Season 2

Cleaning up bedpans and scrubbing the blood and gore-covered floors of surgery, Ed begins to understand the arduous work involved in keeping places of healing clean and sanitary. For Ed, this may be the most dangerous job he has done to date with the possible contamination from handling bio-hazardous waste along with exposure to blood-borne pathogens and infectious diseases.

In this episode Ed is joining a Louisiana research team which is studying alligators to find out how they manage to heal themselves after the vicious injuries they receive in both territorial and mating fights. The problem is that in order to study the immunology of alligators you’ve got to collect blood samples – and gators don’t surrender their blood without attempting to get some of yours back in return.

Ed’s new coordinates send him to Galveston, Texas where he touches down between several massive off-shore oil rigs.

Ed learns what it’s like to work 4 thousand feet below the earth where it’s pitch-black, cold, and can be very dangerous. Fortunately, he’s in good hands. He’ll learn exactly what it takes to be a miner before he decides weather or not he wants to go underground. After loading the brinks truck with bricks of pure gold, it may be hard for Ed to resist the temptation.

Ed eats meat, and he is proud of it. So why should he have any problems working in a place where animals are turned into meat? Ed’s nerves will be tested working in the kill room. Then in disassembly and butchering, Ed will see what really happens between the ranch and the grocery store.

Ed loves dogs, so will he be able charm the rabid strays into the van, or will he have to use his smarts to catch em’? From unwanted dogs, ready for new homes, to feral cats, running their owners apartments into chaos, Ed is on the team of Animal Control Officers patrolling the mean streets of NYC. Day one is mostly dogs from a pleasant pit bull to a surly spaniel keeping him busy. Day 2 is a little different - lots of cats and a pet store eviction! Two days with Animal Care and Control of New York City teaches Ed some new skills, and all the driving teaches him some new routes to navigate all of the 5 boroughs.

Ed trades in the guitar and mic for a floor jack and spare tire - ready to spring into action as an integral part of an elite stock car Pit Crew. Charlotte based JFco Motorsports team trains in Charlotte, and they’ve been training for months specifically for the USA Pro Cup race at Myrtle Beach Speedway. They have agreed to take Ed on for a day of instruction and intensive training. If he’s able to convince the team that he won’t slow them down too much, he’ll travel with them to Myrtle Beach, SC, where they will compete in an internationally televised event, the Hooters USA Pro Cup.

New Orleans is currently being rebuilt from the ground up. After Hurricane Katrina blew through the city, tens of thousands of residents were left without homes, jobs, and even families. Today, Ed will help a team of builders to gut the houses of their contents, rid them of mould, and begin the reconstruction. In the 35 degree weather, this may be a challenge for the rock star.

In this episode, Robertson flies to London, Ontario, to test his talents as a carnival worker. The crews here know everything there is to know about setting up a travelling carnival. Robertson knows everything there is to know about candied apples and hot dogs. During his day in London, he has to learn how to beat the games before he can run them. Will he be able to keep those gaming secrets to himself? Then, Robertson calls out to everyone on the most daring ride of the carnival - The Himalaya - with his signature rock star style.

Ed wakes up before the birds to get suited up and join his crew at 5:30AM. His colleagues and mentors for the day are grizzled veterans who have seen it all on their tour of early morning Pittsburgh. For the remainder of the day Ed will grunt and groan while heaving the refuse of “the iron city” as his team spins their tales and breaks in their rookie helper.

The residents of a developing Chicago suburb are undergoing a rapid gentrification. As the neighbourhood changes, the new focus is to educate the local youth to stay in school and become upstanding members of society. Robertson hopes to be a great role model and positively influence the kids he encounters. Watch as he sets out to clean up the streets and help the kids take them back.

Watch as Robertson gets intense fire fighter training, including CPR and hose control, when he joins a team of busy firefighters. Robertson helps keep order in the house and the equipment ready for any circumstance - including the trucks. These vehicles have to look clean when they're called out to everything from car accidents to house fires.

Ed is a hot-shot pilot, or so he thinks. He is put through the “assessment” test to see if he has the balls to be behind the stick of an F-18 “super hornet”. Exercises include being hurled around a centrifuge to 7G’s, drugged to confusion by altitude hypoxia, and otherwise being pushed to the limits of physical and mental exhaustion, including several hours in the flight simulator. Will he get the golden carrot - a flight in an F-18? This will be a nail biter for Ed who considers himself an expert at just about everything.