

Dirty Jobs
PRIMETIME EMMYS® 2X nominee in 2010
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S5 E1 - Exotic Nanny
October 18, 201042minMike travels to Texas to help out at a ranch that harbors and breeds different exotic animal species including lemurs, sloths, bearcats and camels.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E2 - Wetland Warrior
October 25, 201042minMike goes to Texas to work as a stand-in fugitive while attempting to outsmart a team of bloodhounds and evade being captured. Then he heads to the Florida Everglades to help combat non-native, invasive species in the marshlands.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E3 - Sea Lamprey Exterminator
November 1, 201043minMike helps the US Department of Fish and Wildlife control the sea lamprey population that is jeopardizing the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Then Mike makes "meat gel" to feed the fish in a shark reef aquarium.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E4 - Animal Relocator
November 8, 201042minMike travels to De Kalb, Mississippi, to spend a day at an old-fashioned stone-ground corn mill. Then he heads to Wills Point, Texas, to help relocate a pair of exotic Pere David's deer.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E5 - Lightning Rod Installer
November 15, 201042minMike travels to Lucedale, Mississippi, to try his hand at installing a lightning rod system on a home.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E6 - Woolen Mill Operator
November 20, 201042minMike spends a day working at Ohio Valley Natural Fibers where he makes yarn from fleece. Then he goes to work at a day spa in Michigan where he helps wax hair off of his good friend Barsky.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E7 - Pinsetter Mechanic
November 22, 201042minMike travels to Fremont, California, to help maintain a bowling center. Then he responds to a letter from one of his fans who wants to see more footage of cameraman Doug.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E8 - Bug Detective
November 27, 201042minMike joins Purdue University's DECOMP team to dig through pig carcasses, searching for maggots and other insects.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E9 - Horse Tester
November 29, 201042minMike travels to the Kentucky Equine Research facility to assist with testing athletic horses. His duties include helping with blood testing during a fitness test and checking pH levels in fresh poo.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E10 - Custom Meat Processor
December 6, 201042minMike heads to a dump to learn a seagull removing method. Then he’s off to work on a mobile meat processing truck.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E11 - Date Palm Pollenator
December 27, 201042minMike shows never-before-seen footage while answering viewer mail. Then he travels to Palm Springs, CA, where he collects pollen from male date palm pods and pollinates female trees.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E12 - Asphalt Paver
January 3, 201143minMike travels to Nebraska to take a shot at paving roads. Then, he replies to a mailbag question about his favorite animal and recalls the time he crossed paths with a crossbreed "tiliger" in Texas.This video is currently unavailableS5 E13 - Rum Distiller
January 10, 201143minMike heads to Newport Distillery to help the crew turn molasses into rum. Scouring copper, working with scalding liquid, hauling hoses and lugging molasses cubes are all just part of a hard day's work.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E14 - Hair Fairy
January 17, 201142minMike climbs high up on Jelm Mountain in Wyoming to help change out an old wooden power pole and replace it with a new metal version. Then he visits the Hair Fairies in San Francisco where he learns all about hair lice removal.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E15 - Scrapple Maker
January 31, 201142minMike heads to Delaware to spend the day learning the process of making, wrapping and shipping scrapple. Then, he assists the best shoe doctor in town at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E16 - Blueberry Connoisseur
February 7, 201143minMike visits the Jelly Belly Candy Company to concoct a dirty-boot flavored jelly bean based on his own filthy pair of work boots. Then he travels to Maine to harvest blueberries and joins the "Pie Ladies" in a pie bake-off.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E17 - Sponge Diver
February 14, 201142minMike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida, to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with a metal fence post at an abandoned mine.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E18 - Cedar Log Peeler
February 21, 201142minMike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 othersS5 E19 - Termite Researcher
February 28, 201142minMike visits with long-time fans to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he experiences the many hands-on duties that come with being a termite researcher on Sapelo Island in Georgia.Subscribe to discovery+ or 2 others
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- Foul language sexual content
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Producers
- Mike RoweDavid M. BarskyCraig PiligianEdward BarbiniMichel PatzerEdward RohwedderTessa TreadwayMary Bess WalkerHeath BanksJared Bushansky
Cast
- Mike Rowe
Studio
- discovery plus Adventure
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