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The Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 5

Every episode of Home Improvement Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 5

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 A Taylor Runs Through It
    7.7/10(277 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for The First Temptation of Tim
    7.7/10(261 votes)

    #2 - The First Temptation of Tim

    S5:E2

    Bud Harper, Tim's new boss, wants to replace Al because younger viewers don't like him. Meanwhile, Brad gets detention on the first day of school and additional detention for misbehaving during detention.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Her Cheatin' Mind
    7.4/10(265 votes)

    #3 - Her Cheatin' Mind

    S5:E3

    After Tim becomes threatened by one of Jill's classmates, he joins her book club.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Jill's Surprise Party
    7.5/10(263 votes)

    #4 - Jill's Surprise Party

    S5:E4

    Tim invites everyone over to the house for Jill's surprise birthday party, but Jill is off looking for her childhood piano.

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  5. Background image for Advise and Repent
    7.1/10(257 votes)

    #5 - Advise and Repent

    S5:E5

    Jill gets an A on her psychology paper and starts dispensing psychiatric advice. Unfortunately, this leads to marital problems for Randy's girlfriend's parents.

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    Director:Andy Cadiff
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Let Them Eat Cake
    7.6/10(284 votes)

    #6 - Let Them Eat Cake

    S5:E6

    Brad throws a Halloween party for his new friends at school while Tim, Jill, Al, and Ilene attend a cable awards show. The Tool Time cast hopes to win an award, but it appears that Cooking with Irma will sweep the event as it has every other year.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Look
    8.0/10(305 votes)

    #7 - The Look

    S5:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
  9. Background image for Room Without a View
    7.8/10(258 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Chicago Hope
    7.5/10(272 votes)

    #9 - Chicago Hope

    S5:E9

    Jill plans on having a romantic evening with Tim when they go to Chicago, but Tim's business meeting takes all day.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Doctor in the House
    7.6/10(261 votes)

    #10 - Doctor in the House

    S5:E10

    Jill, Wilson, and Al are angry when Tim gets an honorary Ph.D.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for That's My Momma
    7.2/10(252 votes)

    #11 - That's My Momma

    S5:E11

    When Tim's mother returns, she begins dating Mr. Leonard, Tim's old shop teacher, and doesn't want to spend time with Tim.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for 'Twas The Flight Before Christmas
    8.1/10(311 votes)

    #12 - '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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Oh, Brother
    7.1/10(256 votes)

    #13 - Oh, Brother

    S5:E13

    When Tim hires Marty to rebuild the Tool Time set, it puts their friendship on the line.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for High School Confidential
    7.8/10(260 votes)

    #14 - High School Confidential

    S5:E14

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

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Tanks for the Memories
    7.4/10(269 votes)

    #15 - Tanks for the Memories

    S5:E15

    Tim and Jill play each other in a tank driving competition, and Jill wins. However, Tim doesn't congratulate her because he thinks she humiliated him.

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Vasectomy One
    7.6/10(272 votes)

    #16 - The Vasectomy One

    S5:E16

    Jill wants Tim to get a vasectomy when they agree their family is complete. Meanwhile, Randy is voted "best butt" by the girls at school.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Fear of Flying
    7.2/10(259 votes)

    #17 - Fear of Flying

    S5:E17

    Mark wants to take flying lessons, but Jill doesn't let him. Jill takes piano lessons. Meanwhile, Tim and Al ruin Bud's car.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for When Harry Kept Dolores
    7.5/10(248 votes)

    #18 - When Harry Kept Dolores

    S5:E18

    Dolores, Harry's wife, comes to Harry's Hardware and Tim's marital advice causes them to split up.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Eye on Tim
    7.3/10(249 votes)

    #19 - Eye on Tim

    S5:E19

    When a TV report is done on Tool Time, Jill gets angry when the reporter makes advances on Tim.

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
  21. Background image for The Bud Bowl
    7.0/10(245 votes)

    #20 - The Bud Bowl

    S5:E20

    When Tim and Jill go bowling with Bud and his wife, Tim tells Jill to lose because he's afraid his career will be ruined if they beat Bud and his wife. Meanwhile, Angela, Brad's girlfriend, sets her sister up with Randy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights
    7.5/10(244 votes)

    #21 - Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights

    S5:E21

    Tim and Brad get into a fight over Brad's new haircut and the hot rod engine. Meanwhile, Randy doesn't want Jill to help him rehearse for an audition to play Romeo in a school play of Romeo & Juliet.

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    Director:Andrew Tsao
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Longest Day
    8.2/10(377 votes)

    #22 - The Longest Day

    S5:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for Mr. Wilson's Opus
    7.2/10(261 votes)

    #23 - Mr. Wilson's Opus

    S5:E23

    Wilson becomes the director of Randy's school play but takes the role a little too seriously. Tim and Wilson clash when Wilson attempts to make him rebuild the play's aluminum set.

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Shopping Around
    7.2/10(250 votes)

    #24 - Shopping Around

    S5:E24

    Tim and Jill see Art, Tim's old shop teacher who's dating his mother, at a restaurant with another woman.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Alarmed by Burglars
    7.7/10(264 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"A Taylor Runs Through It" is the best rated episode of "Home Improvement" season 5. It scored 7.7/10 based on 277 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Lloyd Garver, it aired on 9/19/1995. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The First Temptation of Tim".