Home Improvement: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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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Back In The Saddle Shoes Again
Sep 20, 1994
Jill is laid off and decides to go back to college, causing Tim to become afraid that he will lose Jill to more intelligent men.
Don't Tell Momma
Sep 27, 1994
Jill dents the car, so Tim decides to fix it but he accidently drops a three ton beam on it and tries to hide it from Jill. Meanwhile, Brad and Randy are kicked off of the school
Death Begins At Forty
Oct 4, 1994
Tim begins concerned about his health when his 40th birthday nears and Harry, the owner of Harry's Hardware, has a heart attack.
The Eyes Don't Have It
Oct 11, 1994
When Tim and Jill find out Mark is having trouble at school, they think it is because they neglect him, but the real reason is that he needs glasses.
He Ain't Heavy, He's Just Irresponsible
Oct 18, 1994
Tim's brother Marty comes by to tell him that he's leaving his wife and kids. But Tim's advice turns Marty against him. Meanwhile, Tim creates a hole in the floor and Jill has tr
Borland Ambition
Oct 25, 1994
Harry offers to sell Tim 20 percent of his hardware store (that Harry's brother is selling). Jill doesn't let Tim buy it, so Al decides to purchase it. When Al becomes obsessed wit
Let's Go To The Videotape
Nov 8, 1994
After taping Jill's speech, he accidentally leaves the record button on when he critiques her speech. After Jill sees the video, Tim reads some of her psychology books and tapes a
Quibbling Siblings
Nov 15, 1994
Randy feels like the black sheep when Tim spends time with Brad and has him as a special guest on Tool Time.
My Dinner With Wilson
Nov 22, 1994
At Thanksgiving dinner with the Taylors, Wilson announces he is moving, but Tim gives him advice in the hopes Wilson will decide to stay.
Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher
Nov 29, 1994
Mr. Leonard, Tim's high school shop teacher, comes to visit, but gets angry and leaves after guest starring on an episode of Tool Time.
Some Like It Hot Rod
Dec 6, 1994
When Tim has a shot at getting his hot rod in an automotive magazine, Jill becomes busy and accidentally leaves it out in the snow.
'Twas the Night Before Chaos
Dec 13, 1994
Marty and his wife and kids, and Jill's parents come to visit and Tim and Jill try to solve their marital problems. Tim tries to beat Doc Johnson in the Christmas lighting contest
The Route Of All Evil
Jan 3, 1995
After Brad takes a paper route, he has trouble getting up and doing homework but doesn't want to quit because it will disappoint Tim.
Brother, Can You Spare A Hot Rod?
Jan 10, 1995
Tim decides to sell his hot rod and buys one to rebuild. Meanwhile, Jill takes Randy shopping for clothes and he is afraid that Jill will embarass him in front of someone he knows
Super Bowl Fever
Jan 31, 1995
Tim has a Super Bowl party for his friends while Jill is sick with the flu.
Bachelor Of The Year
Feb 7, 1995
When Al is published as one of Detroit's "Most Eligible Bachelor" in a magazine, women begin flocking all over him and he starts to ignore Ilene. Mark has to write a report on the
It's My Party
Feb 14, 1995
At Randy's party, Tim's overpolished dance floor causes Michelle, Randy's crush, to sprain her ankle.
A House Divided
Feb 21, 1995
Benny, Tim's friend, moves into his aunt's house while she's away. But a gas leak causes the house to blow up and Benny must stay with the Taylors.
The Naked Truth
Feb 28, 1995
When Marty and Nancy are staying with the Taylors, Tim walks in on Nancy in the shower, thinking she is Jill. Meanwhile, Randy goes to a bar mitzvah and must come home after he sp
Talk To Me
Mar 14, 1995
Tim insults Jill on Tool Time, ruins dinner, and drops her ring down the furnace.
No, No, Godot
Mar 21, 1995
Tim and Al scalp tickets to a hockey game when Tim can't go, but they get arrested and Jill and Ilene come to bail them out. Meanwhile, Mark paper maches Wilson's face when he wat
Tool Time After Dark (1)
Apr 11, 1995
Despite Jill's advice, Tim stays up all night watching Tool Time tapes because of his upset stomach from eating too much Polish food.
Tool Time After Dark (2)
Apr 11, 1995
Despite Jill's advice, Tim stays up all night watching Tool Time tapes because of his upset stomach from eating too much Polish food.
Sisters And Brothers
May 2, 1995
Carrie, Jill's sister, comes to observe Jill's life to see if she would like to get married. Marty, Tim's brother, moves to Detroit.
A Marked Man
May 9, 1995
Al tells Tim and Jill that one of their boys may have stolen a pocket knife. They don't believe their boys would steal, but they find the knife in Mark's pocket in the laundry.
Wilson's Girlfriend
May 23, 1995
Jill hooks Wilson up for his first date in twenty years and Tim gives him advice.