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Essential Home Improvement Episodes

ABC, 1991 to 1999

Our 7 character guides for Home Improvement point to 19 key episodes across 3 seasons. Of those, 3 turn up in two or more guides, so they come first, followed by every episode in air order.

Season and episode numbers follow the original broadcast order.

The essentials(3)

Episodes that matter to more than one character, the most shared first.

  1. Season 1, Episode 1

    "Pilot"

    In 3 guides
    • Tim Taylor: Tim ignores Jill's warning about the dishwasher and ends up damaging it.
    • Jill Taylor: Jill has a job interview and does not get the job.
    • Wilson: Wilson's fence and his advice to Tim introduce the running gag.

  2. Season 1, Episode 2

    "Mow Better Blues"

    In 2 guides
    • Randy Taylor: Randy and Brad invent a story about a traded son to get out of a chore.
    • Mark Taylor: Mark breaks one of Tim's tools.

  3. Season 1, Episode 21

    "A Battle of Wheels"

    In 2 guides
    • Tim Taylor: Tim lets Al host Tool Time for a day, and it goes badly for everyone.
    • Al Borland: Tim lets Al host Tool Time for a day, and the results are a disaster.

Every key episode by season(19)

Season 1(4 episodes)

  1. Season 1, Episode 1

    "Pilot"

    An essential, in the guides for Tim Taylor, Jill Taylor, and Wilson. Read the notes

  2. Season 1, Episode 2

    "Mow Better Blues"

    An essential, in the guides for Randy Taylor and Mark Taylor. Read the notes

  3. Season 1, Episode 9

    "Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble"

  4. Season 1, Episode 21

    "A Battle of Wheels"

    An essential, in the guides for Tim Taylor and Al Borland. Read the notes

Season 2(10 episodes)

  1. Season 2, Episode 2

    "Rites & Wrongs of Passage"

    • Wilson: Wilson tells Tim that Brad is rebelling.

  2. Season 2, Episode 4

    "Groin Pains"

  3. Season 2, Episode 7

    "Roomie for Improvement"

  4. Season 2, Episode 8

    "May the Best Man Win"

    • Jill Taylor: Jill unexpectedly gets a job as a researcher for a magazine.

  5. Season 2, Episode 9

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

    • Mark Taylor: Mark fears his father is dying after overhearing talk about wills.

  6. Season 2, Episode 11

    "Abandoned Family"

    • Jill Taylor: Jill researches a magazine cover story while Tim runs the house.

  7. Season 2, Episode 15

    "Love is a Many Splintered Thing"

    • Jill Taylor: Jill's magazine work takes her into a compatibility test.

  8. Season 2, Episode 16

    "Dances with Tools"

    • Tim Taylor: Tim and Jill mark their anniversary, and Tim works hard to get the day right.

  9. Season 2, Episode 18

    "Bye Bye Birdie"

    • Brad Taylor: Brad and Jennifer break up, and Brad fails a math test.

  10. Season 2, Episode 19

    "Karate or Not, Here I Come"

    • Mark Taylor: Mark's karate class leads to a bully and a fight between Jill and another mother.

Season 3(5 episodes)

  1. Season 3, Episode 1

    "Maybe, Baby"

    • Tim Taylor: Jill starts wishing for a baby girl, while Tim has no interest in another child.

  2. Season 3, Episode 2

    "Aisle See You in My Dreams"

  3. Season 3, Episode 3

    "This Joke's for You"

    • Randy Taylor: Randy mocks Tool Time over the intercom and gets grounded.

  4. Season 3, Episode 5

    "Arrivederci, Binford"

    • Brad Taylor: After Binford dies, Brad decides men cannot cry.

  5. Season 3, Episode 11

    "Feud for Thought"

    • Wilson: Wilson helps Al with the boys.

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