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#1 - Rites and Wrongs of Passage
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 9/23/1992
Tim still lets Brad off the hook and go to the planned truck rally after he pulls a prank at school, until he throws rocks at a greenhouse.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
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#2 - Much Ado About Nana
Season 2 Episode 21
Aired 3/17/1993
Jill's mother, Nana, comes to visit and Tim notices that Jill and Nana don't talk about their problems with eachother.
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#3 - The Longest Day
Season 5 Episode 22
Aired 4/2/1996
After a routine medical checkup, the family discovers that Randy may have cancer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
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#4 - Crazy For You
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 10/27/1993
It's halloween and as usually Tim is up to his old tricks, however Jill plans a prank of her own. Tim gets flowers from a fan named Rose but soon strange things start happpening. She keeps calling him, Wilson thinks she is obesseed with him, Tim tries to hide but it's no use.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Bendetson
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#5 - Don't Tell Momma
Season 4 Episode 2
Aired 9/27/1994
Jill dents the car, so Tim decides to fix it but he accidently drops a three ton beam on it and tries to hide it from Jill. Meanwhile, Brad and Randy are kicked off of the school bus for gluing Vinnie McGurn's, a bully's, butt.
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#6 - 'Twas The Flight Before Christmas
Season 5 Episode 12
Aired 12/12/1995
On Christmas Eve, Tim and Al get stuck at the airport on the way to Binford's winter festival. Ilene makes Al choose between her and his mother. Tim and the boys beat Doc Johnson in the Christmas lighting contest.
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#7 - Read My Hips
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 9/16/1992
Jill has planned a romantic surprise dinner for Tim, who is at Big Mike's with Al and the guys from K&B Construction. He phones home and she flirts with him, and he doesn't notice and comes home two hours late. Jill is upset and accuses him of not picking up all the signals she sends. Tim thinks that signals should be clear and dresses up as Fred the phone repairman so he can fix the problem. Brad is wondering whether Jennifer pounding him is a sign that she wants to kiss him.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Groin Pains
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 10/7/1992
Tim pulls a groin muscle when trying to impress Jill by carrying a big trunk of books. Randy plays Peter Pan in the school play, but the school doesn't have the necessary machine for him to fly.
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#9 - Heavy Meddle
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 10/14/1992
When Tim throws a party to celebrate putting in the hot rod's engine, Jill decides to hook her friend Karen up with one of the guys coming to the party and ends up ruining Tim's day with a barbeque. Meanwhile, the boys have problems with the McGurn brothers.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
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#10 - The Haunting of Taylor House
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 10/28/1992
Brad and Jennifer plan to dress like Raggedy Anne and Raggedy Andy on Halloween, but she shows up dressed like Danny. After Danny bothers Jennifer and Jill, Tim scares him.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
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#11 - May the Best Man Win
Season 2 Episode 8
Aired 11/11/1992
Maureen Binford, the new producer of Tool Time, tries to change everything and Tim doesn't know how to stand up to her when Al, Jill, and Wilson are all busy.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Maxine Lapiduss
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#12 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 11/18/1992
Jill finds Tim's unfinished wills and he must decide whether to fill them out or not. Mark fears that his father is going to die.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Abandoned Family
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 12/2/1992
Tim has trouble running the house while Jill is busy. Maureen Binford wants to change the show again with a section called ""Bachelor's Corner"" featuring Al.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
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#14 - Bell Bottom Blues
Season 2 Episode 13
Aired 1/6/1993
Tim complains about Jill having so many clothes in the closet, so he re-organizes it. Brad is embarassed when Tim hugs him at school.
Director: N/A
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
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#15 - Howard's End
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 1/13/1993
Jennifer's fish dies when Brad watches it. Tim and Jill have a fight over who owns what.
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#16 - Dances With Tools
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 2/3/1993
Tim gets Jill ballroom dancing lessons for her anniversary present.
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#17 - You're Driving Me Crazy, You're Driving Me Nuts
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 2/10/1993
Tim refuses to ask for directions on the way to Shelia's wedding.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maxine Lapiduss
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#18 - Bye Bye Birdie
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 2/17/1993
A woodpecker is a pecking pain in the neck for Tim. Brad blames a poor grade on Jennifer who refuses to let him copy her homework anymore.
Director: N/A
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
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#19 - Ex Marks the Spot
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 4/14/1993
Al invites Stacey Lewis, Tim's ex-girlfriend, over to the Taylors' house for dinner.
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#20 - The Look
Season 5 Episode 7
Aired 11/7/1995
Tim gets "the look" from Jill after spending $4,000 on season tickets for the Detroit Pistons.
Director: N/A
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
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#21 - I Was A Teenage Taylor
Season 6 Episode 7
Aired 10/29/1996
It's a battle of halloween pranks. First Tim scares Al, then Brad and Randy scare Jill, then a strange man shows up at the door asking to see the basement. Jill, Tim and Wilson tell the boys that years ago a man named Clifford Warren was accused of killing his brother, but because of his mental problems he was put in an insane hospital. Little do the boys know that it's a halloween prank. They invite Al to help them pull a prank on their own, but Al and Wilson pull a prank on the Taylors.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Horsted
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#22 - The Long And Winding Road (3)
Season 8 Episode 27
Aired 5/25/1999
Tim tapes his final Tool Time; Jill sets up for Al's wedding to Trudy and begins to have second thoughts about moving to Indiana.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Lloyd Garver
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#23 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 9/17/1991
Tim decides to rewire the dishwasher against Jill's wishes and ends up blowing more than her fuse.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Carmen Finestra, Matt Williams, David McFadzean
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#24 - What About Bob?
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 2/11/1992
Tim cheats to beat Tool Time guest Bob Vila at a trivia game. Randy pulls a prank on Curtis, a geek at school.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
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#25 - 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
Season 3 Episode 12
Aired 12/15/1993
Tim tries to beat Doc Johnson in the neighborhood Christmas light contest, but Randy is leaking information to Doc's granddaughter. Brad wants to go skiing with Tom Wheeler's family on Christmas.
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Best Episodes Summary
"Rites and Wrongs of Passage" is the best rated episode of "Home Improvement". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by John Pasquin and written by Susan Estelle Jansen, it aired on 9/23/1992. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Much Ado About Nana".