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Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
Mike goes to Southern California to handle skunks and other pests as an animal control specialist.
1/5/2010
Mike goes to work at a cricket farm in Augusta, Georgia and later becomes a camel rancher at the Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona, California.
1/12/2010
Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.
1/19/2010
Mike goes to Michigan to join up with the 12 maintenance crew.
1/26/2010
Mike creates some concrete counter-tops and fire pits in Moss Landing, California and then reminisces about the scariest job he's ever done.
2/2/2010
Mike visits a bone black plant in Michigan and then talks about his five dirtiest jobs.
2/9/2010
Mike reminisces about jobs where he had to work in tight spaces, including the time he cleaned the inside of a buoy, his adventure in an abandoned mine, and an insulation application assignment beneath a home.
2/16/2010
With a hiatus looming, Mike tries to secure employment for the "Dirty Jobs" crew and reflects on their contributions.
2/23/2010
A special episode which looks back at previous episodes as Mike offers employment tips he’s learned over the years.
6/14/2010
Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.
10/19/2010
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.
10/26/2010
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.
11/2/2010
Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.
11/9/2010
Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.
1/4/2011
Mikes learns how to make yarn from fleece and waxes hair off of his friend at a day spa.
11/21/2010
Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.
11/23/2010
Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.
11/28/2010
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.
11/30/2010
Mike works with a falconer to chase birds away. Then Mike butchers a cow from the hoof clear through to steaks.
12/7/2010
12/14/2010
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.
12/21/2010
Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.
12/28/2010
