Episode guide
Home Improvement: Season 1
24 episodes · premiered Sep 17, 1991
Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor hosts a DIY show while navigating mishaps at home, often causing more chaos than fixes.
- Episode 1: Pilot Sep 17, 1991 · 24m Tim decides to rewire the dishwasher against Jill's wishes and ends up blowing more than her fuse.
- Episode 2: Mow Better Blues Sep 26, 1991 · 24m 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…
- Episode 3: Off Sides Oct 1, 1991 · 24m 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…
- Episode 4: Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof Oct 8, 1991 · 24m Tim becomes green with envy while putting up a new satellite dish on the roof when Jill's teacher visits.
- Episode 5: Wild Kingdom Oct 15, 1991 · 24m While working in the basement, Tim hears some strange noises. Is it a mouse or is it a creepy crawly snake?
- Episode 6: Adventures in Fine Dining Oct 22, 1991 · 24m Tim bets Jill that he can teach the boys some table manners.
- Episode 7: Nothing More than Feelings Oct 29, 1991 · 24m 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.
- Episode 8: Flying Sauces Nov 5, 1991 · 24m Tim cooks up a plan for Mark to get even with his brothers, and offers "Tool Time" viewers nutrition tips.
- Episode 9: Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble Nov 19, 1991 · 24m 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.
- Episode 10: Reach Out and Teach Someone Nov 26, 1991 · 24m 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 hotrod.
- Episode 11: Look Who's Not Talking Dec 10, 1991 · 24m 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.
- Episode 12: Yule Better Watch Out Dec 17, 1991 · 24m Tim competes in the neighborhood Christmas light competition. Mark writes his Christmas list to Santa, but Brad and Randy tell him Santa is dead.
- Episode 13: Up Your Alley Jan 7, 1992 · 24m Tim and Jill have a bowling match against eachother and try no to make it competitive, until the K&B Construction guys show up. The boys get in trouble at an arcade.
- Episode 14: For Whom the Belch Tolls Jan 14, 1992 · 24m 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…
- Episode 15: Forever Jung Jan 21, 1992 · 24m Karen visits and Tim must stand up to her. Jennifer invites Brad to her parents' anniversary, so Jill teaches him how to dance.
- Episode 16: Jill's Birthday Feb 4, 1992 · 24m 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…
- Episode 17: What About Bob? Feb 11, 1992 · 24m Tim cheats to beat Tool Time guest Bob Vila at a trivia game. Randy pulls a prank on Curtis, a geek at school.
- Episode 18: Baby, It's Cold Outside Feb 18, 1992 · 24m 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.
- Episode 19: Unchained Malady Feb 25, 1992 · 24m Tim gets bad luck after throwing a chain letter from Al out. Randy wrecks his new bike after being dared to do a trick.
- Episode 20: Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor Mar 3, 1992 · 24m 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.
- Episode 21: A Battle of Wheels Mar 17, 1992 · 24m Jill invades man's sacred space--the garage--with her pottery wheel; and Al takes a turn at hosting Tool Time, and finds it isn't as easy as it looks.
- Episode 22: Luck Be a Taylor Tonight Apr 7, 1992 · 24m Jill's sister's marital problems disrupt Tim's poker game.
- Episode 23: Al's Fair in Love and War Apr 28, 1992 · 24m Tim advises Al about a new woman in Al's life.
- Episode 24: Stereo-Typical May 5, 1992 · 24m Tim goes to buy new speakers and ends up with an entertainment center; Tool Time welcomes tool musicians, led by saw player Janeen Rae Heller.