Dirty Jobs: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Dirty Jobs Season 7.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
Fish Squeezer
Dec 13, 2011 · 60 min
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
Fossil Hunter
Dec 20, 2011 · 60 min
Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.
Doomsday Seed Banker
Dec 27, 2011 · 60 min
Mike assists the Millennium Seed Bank Project, which preserves seeds that could be replanted following a catastrophic event, at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Water Softener Technician
Jan 3, 2012 · 60 min
Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.
Barber's Assistant
Jan 10, 2012 · 60 min
Mike works at a barber shop in Mobile, Ala., and visits California to work as a landfill operator.
Mardi Gras Bladder Banger
Jan 17, 2012 · 60 min
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.
Medical Waste Disposal Expert
Jan 24, 2012 · 60 min
Mike Rowe passes a surprisingly tranquil -- and highly entertaining -- day at Medical Waste Transport, Inc. in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Dirty Little Bits
Jan 31, 2012 · 60 min
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 entertain
Tower Top Hand
Feb 7, 2012 · 60 min
A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.
Onion Processor
Feb 14, 2012 · 60 min
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 h
Dirty Conversations 2
Feb 21, 2012 · 60 min
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.