8.2/10361 votesLoading...#1 - 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
8.1/10359 votesLoading...#2 - 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
8.1/10288 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10299 votesLoading...#4 - '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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10292 votesLoading...#5 - 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
8.0/10261 votesLoading...#6 - 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
7.9/10295 votesLoading...#7 - 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
7.8/10628 votesLoading...#8 - 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
7.8/10364 votesLoading...#9 - 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
7.8/10300 votesLoading...#10 - '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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10295 votesLoading...#11 - Fifth Anniversary
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/1994
Tool Time doesn't have enough money for a big fifth anniversary show, so Tim shows a clip of the first episode.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10286 votesLoading...#12 - Reality Bytes
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1994
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10294 votesLoading...#13 - The Naked Truth
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1995
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: N/A
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
7.8/10249 votesLoading...#14 - Room Without A View
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1995
Tim turns the basement into Randy's new room so that Randy doesn't have to share a room with Mark.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10251 votesLoading...#15 - High School Confidential
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1996
Brad feels jealous when Randy starts taking advanced classes at his school. Tim designs the man's bedroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lloyd Garver
7.8/10245 votesLoading...#16 - Games, Flames And Automobiles
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 5/21/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Jennifer Celotta
7.8/10246 votesLoading...#17 - Taps
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/1997
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
Writer: Lloyd Garver
7.8/10252 votesLoading...#18 - A Night to Dismember
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1997
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: N/A
Writer: Eric Horsted
7.7/10417 votesLoading...#19 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1991
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.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
7.7/10363 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.7/10298 votesLoading...#21 - Roomie For Improvement
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1992
Tim stays at Al's when Mark has the Chicken Pox, because Tim has never had it.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
7.7/10357 votesLoading...#22 - I'm Scheming of a White Christmas
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1992
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: N/A
7.7/10298 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.7/10289 votesLoading...#24 - The Great Race
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/1993
Tim puts a piece from a Chinook helicopter in his lawnmower for a race against Bob Vila. Brad and Randy get Mark to eat a tadpole so that he can play with them.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carmen Finestra, Matt Williams
7.7/10292 votesLoading...#25 - Arrivederci, Binford
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1993
Tim is afraid to cry after Mr. Binford, his boss and close friend, passes away.
Director: N/A
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
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 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Longest Day" is the best rated episode of "Home Improvement". It scored 8.2/10 based on 361 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Elliot Shoenman, it aired on 4/2/1996. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Crazy For You".