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The Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 3

Every episode of Home Improvement Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 3!

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.

Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Home Improvement" season 3 is "Maybe, Baby", rated 7.2/10 from 287 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Bob Bendetson. "Maybe, Baby" aired on 9/15/1993 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Aisle See You In My Dreams".

  • Maybe, Baby
    7.2/10 287 votes

    #1 - Maybe, Baby

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Bendetson

  • Aisle See You In My Dreams
    7.5/10 287 votes

    #2 - Aisle See You In My Dreams

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Elliot Shoenman

  • This Joke's For You
    7.5/10 284 votes

    #3 - This Joke's For You

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Sew, Sew Evening
    7.3/10 285 votes

    #4 - A Sew, Sew Evening

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Arrivederci, Binford
    7.7/10 286 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Crazy For You
    8.1/10 346 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Blow Up
    7.7/10 289 votes

    #7 - Blow Up

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Be True To Your Tool
    7.7/10 277 votes

    #8 - Be True To Your Tool

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dollars And Sense
    7.4/10 271 votes

    #9 - Dollars And Sense

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1993

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Bendetson

  • A Frozen Moment
    7.8/10 277 votes

    #10 - A Frozen Moment

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1993

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Feud For Thought
    7.4/10 279 votes

    #11 - Feud For Thought

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Elliot Shoenman

  • 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
    7.9/10 294 votes

    #12 - '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

  • Slip Sleddin' Away
    7.5/10 272 votes

    #13 - Slip Sleddin' Away

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dream On
    7.5/10 275 votes

    #14 - Dream On

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reel Men
    7.7/10 281 votes

    #15 - Reel Men

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1994

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Colonel
    7.2/10 280 votes

    #16 - The Colonel

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Room For Change
    7.4/10 274 votes

    #17 - Room For Change

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1994

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Eve Of Construction
    7.4/10 284 votes

    #18 - The Eve Of Construction

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Elliot Shoenman

  • Too Many Cooks
    7.5/10 277 votes

    #19 - Too Many Cooks

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Bendetson

  • It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims
    7.7/10 282 votes

    #20 - It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fifth Anniversary
    7.8/10 291 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Swing Time
    7.6/10 276 votes

    #22 - Swing Time

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What You See Is What You Get
    7.4/10 266 votes

    #23 - What You See Is What You Get

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1994

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reality Bytes
    7.8/10 283 votes

    #24 - 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

  • The Great Race II
    7.5/10 274 votes

    #25 - The Great Race II

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 5/25/1994

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A