Home Improvement
Season 5
199526 episodes
As Brad becomes a teenager, the Taylors face growing pains, career changes, and more explosive projects.
Episode 1
A Taylor Runs Through It
Sep 19, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
At Jill's cousin's wedding, Tim tries to squeeze in sports for him in the boys. After Jill gets tired of writing her speech for the wedding, she decides to go water skiing with the boys and gets injured.
Episode 2
The First Temptation of Tim
Sep 26, 199522m
TMDB rating 6.8TMDB
Bud Harper, Tim's new boss, wants to replace Al because younger viewers don't like him. Meanwhile, Brad gets detention on the first day of school and additional detention for misbehaving during detention.
Episode 3
Her Cheatin' Mind
Oct 3, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
After Tim becomes threatened by one of Jill's classmates, he joins her book club.
Episode 4
Jill's Surprise Party
Oct 17, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
Tim invites everyone over to the house for Jill's surprise birthday party, but Jill is off looking for her childhood piano.
Episode 5
Advise and Repent
Oct 24, 199522m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
Jill gets an A on her psychology paper and starts dispensing psychiatric advice. Unfortunately, this leads to marital problems for Randy's girlfriend's parents.
Episode 6
Let Them Eat Cake
Oct 31, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Brad throws a Halloween party for his new friends at school while Tim, Jill, Al, and Ilene attend a cable awards show. The Tool Time cast hopes to win an award, but it appears that Cooking with Irma will sweep the event as it has every other year.
Episode 7
The Look
Nov 7, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.7TMDB
Tim gets "the look" from Jill after spending $4,000 on season tickets for the Detroit Pistons.
Episode 8
Room Without a View
Nov 14, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
Tim turns the basement into Randy's new room so that Randy doesn't have to share a room with Mark.
Episode 9
Chicago Hope
Nov 21, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Jill plans on having a romantic evening with Tim when they go to Chicago, but Tim's business meeting takes all day.
Episode 10
Doctor in the House
Nov 28, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Jill, Wilson, and Al are angry when Tim gets an honorary Ph.D.
Episode 11
That's My Momma
Dec 5, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
When Tim's mother returns, she begins dating Mr. Leonard, Tim's old shop teacher, and doesn't want to spend time with Tim.
Episode 12
'Twas the Flight Before Christmas
Dec 12, 199522m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
On Christmas Eve, Tim and Al get stuck at the airport on the way to Binford's winter festival. Ilene makes Al choose between her and his mother. Tim and the boys beat Doc Johnson in the Christmas lighting contest.
Episode 13
Oh, Brother
Jan 9, 199622m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
When Tim hires Marty to rebuild the Tool Time set, it puts their friendship on the line.
Episode 14
High School Confidential
Jan 16, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
Brad feels jealous when Randy starts taking advanced classes at his school. Tim designs the man's bedroom.
Episode 15
Tanks for the Memories
Jan 30, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Tim and Jill play each other in a tank driving competition, and Jill wins. However, Tim doesn't congratulate her because he thinks she humiliated him.
Episode 16
The Vasectomy One
Feb 6, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Jill wants Tim to get a vasectomy when they agree their family is complete. Meanwhile, Randy is voted "best butt" by the girls at school.
Episode 17
Fear of Flying
Feb 13, 199622m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
Mark wants to take flying lessons, but Jill doesn't let him. Jill takes piano lessons. Meanwhile, Tim and Al ruin Bud's car.
Episode 18
When Harry Kept Dolores
Feb 20, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
Dolores, Harry's wife, comes to Harry's Hardware and Tim's marital advice causes them to split up.
Episode 19
Eye on Tim
Feb 27, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
When a TV report is done on Tool Time, Jill gets angry when the reporter makes advances on Tim.
Episode 20
The Bud Bowl
Mar 5, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
When Tim and Jill go bowling with Bud and his wife, Tim tells Jill to lose because he's afraid his career will be ruined if they beat Bud and his wife. Meanwhile, Angela, Brad's girlfriend, sets her sister up with Randy.
Episode 21
Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights
Mar 12, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Tim and Brad get into a fight over Brad's new haircut and the hot rod engine. Meanwhile, Randy doesn't want Jill to help him rehearse for an audition to play Romeo in a school play of Romeo & Juliet.
Episode 22
The Longest Day
Apr 2, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
After a routine medical checkup, the family discovers that Randy may have cancer.
Episode 23
Mr. Wilson's Opus
Apr 30, 199622m
TMDB rating 7.7TMDB
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.
Episode 24
Shopping Around
May 7, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Tim and Jill see Art, Tim's old shop teacher who's dating his mother, at a restaurant with another woman.
Episode 25
Alarmed by Burglars
May 14, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
When Wilson is buglarized, Jill orders Tim to put in a high security system. But instead of them having peace and quite in their house, things get worse when the alarms begin going off by themselves.
Episode 26
Games, Flames and Automobiles
May 21, 199622m
TMDB rating 8.3TMDB
Al creates a Tool Time board game, hoping to earn enough money to propose to Ilene. But the game has problems and sometimes catches fire.