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Home Improvement

1991–1999 · Ended · 8 seasons

Family Comedy
First aired
Sep 17, 1991
Last aired
May 25, 1999
IMDb rating
7.2 / 10 52,722 votes

Overview

Home Improvement is a family sitcom about Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, the host of a local cable home improvement show called "Tool Time." Home Improvement looks at Tim at work, and at home, as the husband of Jill and the father to three teenage boys. Having been married for almost 20 years, Tim and Jill have had their share of fights, but with the help of their wise, mysterious neighbor Wilson W. Wilson, Jr., things often turn out all right.

Won 7 Primetime Emmys. 45 wins & 75 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 2 · 25 episodes

  • Sep 16, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Sep 23, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Sep 30, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Oct 7, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Oct 14, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Oct 28, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Nov 4, 1992 25 min

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

  • Nov 11, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Nov 18, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Nov 25, 1992 25 min

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

  • Dec 2, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Dec 16, 1992 25 min

    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.

  • Jan 6, 1993 25 min

    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.

  • Jan 13, 1993 25 min

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

  • Jan 20, 1993 25 min

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

  • Feb 3, 1993 25 min

    Tim gets Jill ballroom dancing lessons for her anniversary present.

  • Feb 10, 1993 25 min

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

  • Feb 17, 1993 25 min

    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 paperwork anymore.

  • Feb 24, 1993 25 min

    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!

  • Mar 3, 1993 25 min

    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.

  • Mar 17, 1993 25 min

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

  • Apr 14, 1993 25 min

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

  • May 5, 1993 25 min

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

  • May 12, 1993 25 min

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

  • May 19, 1993 25 min

    Tim borrows a lawnmower with an engine from a Chinook helicopter for a race against Bob Vila. Brad and Randy make Mark eat a tadpole so that he can play with them.

Cast 9

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