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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
    8.2/10(395 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
    8.1/10(317 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
    8.1/10(324 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 I Was A Teenage Taylor
    8.1/10(286 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Crazy For You
    8.0/10(390 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for The Look
    8.0/10(319 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for The Long and Winding Road (3)
    7.9/10(318 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Pilot
    7.8/10(696 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for What About Bob?
    7.8/10(402 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for The Haunting of Taylor House
    7.8/10(401 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
    7.8/10(331 votes)

    #11 - '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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  13. Background image for Fifth Anniversary
    7.8/10(322 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for Reality Bytes
    7.8/10(314 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for A House Divided
    7.8/10(283 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for The Naked Truth
    7.8/10(319 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Room Without a View
    7.8/10(273 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for High School Confidential
    7.8/10(274 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Games, Flames and Automobiles
    7.8/10(271 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for The Tool Man Delivers
    7.8/10(273 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Taps
    7.8/10(265 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for A Night to Dismember
    7.8/10(273 votes)

    #21 - A Night to Dismember

    S7:E5

    Mark decides to do a horror video for his class using different scenes from old horror shows and movies, but Jill and Tim don't like the idea when they sneak a preview at Mark's video.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
    7.7/10(458 votes)

    #22 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

    S1:E9

    Tim decides to put in another sink in the bathroom so his shaving junk won't be in Jill's way, but the project takes longer than he expects.

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  24. Background image for Roomie For Improvement
    7.7/10(334 votes)

    #23 - Roomie For Improvement

    S2:E7

    Tim stays at Al's when Mark has the Chicken Pox, because Tim has never had it.

    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for I'm Scheming of a White Christmas
    7.7/10(388 votes)

    #24 - I'm Scheming of a White Christmas

    S2:E12

    Brad and Randy start collecting money for charity, but they get in trouble from Jill for spending some of the money they raised. Maureen Binford makes more changes on Tool Time.

    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Bye Bye Birdie
    7.7/10(330 votes)

    #25 - Bye Bye Birdie

    S2:E18

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Longest Day" is the best rated episode of "Home Improvement". It scored 8.2/10 based on 395 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".