The BEST episodes of Dirty Jobs season 4

Every episode of Dirty Jobs season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dirty Jobs season 4!

DIRTY JOBS profiles the unsung American laborers who make their living in the most unthinkable -- yet vital -- ways. Our brave host and apprentice Mike Rowe will introduce you to a hardworking group of men and women who overcome fear, danger and sometimes stench and overall ickiness to accomplish their daily tasks.

Last Updated: 11/24/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
200 Jobs Look-Back
star
8.84
108 votes

#1 - 200 Jobs Look-Back

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/2009

Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator"

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Sheep Castrator
star
8.60
90 votes

#2 - Sheep Castrator

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2008

Mike helps saw down a giant concrete wall at an auto dealership in order to make way for a new wash bay. Then he heads to a sheep farm where he tries shearing and castrating a sheep and is treated to a pate of Rocky Mountain Oysters.

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Locomotive Builder
star
8.46
108 votes

#3 - Locomotive Builder

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/2009

Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.

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Dirty Presidents
star
8.44
62 votes

#4 - Dirty Presidents

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2008

Mike takes a look at what dirty jobs past presidents once performed. This Dirty Jobs Extravaganza will leave us all looking at the country in a new way.

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Sled Dog Breeder
star
8.04
109 votes

#5 - Sled Dog Breeder

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/12/2009

Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadian geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). The mail bag portion was taped at the Soo Locks on the floor of the MacArthur Lock in front of the upstream bulkheads.

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Vellum Maker
star
7.99
89 votes

#6 - Vellum Maker

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2008

Mike travels to Yakama, Washington to harvest hops, the main ingredient in beer. From there Mike goes to the Hudson Valley where he turns animal hides in to paper.

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Tar Rigger
star
7.80
75 votes

#7 - Tar Rigger

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2008

Mike hooks up with the tar rigging crew on the oldest active merchant ship in the world, the Star of India in San Diego. Then, Mike looks back at some of the dirtiest tools he's used, all which make life simpler for the rest of us.

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Animal Rendering
star
7.63
145 votes

#8 - Animal Rendering

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/2009

Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.

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Diaper Cleaner
star
7.61
75 votes

#9 - Diaper Cleaner

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2009

Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.

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Dirty Chip Maker
star
7.53
129 votes

#10 - Dirty Chip Maker

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2008

Mike heads to the Dirty Potato Chips factory and learns how potato chips are made and what it takes to keep the machines used to make them clean and in working order. Then it?s off to Rifle, CO where Mike attempts to clean a "monster" hidden underground.

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Gourd Maker
star
7.50
62 votes

#11 - Gourd Maker

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2008

Mike Rowe cleans out a Connecticut lake and then turns gourds into artwork in Pennsylvania.

Mike's Day Off
star
7.49
49 votes

#12 - Mike's Day Off

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/2009

Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels

Leech Trapper
star
7.32
116 votes

#13 - Leech Trapper

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2008

Mike teams up with the boys from Bartos Bait & Fish to catch leeches that will later be sold for fish bait. Then it's off to the Green Tripe factory in Hollister, CA where Mike helps make BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) for dogs.

Bologna Maker
star
7.24
145 votes

#14 - Bologna Maker

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2009

Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.

Brown Before Green 2
star
7.24
34 votes

#15 - Brown Before Green 2

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2008

Mike takes a look back at some of his former coworkers who should be role models for the green movement.

Egg Farm
star
7.03
117 votes

#16 - Egg Farm

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2008

Mike visits a Chicken Farm to see how eggs make it to the store. There, he finds out that 1.4 million chickens equal a lot of poo, which he gets the chance to clean. Later, Mike learns how dirty dirt becomes clean dirt as he sterilizes soil in Oklahoma.

Spider Pharm
star
7.01
105 votes

#17 - Spider Pharm

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/2009

Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.

Maggot Farmer
star
6.75
89 votes

#18 - Maggot Farmer

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2008

Mike moves a giant cactus in Arizona and then helps raise maggots on a farm in Idaho.

Mannequin Factory
star
6.57
118 votes

#19 - Mannequin Factory

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2008

Mike helps break down some homes at the Windsorland Mobile Home Park to make room for a new shopping center. Next, he heads to Patina-V where he learns the art involved in creating a mannequin.

Abandoned Mine Plugger
star
6.27
172 votes

#20 - Abandoned Mine Plugger

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2009

Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.

Goose Down Plucker
star
5.81
87 votes

#21 - Goose Down Plucker

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/2009

Mike heads to Meridian, California to find out what it takes to harvest walnuts. Then he spends some time in Tulelake where he learns how to make goose down pillows and comforters.