Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.
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 with poison and an assortment of fire shootingballoons.
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.
Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.
Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss. and asks Barsky questions about lightning.
Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.
Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects in order to help detectives determine a time of passing for cuddle victims.
Mike visits the Kentucky Equine Research facility where he helps administer blood tests to athletic horses and checks pH levels in fresh dung.
Mike works on a mobile meat-processing truck and visits a dump to learn how to deal with seagulls.
The holidays are celebrated by visiting the ghost of dirty jobs past with turkeys, reindeer, cranberries, and parade floats.
Lifetime fans of the show Carolyn and Marilyn Maedel join Mike for a look at colorful conversations he's had with a variety of professionals in past dirty jobs.
Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.
Mike goes through the multi-step process of paving roads in Nebraska and later answers a fan letter asking what his favorite animal is by reflecting on his encounter with a tiger/lion/tiger (tiliger) hybrid in Texas.
Mike visits a distillery where he turns molasses into rum, hauls hoses, scours copper, and works with scalding liquids.
Mike goes to great heights to install a metal power pole in Wyoming. Later Mike puts on some pink scrubs and goes to work for the Hair Fairies in San Francisco to learn about how to remove lice from hair.
Mike takes a look at America's report card on its infrastructure and also salutes the workers who help preserve it.
Mike learns how to make a pig delicacy known as scrapple and later becomes a shoe doctor's assistant.
Mike goes to Maine to harvest blueberries to be used for a pie bake-off and later Mike finds out that a candy company is inspired by his boots to make a new jelly bean flavor.
Mike goes under the sea in Tarpon Springs, FL to dive for sponges, then answers some of his viewer mail, and finally discusses an incident that occurred at an abandoned mine.
Mike starts the show by cleaning out a boat's fish grinder on the Bering Sea and later debarks and processes wood to be used for a cedar log cabin.
Mike hangs out with his longtime fans Marilyn and Carolyn Maedel as they review footage from his visit to a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Also, Mike goes to Georgia to become a termite researcher.
Mike hangs out with his parents as he revisits past dirty jobs involving family businesses.