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The Best Episodes of Home Improvement

Every episode of Home Improvement ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Home Improvement!

The Best Episodes of Home Improvement

The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and...

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  1. Background image for The Longest Day
    8.3/10(397 votes)

    #1 - The Longest Day

    S5:E22

    After a routine medical checkup, the family discovers that Randy may have cancer.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Don't Tell Momma
    8.2/10(324 votes)

    #2 - Don't Tell Momma

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for 'Twas The Flight Before Christmas
    8.2/10(327 votes)

    #3 - 'Twas The Flight Before Christmas

    S5:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Crazy For You
    8.1/10(400 votes)

    #4 - Crazy For You

    S3:E6

    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:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Look
    8.1/10(323 votes)

    #5 - The Look

    S5:E7

    Tim gets "the look" from Jill after spending $4,000 on season tickets for the Detroit Pistons.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for I Was A Teenage Taylor
    8.1/10(293 votes)

    #6 - I Was A Teenage Taylor

    S6:E7

    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:Unknown
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  8. Background image for What About Bob?
    7.9/10(409 votes)

    #7 - What About Bob?

    S1:E17

    Tim cheats to beat Tool Time guest Bob Vila at a trivia game. Randy pulls a prank on Curtis, a geek at school.

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  9. Background image for Room Without a View
    7.9/10(276 votes)

    #8 - Room Without a View

    S5:E8

    Tim turns the basement into Randy's new room so that Randy doesn't have to share a room with Mark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for High School Confidential
    7.9/10(277 votes)

    #9 - High School Confidential

    S5:E14

    Brad feels jealous when Randy starts taking advanced classes at his school. Tim designs the man's bedroom.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Games, Flames and Automobiles
    7.9/10(274 votes)

    #10 - Games, Flames and Automobiles

    S5:E26

    Al creates a Tool Time board game, hoping to earn enough money to propose to Ilene. But the game has problems and sometimes catches fire.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Long and Winding Road (3)
    7.9/10(322 votes)

    #11 - The Long and Winding Road (3)

    S8:E27

    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
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  13. Background image for Pilot
    7.8/10(707 votes)

    #12 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Tim decides to rewire the dishwasher against Jill's wishes and ends up blowing more than her fuse.

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  14. Background image for The Haunting of Taylor House
    7.8/10(408 votes)

    #13 - The Haunting of Taylor House

    S2:E6

    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.

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  15. Background image for 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
    7.8/10(340 votes)

    #14 - 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Fifth Anniversary
    7.8/10(330 votes)

    #15 - Fifth Anniversary

    S3:E21

    Tool Time doesn't have enough money for a big fifth anniversary show, so Tim shows a clip of the first episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Reality Bytes
    7.8/10(321 votes)

    #16 - Reality Bytes

    S3:E24

    Randy, pretending to be thirty-two years old, meets a woman on a singles message board on the computer, and she comes by for a visit. Meanwhile, Tim tries to help Mark with his science project.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Quibbling Siblings
    7.8/10(291 votes)

    #17 - Quibbling Siblings

    S4:E8

    Randy feels like the black sheep when Tim spends time with Brad and has him as a special guest on Tool Time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for My Dinner With Wilson
    7.8/10(311 votes)

    #18 - My Dinner With Wilson

    S4:E9

    At Thanksgiving dinner with the Taylors, Wilson announces he is moving, but Tim gives him advice in the hopes Wilson will decide to stay.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Some Like It Hot Rod
    7.8/10(301 votes)

    #19 - Some Like It Hot Rod

    S4:E11

    When Tim has a shot at getting his hot rod in an automotive magazine, Jill becomes busy and accidentally leaves it out in the snow.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for A House Divided
    7.8/10(292 votes)

    #20 - A House Divided

    S4:E18

    Benny, Tim's friend, moves into his aunt's house while she's away. But a gas leak causes the house to blow up and Benny must stay with the Taylors.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Naked Truth
    7.8/10(329 votes)

    #21 - The Naked Truth

    S4:E19

    When Marty and Nancy are staying with the Taylors, Tim walks in on Nancy in the shower, thinking she is Jill. Meanwhile, Randy goes to a bar mitzvah and must come home after he splits his trousers.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for A Taylor Runs Through It
    7.8/10(297 votes)

    #22 - A Taylor Runs Through It

    S5:E1

    At Jill's cousin's wedding, Tim tries to squeeze in sports for him in the boys. After Jill gets tired of writing her speech for the wedding, she decides to go water skiing with the boys and gets injured.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Alarmed by Burglars
    7.8/10(282 votes)

    #23 - Alarmed by Burglars

    S5:E25

    When Wilson is buglarized, Jill orders Tim to put in a high security system. But instead of them having peace and quite in their house, things get worse when the alarms begin going off by themselves.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Tool Man Delivers
    7.8/10(276 votes)

    #24 - The Tool Man Delivers

    S6:E9

    Heidi goes into labor en route to the Classic Car Man of the Year awards and Tim and Jill help deliver the baby, while receiving instructions from Wilson on the phone.

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  26. Background image for Taps
    7.8/10(270 votes)

    #25 - Taps

    S6:E24

    To keep her father away because of the pressure she's under, Jill fakes an illness only to find out that he died shortly after she lied to him.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Longest Day" is the best rated episode of "Home Improvement". It scored 8.3/10 based on 397 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Elliot Shoenman, it aired on 4/2/1996. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Don't Tell Momma".