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.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 203
- Latest aired
- S08E26
- Total runtime
- 3d 5h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1991 – May 1992 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 1992 – May 1993 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1993 – May 1994 25 episodes
- Season 4 September 1994 – May 1995 26 episodes
- Season 5 September 1995 – May 1996 26 episodes
- Season 6 September 1996 – May 1997 25 episodes
- Season 7 September 1997 – May 1998 25 episodes
- Season 8 September 1998 – May 1999 27 episodes
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S03E01 Maybe, Baby
September 15 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E02 Aisle See You in My Dreams
September 22 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E03 This Joke's for You
September 29 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E04 A Sew, Sew Evening
October 6 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E05 Arrivederci, Binford
October 13 · 24min find the promo
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Tim is afraid to cry after Mr. Binford, his boss and close friend, passes away.
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S03E06 Crazy for You
October 27 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E07 Blow Up
November 3 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E08 Be True to Your Tool
November 10 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E09 Dollars and Sense
November 17 · 24min find the promo
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The boys buy a remote controlled car with stock bonds from their grandmother.
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S03E10 A Frozen Moment
November 24 · 24min find the promo
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On Thanksgiving, for a perfect Christmas card, Tim builds a Christmas Village and has the family wear costumes.
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S03E11 Feud for Thought
December 1 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E12 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
December 15 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E13 Slip Sleddin' Away
January 5 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E14 Dream On
January 12 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E15 Reel Men
January 26 · 24min find the promo
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When Jill is having Ilene and Marie over, Tim goes fishing with Al to get out of the house.
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S03E16 The Colonel
February 9 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E17 Room for Change
March 2 · 24min find the promo
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Tim has Randy move into Mark's room when Randy bothers Brad on the phone.
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S03E18 The Eve of Construction
March 9 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E19 Too Many Cooks
March 16 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E20 It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims
March 30 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E21 Fifth Anniversary
April 6 · 24min find the promo
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Tool Time doesn't have enough money for a big fifth anniversary show, so Tim shows a clip of the first episode.
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S03E22 Swing Time
May 4 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E23 What You See Is What You Get
May 11 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E24 Reality Bytes
May 18 · 24min find the promo
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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.
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S03E25 The Great Race II
May 25 · 24min find the promo
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After Bob Vila raises more money than Tim for Jill's library fundraiser, Tim challenges him to a race... in his unfinished hot rod.