1996 • 25 episodes
Tim and Al’s TV show gets a boost, but family life demands more attention as the boys mature and Jill finds success.
Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1996
Jill finds Brad making out with his girlfriend in his room. When Jill asks Tim to have a man-to-man talk with Brad, Tim is a little reluctant to do it. Not because he doesn't feel Brad needs it, but because it's something he's never done before with a kid. Tool Time goes to sea in another on-location shoot, with Tim, Al and Heidi boarding the USS Constellation aircraft carrier as part of their salute to engines.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1996
Tim and Jill both reminisce about their senior years.
Episode 3 • Oct 01, 1996
When Bud gets divorced, Tim and Jill go to a couples therapy workshop.
Episode 4 • Oct 08, 1996
Tim tells Randy to go for Lauren, who likes cars, but he finds out she is dating Jason, Brad's friend.
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1996
When Al is the producer of a video, he selects Tim to direct, until Tim gets too bossy. Jill gets a computer.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1996
Jill buys a foreign sports car with money from an inheritance and forbids Tim to drive it.
Episode 7 • Oct 29, 1996
It's a battle of halloween pranks. First Tim scares Al, then Brad and Randy scare Jill, then a strange man shows up at the door asking to see the basement. Jill, Tim and Wilson tell the boys that years ago a man named Clifford Warren was accused of killing his brother, but because of his mental problems he was put in an insane hospital. Little do the boys know that it's a halloween prank. They invite Al to help them pull a prank on their own, but Al and Wilson pull a prank on the Taylors.
Episode 8 • Nov 12, 1996
Jill's wild sisters visit to plan their parents' 50th anniversary.
Episode 9 • Nov 19, 1996
Heidi goes into labor en route to the Classic Car Man of the Year awards and Tim and Jill help deliver the baby, while receiving instructions from Wilson on the phone.
Episode 10 • Nov 26, 1996
Benny isn't allowed on the guest list fo the Thanksgiving dinner party at the Taylor house and Tim gets into the spirit of giving.
Episode 11 • Dec 10, 1996
Brad gets a part-time job at a sporting goods store and work soon becomes his top priority.
Episode 12 • Dec 17, 1996
Tim's brothers help move their mother out of the family home, but Tim takes an immediate dislike to the new owners' plans for the place.
Episode 13 • Jan 07, 1997
Jill wonders if flirting with a possible boss will get her employed.
Episode 14 • Jan 14, 1997
Everything goes well when Mark uses karate to save Randy from a bully, until the school newspaper gets hold of it. Wilson's cousins, the Beach Boys, come to visit.
Episode 15 • Jan 28, 1997
Swedish buyers consider buying Tool Time for Europe.
Episode 16 • Feb 11, 1997
Tim forgets where he hid Jill's Valentine's Day present. A singer talks about her relationship with Tim's father.
Episode 17 • Feb 18, 1997
Wilson decides to act more like others after a newspaper critic gives his performance a bad review.
Episode 18 • Feb 25, 1997
Before Al and Ilene's wedding, Al tells the guys a secret.
Episode 19 • Mar 11, 1997
When the boys are using the phone too much, Tim has Dennis, Harry's son, install a second line.
Episode 20 • Apr 01, 1997
Jill's worst fears come true when she predicts something bad will happen on the night brad is first driving. He gets into a small accident but little do they know the accident is alot more serious than he admits.
Episode 21 • Apr 15, 1997
Tim ignores his separated shoulder to break a Bob Vila record on Tool Time with a steamroller.
Episode 22 • Apr 29, 1997
Jill wants to spend quality time with the family, but the guys take her to the hardware expo.
Episode 23 • May 06, 1997
Jill makes Tim act like an equal partner once she finds that Brad's girlfriend does whatever he tell her to. Tool Time does a 3D show.
Episode 24 • May 13, 1997
To keep her father away because of the pressure she's under, Jill fakes an illness only to find out that he died shortly after she lied to him.
Episode 25 • May 20, 1997
Lisa, the old Tool Time girl, returns and Tim gives her her old job back without consulting Heidi, the current Tool Time girl.