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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot
17 September 1991Tim makes the dishwasher more powerful. Jill has a job interview.
26 September 1991At home: Tim is tuning up his ride-on lawnmower, Jill is making the boys donate unnecessary stuff for a rummage sale and Mark breaks his dad's precious 20-year old torque wrench. In the Tool Time show: Tim hides a blowtorch from Al "to make an important point".
Season 1, Episode 3: Off Sides
1 October 1991Tim and the boys are watching American football on TV when Jill reminds him that they have a dinner reservation at Chez Pierre because it was supposed to be their romantic night out. Tim has to give up the football - but sneaks a portable radio with an earpiece underneath his clothes into the restaurant in order to listen to the match. The boys get a peculiar new babysitter, Sir Larry Houdini!
8 October 1991In Tool Time: Tim is working on a wood table, with predictable results. Al is going to help out Lisa with her bookshelf. At home: Tim decides to install a huge new satellite dish all by himself. He is also jealous about a guy who's willing to help Jill prepare for a job interview on a Saturday.
15 October 1991Mark is bringing his cub scout pals for a visit. Tim has to re-light the pilot light of the furnace and he decides to show Randy and Brad how to do it. While in the basement, they discover something moving down there.
22 October 1991At home: When the Boys manage to get the whole family kicked out of a pizza place because of their behavior, Jill points out that since Tim has encouraged the boys' bad behavior, he should be the one to teach them how to behave. In Tool Time: Besides showing how to lay floor boards, Tim takes the time to give a speech about manners. He also demonstrates the new Binford nail gun. With predictable results.
29 October 1991Jill has ignored the car's oil warning light for two days and the car becomes inoperative. Tim then gives a speech in Tool Time about respect for the machines. He tells the audience about the oil light incident that happened "to a friend". Tim gets support from two audience members with similar experiences. When they start sharing experiences about each other's wives, Tim lets slip out that Jill drool A LOT in her sleep. With a predictable reaction from Jill when the show airs...
5 November 1991In Tool Time: Tim has a tip on how to avoid hitting oneself on a finger while holding a nail. Tim also has received a fan letter which he decides to read out aloud to the audience. The writer of the letter and his friends are construction workers who have invented a way of "cooking with power and steel". Tim invites them to demonstrate this on the show. At home: Brad and Randy are ashamed of being seen in public with their "geek brother". Jill thinks she and Tim should tell Brad and Randy not to torment their little brother but Tim has another idea: they have to "out-torment" Brad and Randy. They try Jill's idea but when that seems to have no effect, Tim gets a chance to try his idea... Tim then finds some old 8-track tapes in the basement and he and Jill start quizzing each other about the music of the 1960s and 1970s.
19 November 1991Jill mentions the need for another sink in the bathroom and Tim promises to add one plus a whirlpool, and anything else Jill wants. Tim decides to make a Tool Time special about a bathroom re-do at his home because that way he does not have to pay for anything. Of course, things don't go as smoothly as planned...
26 November 1991Tim starts his dream hot rod project: he has only a frame to 1934 Ford Roadster to begin with, but it's a start. Jill is more interested in the clogged sink which to Tim is not an urgent matter to deal with. Because of that, Jill has already tried to unclog it herself and managed to drop Tim's precious screwdriver in. Suddenly Tim gets very upset and decides to teach the basics of plumbing to Jill. Soon they have a fight. Afterwards, Tim apologizes but Jill doesn't feel she owes him an apology in return. In Tool Time: Tim decides to teach basic home repair to women "in a simple language even a woman can understand".
10 December 1991At home: Jill starts experiencing stage fright when the time to give a speech approaches. Tim promises to clean the house while Jill concentrates on the speech. True to his manners, Tim decides to rewire the vacuum cleaner with, you guessed it, more power! In Tool Time: Tim gives a house cleaning tip for men.
17 December 1991In Tool Time: Tim gives a Yuletime tip: never plug in a frayed wire, and grunts Jingle Bells. He also demonstrates his great invention: a rotating Christmas tree. With the usual results. At home: Tim has decided to beat Dr. Johnson in the neighborhood Christmas decoration contest. The competition soon gets out of control. Jill is upset that Randy did not get the part of Josef but the inn-keeper in the school Christmas pageant and decides to make Randy stand out by making him an outstanding costume. Mark learns a shocking secret: there is no Santa Claus.
7 January 1992In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to hang a drywall. At home: At Tim's suggestion, the family goes bowling. Tim's obsession for winning soon turns a time of family fun into bloody competition. Randy and Brad run into the bowling alley arcade bully.
14 January 1992It's family night at the Taylors. Randy would like to re-watch 'Bury Me Again', Tim suggests 'Bayonette Hell' but it's Jill's time to choose and she wants to see 'The Sound of Music'. Then Tim's college buddy Stu calls that he's in town. Tim agrees to meet him over a beer because Jill doesn't want him in their home. However, Tim can't tell Stu he is not welcome... In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to heat insulate a window.
21 January 1992At home: Brad is going on his first date. Jill's friend Karen is coming for a visit. Tim and she don't like each other. Karen mocks Tim about his power tools, saying that men buy them because they are insecure about their manhood, then claims men are aggressive and destructive. And that society is male-dominated. Tim claims his and Jill's relationship is an equal one but Karen comes up with tricky questions to test that. In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to apply laminate. The process involves a new instant glue, the use of which requires great care. Which Tim does not quite manage.
4 February 1992At home: Jill's birthday is coming up and Tim has forgotten it. Luckily for him, the boys remind him. Jill says she doesn't need any presents - especially because the previous year, he got her a pressurized window washer. This year, she tells, Tim has to get her something thoughtful. In Tool Time: The show is shooting a makeover of a house - live. Tim has a truck on site. All that is needed for a catastrophe... Elsewhere: Tim learns a secret of Al's when they visit a women's clothes store to find a gift for Jill.
11 February 1992In Tool Time: Al is excited because Bob Vila is in town signing his new book. When Al utters "I can't believe I actually got to talk to the pioneer of home repairs", Tim's ego can't take the blow. Then, Tool Time sponsor Mr. Binford announces that Bob Vila will be the guest in the following day's episode. What's even worse, Mr. Binford wants Tim to face Bob Vila in a challenge... At home: Tim makes Jill prep him for trivia questions. Randy has been bad at school - he got caught for bullying. Jill announces that she will invite the boy, Curtis, to come to their house so that Randy can apologize in person. However, when Curtis asks Jill how old she is and compares her to his grandma, then tells on the phone to his mom that their house is cooler and that Jill is much heavier than her, Jill's goodwill starts to evaporate.
18 February 1992Valentine's Day is coming up. Brad is trying to figure out a card for Jennifer. Tim has made a weekend reservation for him and Jill at Stone Creek Lodge. The boys will go to Aunt Helen so that Tim and Jill have privacy; at least that's the plan. On Tool Time: The sponsor, John Binford, announces that Tim's family is to go camping for the weekend - and the whole experience will be filmed for Tool Time. Tim comes up with a solution: They will film it to look like the family camped the whole weekend, when they really only make a quick side trip on their way to Aunt Helen.
25 February 1992At home: Tim receives a chain letter with the instructions that it be sent forward to 10 people within 24 hours or else something bad will happen. Tim doesn't buy into that and disregards the letter, despite Jill's warnings. Randy breaks his new bike and has to figure out how to explain that to his parents. In Tool Time: Tim is late because his car battery had been dry and someone had parked in his space on the parking lot. He tells Al about the letter and he also warns Tim of the consequences. Turns out he sent Tim the letter and then later found a $20 bill on the street and won a shovel in a radio contest... and Lisa asks if she can stay the night at Al's place because the heating at her place does not work. Even after he accidentally dyes his hands green, Tim refuses to believe in the chain letter's curse because George Foreman himself is coming to make an appearance in Tool Time.
3 March 1992Tim and Jill get into an argument after she insists that she told him repeatedly about an upcoming reception, but he is sure she never mentioned it.
17 March 1992
7 April 1992In Tool Time: It has been Tim and Al's week of salute to painting. Tim brings up the subject of women thinking that men are insensitive and don't listen. He claims that men are sensitive to other things like details. Tim's guys poker night is in jeopardy because one of the regulars won't be able to make it. They invite Al as a substitute. At home: Tim wants the women and kids out of the house for the duration of the men's poker night, but that is not going to happen. One of the men is Jill's sister's husband Charlie and they are having marriage problems. Charlie is about to leave but Tim talks him out of it and the poker night is a go. He also gives Charlie advice on how to apologize to his wife. Meanwhile, Jill gives her sister advice on Charlie.
28 April 1992
5 May 1992In Tool Time: It's the "Salute to Saws" week. Tim's special guest is Janeen Ray Heller, who can play the saw. At Home: The speakers of Tim's stereo system blow up (sadly, not literally) and he goes to buy new ones. The thing is, he can't restrain himself and ends up buying a whole home entertainment system...
16 September 1992In Tool Time: It's "Salute to Safety" week. The Guys from K & B Construction are back for a safety demonstration. Tim reads a letter from a viewer who thinks Tim has taken the show too far with all the macho grunting stuff. Tim burns the letter with a construction-use flame thrower. At home: Randy teases Brad about Jennifer wanting a kiss. Jill has prepared a surprise romantic evening for two, but Tim goes from Tool Time to a bar with the construction workers. And Tim is so thick he can't take a hint when he calls home and Jill says that she is "really looking forward to" seeing him and listening to Billie Holliday while waiting. He promises to be at home in 15 minutes but actually arrives after two hours. Jill isn't pleased...
23 September 1992In Tool Time: Tim's guest, Angus McLain, has come to tell about The Highland Games in Detroit. Tim and Al will be participating in the games. At home: Tim has bought tickets to the biggest monster truck rally in the history of Detroit, which means that Jill will get the house all for herself on Sunday. Brad's principal calls the Taylors and tells that Brad hid a dissected frog in her food. Turns out that Brad's schoolmate had dared him to do it. Brad gets grounded and Jill says that means no truck rally for him, but Tim wants to allow Brad to go. They have an argument about it but eventually come to a compromise. Then comes the evening when the police bring Brad home...
30 September 1992Tim and Jill are going out for a dinner. Tim glues his hands together. Jill has asked Karen to babysit for the boys. Jill watches a Tool Time on tape and sees Tim checking out a woman's behind. Tim is then accused of having the wandering male eye with no control. Tim guarantees he's not going to "check out babes" while on dinner with Jill. Then he is approached in the restaurant by an ardent fan, Kiki Van Fursterwallenscheinlaw...
7 October 1992A pulled groin muscle hampers Tim's love life.
14 October 1992It's weekend. Tim reveals to Al that he is going to put the 350 Chevy engine in his hot rod. Tim has invited "some friends" to help him. Al wants to come too. Tim thought Al would be spending the weekend with Greta (last seen in season 1 episode 21, "Al's Fair in Love and War"). But Greta broke up with him. So Tim invites Al. Karen has broken up with Greg and is visiting Jill. When Tim tells that Dave Gibbons is coming, Jill wants to introduce him to Karen. Tim can see what Jill has in mind and protests - he needs Dave in the garage. Another friend of Tim's, Bob, brings his pregnant wife with him. The next to arrive are Hank and Wanda. And Tim's original plan was that no one bring along their wife. Then Jill gets the idea that they should barbecue...
28 October 1992On Tool Time: Tim is demonstrating how to make a brick wall. Since it's Halloween, he also dresses up as a monster in an attempt to scare Al. Together, they carve jack-o-lanterns. Except that Tim has invented a new method for achieving the same result - with, you guessed it, more power! With predictable results. At home: Tim has turned the basement into a "haunted house" for Brad's Halloween party. Brad has agreed to dress up as "Raggedy Andy" because Jennifer is coming as Raggedy Ann. But Brad is stunned when she comes as a biker chick with another boy, having changed her mind because she claims Brad had been insensitive to her. Also, the impolite Curtis is back!
4 November 1992In Tool time: It's Tool Time's salute to lubricants. Michael and Mario Andretti are going to make an appearance in the show. At home: Mark has chicken pox and Tim's never had it, which means that Tim has to move to Al's place for a while. Which means Tim finds out the answers to questions he never wanted to ask...
11 November 1992In Tool Time: Tim has a huge project: renovating a house from top to bottom. Mr Binford's daughter arrives to announce that she is now the show's producer, which means Tim is no longer in charge. At home: Jill gets a week's job at Inside Detroit magazine. She has to be at work 8 o'clock the next morning and Tim has to be at the project house at the same time. Who's going to get the boys off to school?
18 November 1992At home: Jill has been trying to get Tim to go to see a lawyer with her in order to update their will. Tim finally agrees to do it. In Tool Time: Al has been building a cabin for 4½ months without any power-tools. Naturally, it is Tim's opinion, that Al needs... yep, more power. He then demonstrates log-cutting with a dangerously powerful Binford chainsaw nicknamed "widowmaker"...
25 November 1992On Tool Time: Al claims he can distinguish types of wood by their smell, even blindfolded. Tim agrees to set up a test for Al. At home: Brad and Randy decide to build a catapult. Tim has tuned up his weed whacker - with predictable results. Karen and Dave stop by on their way to the opera. Dave asks a favor from Tim; should Karen ask, Tim is to say that Dave was at lunch with him the previous day. He's actually seeing another woman, but doesn't want to hurt Karen.
2 December 1992Jill is going to work and hasn't got time to look after the house. Jill was supposed to make a gingerbread house for the school PTA meeting but as she doesn't have time, Tim says he'll do it.
16 December 1992
6 January 1993Tim wants Jill to throw out some of her clothes or he will remodel the closet. Brad has punched a boy in school who called him names after hugging his Dad.
13 January 1993At home: Jennifer is going away for a while and leaves his goldfish Howard in Brad's care (the episode title might be a clue as to how that ends up). Jill complain's about Tim's reckless driving on her car. Tim decides to tune up the car. Next, Tim learns Jill has opened her own bank account and Jill overhears Tim say to Mark that Jill's car is really his car because he paid for it. They then get into a huge argument about whether possessions belong to one of them or whether they are mutually owned. Once again, Tim has to consult Wilson on how to make up with Jill. In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates a heavy duty drum sander in use. Lisa FINALLY gets more lines to say to the Tool Time audience! Tim has rewired the sander to be more powerful. Which has the usual results.
20 January 1993
3 February 1993At home: The boys pull a prank on a sleeping Tim. Tim and Jill's wedding anniversary is coming up. Tim bribes the boys to reveal Jill's surprise gift for him. When he finds out how cool it is, he realizes he has to give Jill something she really wants - ballroom dancing lessons with him! The problem is, Tim can't dance at all. The boys try to pull a prank on a sleeping-as-far-as-they-know Al. In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates a nail gun. With disastrous effects.
10 February 1993In Tool Time: Tim and Al have built a wooden home entertainment center rack. To which Tim has made "a little adjustment" that was not in the original plan. At home: Tim and Jill are going to Sheila's wedding. Karen is babysitting the boys. Tim has tossed the driving instructions away since he is confident that he knows the area and how to find the church. However, it is not so easy when it is dark and snowing...
17 February 1993A woodpecker keeps Tim awake at night. He's trying hard to get rid of it, but Mark has been feeding it and named it Pete. Brad tries to fake being sick in order to be able to stay home because his math homework is not done since Jennifer used to do it until she refused and Brad broke up with her. When Brad flunks in math Randy suggests that he tell Jill that Jennifer left him and he's depressed because of it. This works, until Jennifer turns up and Jill learns the truth. Tim and Jill have to teach Brad and they find out that multiplying compound fractures is not as easy as they thought it would be... In Tool Time: Tim demonstrates how to lay a new floor. Tim has one of his genius ideas regarding how to scrape off the old floor. With the usual results.
24 February 1993On Tool Time: Tim has invited an expert to demonstrate how to cut wood using karate. Al believes he can do it too - and he does! Tim's ego can't take this and he tries it too - with predictable results. At home: Brad and Randy won't let Mark play football with them. They say Mark is a geek and a chicken. Tim and Jill agree that Mark should find a way to improve his confidence. Tim suggests karate, Jill gymnastics. Naturally, Mark chooses karate. In karate class, Mark's partner is a bully, and the boy's mother gets into a fight with Jill and Tim.
3 March 1993Tim gets Pistons tickets, but Jill says he has to take Mark to the ballet. Making everything worse, Brad and Randy test out a cigar.
17 March 1993On Tool Time: Tim and Al are building a deck. Surprisingly, there is NO catastrophe! At home: Tim's mother-in-law comes for a visit from Texas. To everyone's surprise, she is no longer super-fat; in fact, she is slim. Since Jill's parents are moving to a new condo, her mother has decided to give some items to her daughters. Jill wishes for their antique wooden clock, but her mother has chosen a tea set for her. Jill is unable to tell her mother about how she feels about the clock, and Tim fails to understand what's the problem.
14 April 1993
5 May 1993At home: Mother's day is approaching and Tim wants to prove to Jill that he and the boys can actually buy something from the heart. In Tool Time: Tim presents Binford products that clear drain and toilet clogs. Surprisingly, there is no catastrophe. Tim demonstrates how to pour a concrete foundation. Sadly, again no catastrophe.
12 May 1993At home: Tim's project hot rod is finally in the stage where he can see if it starts up. It doesn't. Tim takes a break. Jill wants him to fix a doorknob, the burner on the stove, the gas line and the ice dispenser. Tim keeps postponing them all because of the hot rod. Jill declares that she will fix the stove and the ice dispenser. Tim forbids that and promises he will fix everything, "soon". Jill becomes tired of waiting and calls a repairman to fix the stove. Tim does not approve. Then the repairman sees the hot rod and in an instant forgets all about the stove... In Tool Time: It's Lawn Care Week. Tim gives a speech about mowing the lawn and presents several types of grass. Later during the week, they will salute clippers and sprinklers, but first they salute fertilizers.
19 May 1993In Tool Time: Tim announces the poll winner of The Most Popular Guest on Tool Time. The winner will be returning for another episode - despite Tim's attempt to rig the vote. Tim ends up in a lawnmower racing contest against the guest in question. Lisa finally gets more than one scene! At home: Karen has won a day at a spa for two and plans to take Jill with her. Brad and Randy say they won't exclude Mark from their activities if he passes a non-squealer test: he has to hold a tadpole inside his mouth for three seconds. unfortunately, Mark swallows it when Randy gives him a pat on the back. Jill decides to teach the two a lesson...
15 September 1993Jill wants a baby, but Tim is through with kids.
22 September 1993
29 September 1993
6 October 1993
13 October 1993
27 October 1993
Season 3, Episode 7: Blow Up
3 November 1993
10 November 1993
17 November 1993
24 November 1993
1 December 1993
15 December 1993
5 January 1994
Season 3, Episode 14: Dream On
12 January 1994Ilene is furious with Al after he tells Tim about an embarrassing dream Ilene had about Tim, which Tim then tells to Jill.
Season 3, Episode 15: Reel Men
26 January 1994Al invites Tim to go ice fishing with him, but Tim is only interested in bringing his TV and tools along rather than passing the time in conversation.
9 February 1994When Jill's father comes to visit, their relationship is strained by their longtime inability to have an honest talk, but this causes problems when he asks her opinion on the book he's written about his military career.
2 March 1994Brad asks for his own room after getting tired of sharing with Randy and Mark.
9 March 1994Tim agrees to build a house for Habitat for Humanity on his show, with famous athletes helping out, but Al and Jill challenge him by agreeing to lead a separate team (made up of women) to see who can build a house faster. Meanwhile, Brad doesn't know what to do after giving Ashley a locket he found, not telling her that it was lost by one of Jill's friends.
16 March 1994Al and Tim are asked to guest host "Cooking with Irma" while Irma is out of town for a week, but Tim chafes at suddenly being Al's assistant. Meanwhile, Randy needs advice about a girl he likes.
30 March 1994
6 April 1994Tim and Al present the "man's kitchen" on Tool Time, but it costs so much that the head of Binford insists they cut back on expenses for the rest of the year - ruining Tim's big plans for the show's fifth anniversary program.
Season 3, Episode 22: Swing Time
4 May 1994
11 May 1994After an acquaintance of hers gets cosmetic surgery to please her husband, Jill gets mad at Tim for suggesting that she could benefit from some improvements. On Tool Time, Tim and Al attempt to refurbish a table. Meanwhile, Brad and Randy challenge Mark to a series of games, with the loser having to do cleanup chores around the house.
18 May 1994Randy starts a romantic correspondence with a woman in St. Louis on a computer bulletin board, presenting himself as a 32-year-old dermatologist rather than a 12-year-old, but his bluff is endangered when she decides to come meet him. Meanwhile, Tim helps Mark with his science project, but has to fight the urge to do it all himself. Also, Tool Time gets a visit from the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-61).
25 May 1994
20 September 1994
27 September 1994Tim accidentally crushes Jill's car while operating a crane in a Tool Time segment, and has to figure out how to keep her from finding out.
4 October 1994
11 October 1994Mark is afraid that getting eyeglasses will cause everyone to make fun of him.
18 October 1994
25 October 1994When Al buys 20% of Harry's hardware store, he irritates everyone by becoming obsessed with the business, trying to change store policies, promoting the store on Tool Time and spending less time with Ilene.
8 November 1994After Tim attends an address Jill gives at a seminar, he accidentally videotapes himself at the hardware store making fun of her speech.
December 1994When Al has to miss a taping of Tool Time, Brad fills in for him; but Randy can't stop making fun of Brad's appearance on the show, and Tim realizes it's because Randy feels that Tim prefers Brad over him.
22 November 1994Tim and Jill are upset to find out that Wilson is planning on moving to the forests of Ecuador.
29 November 1994Mr. Art Leonard, Tim's favorite old metal shop teacher, is invited for an appearance on Tool Time, along with some of his old classmates. Unfortunately, during a taping of the show it becomes clear that the man who inspired a young Tim Taylor to seek more power is losing much of his own when his crippling arthritis is revealed, as well with his bitterness about his condition.
6 December 1994While using the garage to make scenery for Mark's school Christmas pageant, Jill accidentally leaves Tim's hot rod outside during a snowstorm, just a day before he's been asked to display it.
13 December 1994When Jill's parents come to visit for Christmas, her mother complains that Jill's father just wants to spend his retirement sitting around the house.
3 January 1995Brad finds himself overwhelmed by his new paper route, and pays Randy and Mark to do his homework and chores.
10 January 1995Everyone is stunned when Tim impulsively sells his hot rod to a pizza magnate - especially Brad, who helped him build it, so Tim and Brad try and talk the millionaire into selling it back. Meanwhile, Randy is embarrassed that Jill still goes along with him when shopping for clothes.
31 January 1995Tim invites his friends over to watch the Super Bowl, but his plans are thrown off when Jill comes down with the flu.
7 February 1995After a Detroit magazine selects Al as the city's most eligible bachelor, women begin constantly flirting with him, causing him to lose sight of his priorities and making Ilene jealous. But the reasons for the flirting may not be what they seem.
14 February 1995Tim puts a dance floor in the basement for Randy's birthday party, but he overwaxes it, causing Randy's friend Beth to sprain her ankle; Randy is embarrassed that Tim is now sending his friends to the hospital.
21 February 1995For a segment on Tool Time, Tim agrees to fix the furnace is Benny's aunt's basement, but disaster strikes when Benny fails to tell him that there are TWO gas leaks in the house. Benny soon wears out his welcome as Tim's house guest, as everyone struggles to repair the aunt's home while she is out of town.
28 February 1995When Tim accidentally exposes himself to his equally naked sister-in-law Nancy, who's using his and Jill's shower, he suggests they keep quiet about the incident. However, Nancy breaks the silence and a more uncomfortable one descends.
Season 4, Episode 20: Talk to Me
14 March 1995Tim accidentally throws dinner into the trash compactor and then drops Jill's ring down the furnace. Tim speaks to two guys on how to talk to women on Tool Time, and he calls Jill an old hen.
21 March 1995
11 April 1995After eating polish food, Tim's stomach is bothering him so he stays up all night watching old Tool Time episodes.
11 April 1995After eating polish food, Tim's stomach is bothering him so he stays up all night watching old Tool Time episodes.
2 May 1995Jill's sister Carrie, a globetrotting photographer, comes to visit, and their different paths in life create conflict. Meanwhile, Tim can't seem to stop arguing with his brother Marty, and the strife even spills over to create friction between Al and his brother Cal.
9 May 1995
23 May 1995
19 September 1995When the family travels to the wedding of Jill's favorite cousin, Tim and the boys are determined to use all their free time in outdoor activities.
26 September 1995
3 October 1995
17 October 1995Tim tries to throw a surprise 39th birthday party for Jill, but she suddenly decides to go to Ohio to reacquire her childhood piano. When she finds that it's been converted into a fish tank, Tim decides to get it back and restore it as a gift.
24 October 1995
31 October 1995
Season 5, Episode 7: The Look
7 November 1995
14 November 1995Tim builds Randy a new room in the basement.
21 November 1995When Tim has to go to Chicago for a business meeting Jill plans a romantic evening for the two of them while they're there.
28 November 1995Tim is awarded an honorary doctorate by his old college, bewildering Jill as she works for her own master's degree. However, Tim begins to wonder whether his school's reasons have little to do with respect for his show.
5 December 1995
12 December 1995
9 January 1996Tim hires his younger brother Marty to work for him. This proves to be the usual disaster, making both men miserable. Just when Tim appears to be ready to work things out, Marty quits. After a brief awkwardness, they make up and Tim sends him to a friend at a construction outfit to work.
16 January 1996Randy has science and math abilities that land him in high school classes, which irritates Brad. Tim and Al introduce "The Man's Bedroom" on Tool Time.
30 January 1996Tim is invited to a Marine base for a special Tool Time episode, but is embarrassed when Jill proves more capable at driving a tank.
6 February 1996
13 February 1996Jill struggles in her piano lessons. Mark finds a new hobby in aviation, but Jill is hesitant to let him take to the sky.
20 February 1996Harry and Dolores separate after a heated argument, and Tim tries to figure out a way to get them back together again.
Season 5, Episode 19: Eye on Tim
27 February 1996Tim is featured on a different show, but the show's host prefers Tim's features.
5 March 1996
12 March 1996
2 April 1996The family finds out that Randy may have cancer.
30 April 1996Wilson directs the school production of Romeo and Juliet.
7 May 1996Tim is upset to find that his former shop teacher may be cheating on Tim's mother.
14 May 1996
21 May 1996Al invests his life savings to market a "Tool Time" board game and hinges his decision to propose to Ilene on the game's success.
Season 6, Episode 1: At Sea
17 September 1996"Tool Time" visits the USS Constellation for a "Salute to Engines"; Jill catches Brad making out with his girlfriend.
24 September 1996
1 October 1996
8 October 1996
Season 6, Episode 5: Al's Video
15 October 1996When Al is asked to host an instructional video, he enlists Tim to direct it, but Tim becomes so obsessed with stylistic concerns that he runs wildly over schedule, and Al has to fire him.
22 October 1996
29 October 1996
12 November 1996
19 November 1996
26 November 1996
10 December 1996When Brad gets a new job at a sporting goods store, he gets so excited over a perceived career possibility that he neglects his academic work.
17 December 1996
7 January 1997A door-to-door saleslady flirts with Tim, after which he buys a case of her household cleaner. Jill then avoids a speeding ticket by flirting with the policeman. This brings on humorous discussions on the issue of flirting - is it right or wrong? Jill struggles with flirting in order to get job but eventually she does the right thing.
14 January 1997
28 January 1997
11 February 1997
18 February 1997
25 February 1997Al gets cold feet before his wedding to Ilene.
11 March 1997
1 April 1997
15 April 1997
29 April 1997
6 May 1997
Season 6, Episode 24: Taps
13 May 1997After completing a hectic quarter in college and is on break, Jill gets a call from her Father, The Colonel that he will be paying a visit. Jill, feeling tired, tells a lie to him saying that it wouldn't be a good time to visit because she's feeling sick, but a few days later, he dies. Grief stricken and feeling very guilty for lying, she flies to Texas to help in the funeral arrangements and Tim and the boys will join her in a couple of days. While there, Jill tries to tell her Mom and her sisters that she's okay, but they think she's sick and is putting a brave front. During the funeral, the Minister presiding talks about how her Father valued honesty, which makes her feel worse. Jill decides to tell her Mom the truth about when he wanted to visit.
20 May 1997
23 September 1997
30 September 1997Tim is upset when Randy becomes critical of Binford's environmental record.
7 October 1997
14 October 1997
28 October 1997
Season 7, Episode 6: The Niece
4 November 1997Wilson's niece surprises him with a visit, with the possibility that she might stay with him for an extended period.
11 November 1997After a man asks her out at the gym, thinking Tim is Jill's brother, she fantasizes about the man and worries whether the spark has gone out of her marriage.
18 November 1997Upset after difficult experiences while working at a hospice, Randy tells his parents that he's not going to go to church anymore.
25 November 1997Tim is invited to bring his family and spend Thanksgiving in a luxury suite at the Lions' traditional holiday football game.
9 December 1997
16 December 1997
6 January 1998
20 January 1998Brad announces his plans to wed.
3 February 1998
10 February 1998
24 February 1998After falling through the porch swing, Tim discovers a hidden bag of marijuana. Tim ad Jill suspect it belongs to one of the boys. And they are shocked when they discover the chronic belongs to Brad.
3 March 1998
10 March 1998
17 March 1998
31 March 1998
21 April 1998
28 April 1998
5 May 1998
12 May 1998
19 May 1998
Season 8, Episode 1: Whitewater
22 September 1998
Season 8, Episode 2: Adios
29 September 1998
6 October 1998
13 October 1998
20 October 1998
Season 8, Episode 6: Bewitched
27 October 1998Wilson disappears after hosting a Halloween party with his new romantic interest, a woman who claims to be a witch.
