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

Pilot

After breaking one of Tim's tools that has been in the family for twenty years, Mark fears that he will be traded in after Brad and Randy make up a story about ""Peter"", their former brother that was traded in after he broke one of Tim's flashlights.

Mow Better Blues

When she can't find a babysitter, Jill has a magician watch the kids while she and Tim go on their romantic dinner. However, Tim is too distracted by a football game to pay attention to her. Meanwhile, the kids accidentally lock the magician in a trunk.

Off Sides

Tim becomes green with envy while putting up a new satellite dish on the roof when Jill's teacher visits.

Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof

While working in the basement, Tim hears some strange noises.  Is it a mouse or is it a creepy crawly snake?

Wild Kingdom

Tim bets Jill that he can teach the boys some table manners.

Adventures in Fine Dining

After Jill drove while her oil light was on, Tim shares this with the Tool Time audience and the other guys say their wives don't respect their tools.

Nothing More Than Feelings

Tim cooks up a plan for Mark to get even with his brothers, and offers "Tool Time" viewers nutrition tips.

Flying Sauces

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.

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

Tim decides to do a Tool Time special for women to teach plumbing.  After being called an idiot by Randy, Brad worries that he will do bad on a test. Tim starts his hotrod.

Reach Out and Teach Someone

Jill gets stage fright when she has to deliver a speech in front of women at the Library Association. Tim and Mark dress up as women to help her get over her fear.

Look Who's Not Talking

Tim competes in the neighborhood Christmas light competition.  Mark writes his Christmas list to Santa, but Brad and Randy tell him Santa is dead.

Yule Better Watch Out

Tim and Jill have a bowling match against eachother and try no to make it competitive, until the K&B Construction guys show up.  The boys get in trouble at an arcade.

Up Your Alley

Jill doesn't want Stu Cutler, Tim's old college friend, in the house.  So Tim tries to keep him away but when he gives in and Stu comes to the house, he insults Tim and Jill and belches with the boys.

For Whom the Belch Tolls

Karen visits and Tim must stand up to her.  Jennifer invites Brad to her parents' anniversary, so Jill teaches him how to dance.

Forever Jung

Tim gets Jill a lifetime membership to a health care club, until she says she will never exercise again.  Brad and Randy spend all of their money on a baseball card, so they make Mark give them a "brother tax" to get Jill a present.

Jill's Birthday

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

What About Bob?

Mr. Binford ruins Tim and Jill's romantically planned weekend by making them go camping to present Binford's new line of winter camping gear.

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Tim gets bad luck after throwing a chain letter from Al out.  Randy wrecks his new bike after being dared to do a trick.

Unchained Malady

Jill tells Tim that he is a bad listener when he doesn't remember her mentioning the opera fundraiser.  Brad and Randy try to get Mark to eat a worm while working on a birdhouse.

Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor

Jill invades man's sacred space--the garage--with her pottery wheel; and Al takes a turn at hosting Tool Time, and finds it isn't as easy as it looks.

A Battle of Wheels

Jill's sister's marital problems disrupt Tim's poker game.

Luck Be a Taylor Tonight

Tim advises Al about a new woman in Al's life.

Al's Fair in Love and War

Tim goes to buy new speakers and ends up with an entertainment center; Tool Time welcomes tool musicians, led by saw player Janeen Rae Heller.

Stereo-Typical

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.

Read My Hips

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.

Rites and Wrongs of Passage

Jill and Karen thinks that Tim will look at a woman in a restaurant, after he checks out a woman on Tool Time.  Randy has trouble playing football.

Overactive Glance

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.

Groin Pains

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.

Heavy Meddle

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.

The Haunting of Taylor House

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

Roomie For Improvement

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.

May the Best Man Win

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.

Where There's a Will, There's a Way

Dave has Tim tell Karen that they had lunch that day, even though they didn't.  The boys have trouble with the McGurn brothers.

Let's Did Lunch

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.

Abandoned Family

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.

I'm Scheming of a White Christmas

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.

Bell Bottom Blues

Jennifer's fish dies when Brad watches it.  Tim and Jill have a fight over who owns what.

Howard's End

Jill takes a compatability test and learns thay Tim and her are not compatible.  Randy has trouble with his ventriloquist act for the talent show.

Love Is A Many Splintered Thing

Tim gets Jill ballroom dancing lessons for her anniversary present.

Dances With Tools

Tim refuses to ask for directions on the way to Shelia's wedding.

You're Driving Me Crazy, You're Driving Me Nuts

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.

Bye Bye Birdie

Hoping to boost Mark's confidence, Tim and Jill put him into a karate class. However, a boy starts bullying Mark, leading to a fight between Jill and the boy's mother!

Karate or Not, Here I Come

Tim gets two front row seats to the Pistons game from Wilson, but Jill says he must take Mark to the ballet.  Brad and Randy try a cigar while Tim is gone.

Shooting Three To Make Tutu

Jill's mother, Nana, comes to visit and Tim notices that Jill and Nana don't talk about their problems with eachother.

Much Ado About Nana

Al invites Stacey Lewis, Tim's ex-girlfriend, over to the Taylors' house for dinner.

Ex Marks the Spot

Tim helps the boys with Mothers' Day projects for Jill and Randy does an unsuccessful job on a birdhouse.

To Build or Not to Build

While Tim is busy trying to get his hot rod to work, Jill calls a repairman to fix various things around the house.

Birth of a Hot Rod

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.

The Great Race

Jill's sister Carol is having a baby girl. When they talk about the baby's name and Jill is going through the boys' baby toys, she wishes she could have a baby girl. Tim tells Randy and Brad that Jill always wanted a girl so they tell Mark that Jill wished he had been a girl. This upsets Mark and when Jill wants to bake a cake with him, he doesn't want to. When she finds out the truth, she tells Mark that what Randy and Brad told him isn't true. Tim is also upset because he doesn't want another child. But he feels alright again when Jill tells him that they don't have the time for another child.

Maybe, Baby

At Al's 35th birthday, he wants a wife and kids, so Jill fixes him up with Ilene Markham.  Al finds out that Ilene wants kids too, so he proposes to her on Tool Time.  Randy and Brad write a letter to Mark pretending to be Isaiah Thomas, so Tim and Jill tell Mark to get revenge.

Aisle See You In My Dreams

Tim stops telling jokes and screwing up on Tool Time after he installs an intercom and hears Randy call him a screw up.  Brad wants to read ""David Copperfield"" so he can talk to it to Jennifer, but he finds out it's not about the magician and Jennifer breaks up with him.

This Joke's For You

Tim has trouble with Joe Morton, his new neighbor, after Joe dents part of his hot rod.  Jill becomes good friends with Marie Morton, Joe's wife.  Brad signs up for home ec. as his elective to meet girls, but when the other boys in school find out about his plan, it doesn't work out the way he planned.

A Sew, Sew Evening

Tim is afraid to cry after Mr. Binford, his boss and close friend, passes away.

Arrivederci, Binford

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.

Crazy For You

Tim accidentally blows up a bad picture of Jill for her library fundraising dinner.  Meanwhile,  Al takes the boys miniature golfing and throws a fit after Brad gets a hole-in-one.

Blow Up

Wes Davidson, the president of Binford, makes Tim promote a bad tool on Tool Time.  Meanwhile, the boys go shopping and find a way to save money.

Be True To Your Tool

The boys buy a remote controlled car with stock bonds from their grandmother.

Dollars And Sense

On Thanksgiving, for a perfect Christmas card, Tim builds a Christmas Village and has the family wear costumes.

A Frozen Moment

At their high school reunion, Jill tries to avoid Joanie Graham, her high school friend who stole her boyfriend, and Tim and Jack try to fix the amplifier. Meanwhile, Al watches the boys and Brad's girlfriend Ashley.

Feud For Thought

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.

'Twas the Blight Before Christmas

Randy loses a sled race to Vinnie. But after following Tim's advice of racing Vinnie again with a better sled, Randy sprains his arm. Meanwhile, Brad contemplates stopping his saxophone lessons.

Slip Sleddin' Away

Al doesn't want to come to dinner with the Taylors after Ilene has a dream about Tim riding on a golden stallion in tight bicycle shorts.

Dream On

When Jill is having Ilene and Marie over, Tim goes fishing with Al to get out of the house.

Reel Men

Jill feels bad when her father, the army colonel, asks her opinion on his boring book.  Meanwhile, Tim builds a hockey puck shooter when Randy becomes a goalie.

The Colonel

Tim has Randy move into Mark's room when Randy bothers Brad on the phone.

Room For Change

Jill joins Al's team for Habitat for Humanity because Tim thinks married couples shouldn't work together.  Meanwhile, Brad finds a locket and gives it to Ashley but finds out it was Marie's.

The Eve Of Construction

When Irma can't host her show (Cooking with Irma) for a week, she asks Al to fill-in as host and Tim to be his assistant. Tim has a hard time not being the centre of attention, but when Jill shows him that he can assistant her, he decides to continue to help Al.   While Randy finds it hard to talk to a girl in his class named Beth.

Too Many Cooks

After Tim charms all the women at a baby shower, Jill wants a romantic evening with him, but Tim takes the boys to a Demolition Derby.

It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims

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

Fifth Anniversary

Tim and the boys plan on getting Jill a hot tub for Mother's Day and getting rid of the swing set.  But they find the swing set meant more to Jill than they thought and she wants an herb garden instead of a hot tub.

Swing Time

After researching cosmetic surgery on the computer, Jill finds that Tim wants her to have cosmetic surgery.  Meanwhile, Tim plays a computer game with the boys and the loser must clean the house.

What You See Is What You Get

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.

Reality Bytes

After Bob Vila raises more money than Tim for Jill's library fundraiser, Tim challenges him to a race... in his unfinished hot rod.

The Great Race II

Jill is laid off and decides to go back to college, causing Tim to become afraid that he will lose Jill to more intelligent men.

Back In The Saddle Shoes Again

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.

Don't Tell Momma

Tim begins concerned about his health when his 40th birthday nears and Harry, the owner of Harry's Hardware, has a heart attack.

Death Begins At Forty

When Tim and Jill find out Mark is having trouble at school, they think it is because they neglect him, but the real reason is that he needs glasses.

The Eyes Don't Have It

Tim's brother Marty comes by to tell him that he's leaving his wife and kids.  But Tim's advice turns Marty against him.  Meanwhile, Tim creates a hole in the floor and Jill has trouble working on her psychology report.

He Ain't Heavy, He's Just Irresponsible

Harry offers to sell Tim 20 percent of his hardware store (that Harry's brother is selling). Jill doesn't let Tim buy it, so Al decides to purchase it. When Al becomes obsessed with the store, this drives everyone crazy, even Ilene when he skips a date with her, and Tim decides to confront him about it.

Borland Ambition

After taping Jill's speech, he accidentally leaves the record button on when he critiques her speech.  After Jill sees the video, Tim reads some of her psychology books and tapes a fake conversation with his buddies, complimenting Jill.

Let's Go To The Videotape

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

Quibbling Siblings

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

My Dinner With Wilson

Mr. Leonard, Tim's high school shop teacher, comes to visit, but gets angry and leaves after guest starring on an episode of Tool Time.

Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher

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.

Some Like It Hot Rod

Marty and his wife and kids, and Jill's parents come to visit and Tim and Jill try to solve their marital problems.  Tim tries to beat Doc Johnson in the Christmas lighting contest.

'Twas the Night Before Chaos

After Brad takes a paper route, he has trouble getting up and doing homework but doesn't want to quit because it will disappoint Tim.

The Route Of All Evil

Tim decides to sell his hot rod and buys one to rebuild.  Meanwhile, Jill takes Randy shopping for clothes and he is afraid that Jill will embarass him in front of someone he knows.

Brother, Can You Spare A Hot Rod?

Tim has a Super Bowl party for his friends while Jill is sick with the flu.

Super Bowl Fever

When Al is published as one of Detroit's "Most Eligible Bachelor" in a magazine, women begin flocking all over him and he starts to ignore Ilene.  Mark has to write a report on the most interesting person he knows, and he writes it on Wilson instead of Tim.

Bachelor Of The Year

At Randy's party, Tim's overpolished dance floor causes Michelle, Randy's crush, to sprain her ankle.

It's My Party

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.

A House Divided

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.

The Naked Truth

Tim insults Jill on Tool Time, ruins dinner, and drops her ring down the furnace.

Talk To Me

Tim and Al scalp tickets to a hockey game when Tim can't go, but they get arrested and Jill and Ilene come to bail them out.  Meanwhile, Mark paper maches Wilson's face when he watches the boys while Tim and Jill are gone.

No, No, Godot

Despite Jill's advice, Tim stays up all night watching Tool Time tapes because of his upset stomach from eating too much Polish food.

Tool Time After Dark (1)

Tool Time After Dark (2)

Carrie, Jill's sister, comes to observe Jill's life to see if she would like to get married.  Marty, Tim's brother, moves to Detroit.

Sisters And Brothers

Al tells Tim and Jill that one of their boys may have stolen a pocket knife. They don't believe their boys would steal, but they find the knife in Mark's pocket in the laundry.

A Marked Man

Jill hooks Wilson up for his first date in twenty years and Tim gives him advice.

Wilson's Girlfriend

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 unseen neighbor.

The Best Seasons of Home Improvement

The Best Seasons of Home Improvement

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Season 3

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Season 1

Season 8

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