Dirty Jobs — Season 8

Dec 13, 2011 · 1h

Mike travels to New Mexico to work as a Fish Squeezer with the Department of Game and Fish. Then he heads to Virginia to practice the ancient art of pet acupuncture on a goat named Lilly.

Dec 20, 2011 · 1h

Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.

Dec 27, 2011 · 1h

Mike assists the Millennium Seed Bank Project, which preserves seeds that could be replanted following a catastrophic event, at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Jan 3, 2012 · 1h

Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.

Jan 10, 2012 · 1h

Mike works at a barber shop in Mobile, Ala., and visits California to work as a landfill operator.

Jan 17, 2012 · 1h

Working with the Knights of Revelry, a 137-year-old secret society, Mike Rowe assembles evil-spirit-warding cow bladders for the Knights Mardi Gras parade float.

Jan 24, 2012 · 1h

Mike Rowe passes a surprisingly tranquil -- and highly entertaining -- day at Medical Waste Transport, Inc. in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jan 31, 2012 · 1h

Mike takes another look back at some of the unusual and quirky conversations he's had with his dirty co-workers. Using 99.9% never-before-seen footage, this special is an entertaining look at the art of communication.

Feb 7, 2012 · 1h

A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.

Feb 14, 2012 · 1h

At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, its off to the San Francisco Fire Department to help build wooden ladders.

Feb 21, 2012 · 1h

There are no second takes on Dirty Jobs, and this special shows you just what happens when you point real cameras at real people and let them talk ... while in Mike Rowes presence.