The worst episodes of Home Improvement
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Visiting relatives cause problems for Jill, Tim and Al.
- 02
He Ain't Heavy, He's Just Irresponsible
Tim's brother pays a visit to Tim and reveals that he is thinking about leaving his wife and kids.
- 03
Tim is reunited with his old high school shop teacher and invites him to a guest appearance on 'Tool Time'. Tim then pushes him and his teacher gets mad at Tim during the show.
- 04
Brad takes on a paper route, then delivers the news that it is more than he can handle.
- 05
Tim and Jill must make a parenting decision when one of the boys is accused of stealing a Swiss army knife from the hardware store.
- 06
Jill plays matchmaker and introduces their next door neighbor Wilson to one of her professors.
- 07
Tim has trouble convincing everyone that he is happy for Al, who gets a role in a TV movie with Morgan Fairchild.
- 08
Jill finds the behavior of Tim's college roommate to be pretty collegiate.
- 09
Jill's speech is accidentally caught on video tape and so is Tim's negative review.
- 10
When Jill's cousin's wedding day arrives, The Taylor family stays at a resort. Tim does everything he can to have outdoor fun with the kids and avoid most of the wedding festivities.
- 11
The Taylor's lives come to a halt when Jill is told she might need a hysterectomy; 'Tool Time' does ski maintenance.
- 12
A peanut rolling contest interferes with Jill's plans to spend an evening alone with Tim; Brad anticipates his first kiss.
- 13
Jill grounds Brad after she finds out that he hid a dissected frog in cafeteria food at school. Brad then gets into more trouble which causes father/son problems.
- 14
Jill catches Tim eyeing another woman's shape on a episode of 'Tool Time' when he asks her to watch the episode. Things go downhill from there as Tim tries his best to avoid situations where he appears to be checking women out.
- 15
Tim pulls a groin muscle helping Jill and then he tries to keep it a secret from her.
- 16
Tim moves in with Al for a bit in order to avoid catching Mark's chicken pox when the Andretti brothers visit the show.
- 17
Jill finds a job with a Detroit magazine; Mr. Binford's daughter becomes Tim's new 'Tool TIme' producer.
- 18
Where There's a Will, There's a Way
Jill want's Tim to start working on their will again and Tim haves problems with doing it because of losses in his past.
- 19
Tim and Jill are caught in the middle when Dave begins to date one of Jill's friends and another woman at the same time.
- 20
Jill's growing resonsibilities at the magazine force Tim to take charge of the the chores at home that she normally does.
- 21
Tim talks Jill into letting him power up her closet; Brad decides that he is much too grown up to be hugged anymore by his parents.
- 22
Tim confronts Jill about her individual checking account; Brad becomes careless when he baby sits Jennifer's goldfish.
- 23
Love Is a Many Splintered Thing
Tim and Jill questions their marriage when Tim does poorly on a marriage compatibility test that Jill makes him take.
- 24
Tim gives Ballroom dancing lessons to Jill as a anniversary gift.
- 25
Tim deals with a bothersome woodpecker; Brad has a relationship problem with Jennifer and Tim and Jill become tutors.
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