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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S05E01 A Taylor Runs Through It
September 19 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E02 The First Temptation of Tim
September 26 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E03 Her Cheatin' Mind
October 3 · 22min find the promo
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After Tim becomes threatened by one of Jill's classmates, he joins her book club.
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S05E04 Jill's Surprise Party
October 17 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E05 Advise and Repent
October 24 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E06 Let Them Eat Cake
October 31 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E07 The Look
November 7 · 22min find the promo
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Tim gets "the look" from Jill after spending $4,000 on season tickets for the Detroit Pistons.
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S05E08 Room Without a View
November 14 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E09 Chicago Hope
November 21 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E10 Doctor in the House
November 28 · 22min find the promo
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Jill, Wilson, and Al are angry when Tim gets an honorary Ph.D.
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S05E11 That's My Momma
December 5 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E12 'Twas the Flight Before Christmas
December 12 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E13 Oh, Brother
January 9 · 22min find the promo
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When Tim hires Marty to rebuild the Tool Time set, it puts their friendship on the line.
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S05E14 High School Confidential
January 16 · 22min find the promo
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Brad feels jealous when Randy starts taking advanced classes at his school. Tim designs the man's bedroom.
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S05E15 Tanks for the Memories
January 30 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E16 The Vasectomy One
February 6 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E17 Fear of Flying
February 13 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E18 When Harry Kept Dolores
February 20 · 22min find the promo
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Dolores, Harry's wife, comes to Harry's Hardware and Tim's marital advice causes them to split up.
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S05E19 Eye on Tim
February 27 · 22min find the promo
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When a TV report is done on Tool Time, Jill gets angry when the reporter makes advances on Tim.
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S05E20 The Bud Bowl
March 5 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E21 Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights
March 12 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E22 The Longest Day
April 2 · 22min find the promo
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After a routine medical checkup, the family discovers that Randy may have cancer.
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S05E23 Mr. Wilson's Opus
April 30 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E24 Shopping Around
May 7 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E25 Alarmed by Burglars
May 14 · 22min find the promo
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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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S05E26 Games, Flames and Automobiles
May 21 · 22min find the promo
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Al creates a Tool Time board game, hoping to earn enough money to propose to Ilene. But the game has problems and sometimes catches fire.