Home Improvement: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Home Improvement Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Maybe, Baby
Sep 15, 1993
Jill's sister Carol is having a baby girl. When they talk about the baby's name and Jill is going through the boys' baby toys, she wishes she could have a baby girl. Tim tells Rand
Aisle See You In My Dreams
Sep 22, 1993
At Al's 35th birthday, he wants a wife and kids, so Jill fixes him up with Ilene Markham. Al finds out that Ilene wants kids too, so he proposes to her on Tool Time. Randy and Br
This Joke's For You
Sep 29, 1993
Tim stops telling jokes and screwing up on Tool Time after he installs an intercom and hears Randy call him a screw up. Brad wants to read ""David Copperfield"" so he can talk to
A Sew, Sew Evening
Oct 6, 1993
Tim has trouble with Joe Morton, his new neighbor, after Joe dents part of his hot rod. Jill becomes good friends with Marie Morton, Joe's wife. Brad signs up for home ec. as his
Arrivederci, Binford
Oct 13, 1993
Tim is afraid to cry after Mr. Binford, his boss and close friend, passes away.
Crazy For You
Oct 27, 1993
It's halloween and as usually Tim is up to his old tricks, however Jill plans a prank of her own. Tim gets flowers from a fan named Rose but soon strange things start happpening. S
Blow Up
Nov 3, 1993
Tim accidentally blows up a bad picture of Jill for her library fundraising dinner. Meanwhile, Al takes the boys miniature golfing and throws a fit after Brad gets a hole-in-one.
Be True To Your Tool
Nov 10, 1993
Wes Davidson, the president of Binford, makes Tim promote a bad tool on Tool Time. Meanwhile, the boys go shopping and find a way to save money.
Dollars And Sense
Nov 17, 1993
The boys buy a remote controlled car with stock bonds from their grandmother.
A Frozen Moment
Nov 24, 1993
On Thanksgiving, for a perfect Christmas card, Tim builds a Christmas Village and has the family wear costumes.
Feud For Thought
Dec 1, 1993
At their high school reunion, Jill tries to avoid Joanie Graham, her high school friend who stole her boyfriend, and Tim and Jack try to fix the amplifier. Meanwhile, Al watches th
'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
Dec 15, 1993
Tim tries to beat Doc Johnson in the neighborhood Christmas light contest, but Randy is leaking information to Doc's granddaughter. Brad wants to go skiing with Tom Wheeler's fami
Slip Sleddin' Away
Jan 5, 1994
Randy loses a sled race to Vinnie. But after following Tim's advice of racing Vinnie again with a better sled, Randy sprains his arm. Meanwhile, Brad contemplates stopping his saxo
Dream On
Jan 12, 1994
Al doesn't want to come to dinner with the Taylors after Ilene has a dream about Tim riding on a golden stallion in tight bicycle shorts.
Reel Men
Jan 26, 1994
When Jill is having Ilene and Marie over, Tim goes fishing with Al to get out of the house.
The Colonel
Feb 9, 1994
Jill feels bad when her father, the army colonel, asks her opinion on his boring book. Meanwhile, Tim builds a hockey puck shooter when Randy becomes a goalie.
Room For Change
Mar 2, 1994
Tim has Randy move into Mark's room when Randy bothers Brad on the phone.
The Eve Of Construction
Mar 9, 1994
Jill joins Al's team for Habitat for Humanity because Tim thinks married couples shouldn't work together. Meanwhile, Brad finds a locket and gives it to Ashley but finds out it wa
Too Many Cooks
Mar 16, 1994
When Irma can't host her show (Cooking with Irma) for a week, she asks Al to fill-in as host and Tim to be his assistant. Tim has a hard time not being the centre of attention, but
It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims
Mar 30, 1994
After Tim charms all the women at a baby shower, Jill wants a romantic evening with him, but Tim takes the boys to a Demolition Derby.
Fifth Anniversary
Apr 6, 1994
Tool Time doesn't have enough money for a big fifth anniversary show, so Tim shows a clip of the first episode.
Swing Time
May 4, 1994
Tim and the boys plan on getting Jill a hot tub for Mother's Day and getting rid of the swing set. But they find the swing set meant more to Jill than they thought and she wants a
What You See Is What You Get
May 11, 1994
After researching cosmetic surgery on the computer, Jill finds that Tim wants her to have cosmetic surgery. Meanwhile, Tim plays a computer game with the boys and the loser must c
Reality Bytes
May 18, 1994
Randy, pretending to be thirty-two years old, meets a woman on a singles message board on the computer, and she comes by for a visit. Meanwhile, Tim tries to help Mark with his sc
The Great Race II
May 25, 1994
After Bob Vila raises more money than Tim for Jill's library fundraiser, Tim challenges him to a race... in his unfinished hot rod.