas to work with an outdoor advertising company.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Snake Wrangler

    S3:E10

    Reptile handler

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Leather Tanner

    S3:E11

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Bridge Painter

    S3:E12

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Vomit Island Workers

    S3:E13

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - Alligator Egg Collector

    S3:E14

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Special Effects Artist

    S3:E15

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Reef Ball Maker

    S3:E16

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Exotic Animal Keeper

    S3:E17

    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.

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    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Spray Insulation Technician

    S3:E18

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Dirty Innovators

    S3:E19

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Exotic Nanny

    S6:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Lightning Rod Installer

    S6:E14

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Woolen Mill Operator

    S6:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Bug Breeder" is the worst rated episode of "Dirty Jobs". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dave Barsky and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/9/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Poo Pot Maker".