The BEST episodes of Home Improvement season 1

Every episode of Home Improvement season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Home Improvement season 1!

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.

Last Updated: 8/10/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Pilot
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7.60
1178 votes

#1 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1991

After Jill explicitly tells Tim not to touch the dishwasher, he breaks it in an attempt to make it more powerful; more of a "man's" dishwasher. Jill has a job interview, but she doesn't get it and when Tim tries to comfort her, he only makes matters worse. After talking to Wilson, Tim tries again and succeeds.

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Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
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7.57
598 votes

#2 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1991

Tim decides to put in another sink in the bathroom so his shaving junk won't be in Jill's way, but the project takes longer than he expects.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Stereo-Typical
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7.54
512 votes

#3 - Stereo-Typical

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1992

Tim and Jill have a fight over the volume of the stereo, until the speaker blows.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Look Who's Not Talking
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7.47
629 votes

#4 - Look Who's Not Talking

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1991

Jill gets stage fright when she has to deliver a speech in front of women at the Library Association. Tim and Mark dress up as women to help her get over her fear.

Writer: Billy Riback
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Flying Sauces
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7.47
603 votes

#5 - Flying Sauces

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1991

The K&B Construction guys are invited on Tool Time to show how to make hot gourmet meals while on the job site. They use the tools of their trade to make meals anyone would be proud of. At home, Jill is fed up with Brad and Randy excluding Mark from their games so she has a talk with them. Brad and Randy tell Mark that they, along with Tim and Jill, are aliens from outer space.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Al's Fair in Love and War
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7.46
460 votes

#6 - Al's Fair in Love and War

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1992

Al tries to ask Greta Post out, but when he does he screws up. After Jill finds her old diary, Tim wants to read it. Tim notices that Brad acts different around Jennifer.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Elliot Stern
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Off Sides
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7.46
892 votes

#7 - Off Sides

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1991

When she can't find a babysitter, Jill has a magician watch the kids while she and Tim go on their romantic dinner. However, Tim is too distracted by a football game to pay attention to her. Meanwhile, the kids accidentally lock the magician in a trunk.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Marley Sims
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Up Your Alley
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7.45
613 votes

#8 - Up Your Alley

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1992

Tim and Jill have a bowling match against each other and try not to make it competitive, until the K&B Construction guys show up. The boys get in trouble at an arcade.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Mow Better Blues
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7.43
969 votes

#9 - Mow Better Blues

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1991

After breaking one of Tim's tools that has been in the family for twenty years, Mark fears that he will be traded in after Brad and Randy make up a story about "Peter", their former brother that was traded in after he broke one of Tim's flashlights.

Writer: Elliot Stern
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Baby, It's Cold Outside
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7.42
539 votes

#10 - Baby, It's Cold Outside

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1992

Mr. Binford ruins Tim and Jill's romantically planned weekend by making them go camping to present Binford's new line of winter camping gear.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: B.K. Taylor
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Adventures in Fine Dining
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7.42
623 votes

#11 - Adventures in Fine Dining

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1991

Tim bets Jill that he can teach the boys some table manners.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Peter Tolan
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A Battle of Wheels
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7.39
413 votes

#12 - A Battle of Wheels

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1992

Tim accidentally breaks one of Jill's pottery projects when she leaves it in the garage. Tim lets Al host Tool Time for a day after blaming him for one of his mistakes.

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Luck Be a Taylor Tonight
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7.39
409 votes

#13 - Luck Be a Taylor Tonight

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1992

Al and Jill's sister, Robin, ruin Tim's poker night.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Forever Jung
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7.37
515 votes

#14 - Forever Jung

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1992

Karen visits and Tim must stand up to her. Jennifer invites Brad to her parents' anniversary, so Jill teaches him how to dance.

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Yule Better Watch Out
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7.34
601 votes

#15 - Yule Better Watch Out

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1991

Tim competes in the neighborhood Christmas light competition. Mark writes his Christmas list to Santa, but Brad and Randy tell him Santa is dead.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Billy Riback
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Reach Out and Teach Someone
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7.34
641 votes

#16 - Reach Out and Teach Someone

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1991

Tim decides to do a Tool Time special for women to teach plumbing. After being called an idiot by Randy, Brad worries that he will do bad on a test. Tim starts his hot rod.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Unchained Malady
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7.34
509 votes

#17 - Unchained Malady

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1992

Tim gets bad luck after throwing a chain letter from Al out. Randy wrecks his new bike after being dared to do a trick.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Billy Riback
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Wild Kingdom
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7.32
752 votes

#18 - Wild Kingdom

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1991

While working in the basement, Tim hears some strange noises. Is it a mouse or is it a creepy crawly snake?

Directors: John Pasquin
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Nothing More Than Feelings
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7.32
589 votes

#19 - Nothing More Than Feelings

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1991

After Jill drove while her oil light was on, Tim shares this with the Tool Time audience and the other guys say their wives don't respect their tools.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Peter Tolan
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What About Bob?
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7.31
564 votes

#20 - What About Bob?

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/1992

Tim cheats to beat Tool Time guest Bob Vila at a trivia game. Randy pulls a prank on Curtis, a geek at school.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof
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7.29
770 votes

#21 - Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1991

Tim becomes green with envy while putting up a new satellite dish on the roof when Jill's teacher visits.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Jill's Birthday
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7.28
629 votes

#22 - Jill's Birthday

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1992

Tim gets Jill a lifetime membership to a health care club, until she says she will never exercise again. Brad and Randy spend all of their money on a baseball card, so they make Mark give them a "brother tax" to get Jill a present.

Directors: John Pasquin
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Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor
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7.23
470 votes

#23 - Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/1992

Jill tells Tim that he is a bad listener when he doesn't remember her mentioning the opera fundraiser. Brad and Randy try to get Mark to eat a worm while working on a birdhouse.

Directors: John Pasquin
Writer: Marley Sims
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For Whom the Belch Tolls
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7.09
604 votes

#24 - For Whom the Belch Tolls

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1992

Jill doesn't want Stu Cutler, Tim's old college friend, in the house. So Tim tries to keep him away, but when he gives in and Stu comes to the house he insults Tim and Jill and belches with the boys.

Directors: John Pasquin
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