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Rodbuster / Galvanizer

Episode number: 1

Overview: Mike installs rebar with a team of rodbusters, then he galvanizes steel.

Jellyballer / Epoxy Installer

Episode number: 2

Overview: Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as they harvest cannonball Jellyfish for food, a trade known as Jellyballing. Then Mike helps a father-son team install epoxy flooring at a restaurant in time for the dinner rush.

Tugboat Fitter / Water Tower

Episode number: 3

Overview: Mike visits a ship-building community in Coden, Ala., to learn the ins-and-outs of building a tugboat; he makes a long climb to the top of a dirty water tower in Magee, Miss., to clean inside the tank.

Rock Sucker / Mountain Carver

Episode number: 4

Overview: Mike sucks rocks off an industrial roof with a massive vacuum. He then travels to the Black Hills to carve the largest monument in the world: Crazy Horse. Both stories involve several generations working together to pass on their life's ambitions.

Escalator Maintainer / Scorpion Sweeper

Episode number: 5

Overview: Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom. Then, he and a zoo keeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up neurotoxic stinging scorpions.

Combat Surgeon / Iguana Hunter

Episode number: 6

Overview: Mike Rowe trains as a trauma surgeon using hyper-realistic scenarios and specialized equipment to learn under simulated battlefield conditions. He then controls an invasive mess of iguanas which are posing health risks to humans on the Florida coast.