The WORST episodes of Home Improvement
Every episode of Home Improvement ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Home Improvement!
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.
#1 - Tool Time After Dark (2)
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/11/1995
Despite Jill's advice, Tim stays up all night watching Tool Time tapes because of his upset stomach from eating too much Polish food.
#2 - It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/1994
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.
#3 - He Ain't Heavy, He's Just Irresponsible
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1994
Tim's brother Marty comes by to tell him that he's leaving his wife and kids, but Tim's advice turns Marty against him. Meanwhile, Tim creates a hole in the floor and Jill has trouble working on her psychology report.
#4 - Death Begins at Forty
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1994
Tim becomes concerned about his health when his 40th birthday nears and Harry, the owner of Harry's Hardware, has a heart attack.
#5 - Feud for Thought
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1993
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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Home Alone
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1999
Tim gets preoccupied when he is left alone to write his book.
#8 - Reel Men
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1994
When Jill is having Ilene and Marie over, Tim goes fishing with Al to get out of the house.
#9 - Super Bowl Fever
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1995
Tim has a Super Bowl party for his friends while Jill is sick with the flu.
#10 - Slip Sleddin' Away
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1994
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.
#11 - The Niece
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1997
Willow, Wilson's niece, comes to stay which makes it so that Wilson has no time to spend with Tim.
#12 - The Eve of Construction
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1994
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.
#13 - Let's Go to the Videotape
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1994
After taping Jill's speech, Tim accidentally leaves the record button on when he critiques her speech. After Jill sees the video, Tim reads some of her psychology books and tapes a fake conversation with his buddies, complimenting Jill.
#14 - Mr. Wilson's Opus
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/30/1996
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.
#15 - Arrivederci, Binford
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1993
Tim is afraid to cry after Mr. Binford, his boss and close friend, passes away.
#16 - Love's Labor Lost (2)
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1999
Tim waits for news on Jill's surgery. Jill will be fine, although she had to have her ovaries completely removed, not partially as was first thought. Jill's mother comes to visit to help with her daughter's care and with her mood swings.
#17 - My Dinner with Wilson
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1994
At Thanksgiving dinner with the Taylors, Wilson announces he is moving, but Tim gives him advice in the hopes Wilson will decide to stay.
#18 - A Frozen Moment
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1993
On Thanksgiving, for a perfect Christmas card, Tim builds a Christmas Village and has the family wear costumes.
#19 - What You See Is What You Get
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1994
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.
#20 - The Eyes Don't Have It
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1994
When Tim and Jill find out Mark is having trouble at school, they think it is because they neglect him, but the real reason is that he needs glasses.
#21 - Overactive Glance
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1992
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.
#22 - The Colonel
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1994
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.
#23 - The Route of All Evil
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1995
After Brad takes a paper route, he has trouble getting up and doing homework but doesn't want to quit because it will disappoint Tim.
#24 - Love's Labor Lost (1)
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1999
Plans for a ski trip are put on hold when Jill needs an emergency hysterectomy. Tim helps her face the situation, but becomes frightened when complications arise during surgery.
#25 - Fifth Anniversary
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/1994
Tool Time doesn't have enough money for a big fifth anniversary show, so Tim shows a clip of the first episode.