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The Movie Oracle
Program id: 1558
Home Improvement : Season 6
Tim and Al’s TV show gets a boost, but family life demands more attention as the boys mature and Jill finds success.
At Sea : (Ep. 1)
7 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 1 - aired : Sep 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.

Director: Andrew Tsao
Writer: Lloyd Garver
Future Shock : (Ep. 2)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 2 - aired : Sep 1996

Tim and Jill both reminisce about their senior years.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Workshop 'Til You Drop : (Ep. 3)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 3 - aired : Oct 1996

When Bud gets divorced, Tim and Jill go to a couples therapy workshop.

Director: Andrew Tsao
Writer: Charlie Hauck
Burnin' Love : (Ep. 4)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 4 - aired : Oct 1996

Tim tells Randy to go for Lauren, who likes cars, but he finds out she is dating Jason, Brad's friend.

Al's Video : (Ep. 5)
7 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 5 - aired : Oct 1996

When Al is the producer of a video, he selects Tim to direct, until Tim gets too bossy. Jill gets a computer.

Director: Andrew Tsao
Whose Car Is It Anyway? : (Ep. 6)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 6 - aired : Oct 1996

Jill buys a foreign sports car with money from an inheritance and forbids Tim to drive it.

Director: Andrew Tsao
I Was A Teenage Taylor : (Ep. 7)
9 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 7 - aired : Oct 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.

Writer: Eric Horsted
Jill and Her Sisters : (Ep. 8)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 8 - aired : Nov 1996

Jill's wild sisters visit to plan their parents' 50th anniversary.

Director: Andrew Tsao
The Tool Man Delivers : (Ep. 9)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 9 - aired : Nov 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.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Charlie Hauck
The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry : (Ep. 10)
9 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 10 - aired : Nov 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.

Workin' Man Blues : (Ep. 11)
9 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 11 - aired : Dec 1996

Brad gets a part-time job at a sporting goods store and work soon becomes his top priority.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Lloyd Garver
No Place Like Home : (Ep. 12)
9 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 12 - aired : Dec 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.

Writer: Elliot Shoenman
The Flirting Game : (Ep. 13)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 13 - aired : Jan 1997

Jill wonders if flirting with a possible boss will get her employed.

The Karate Kid Returns : (Ep. 14)
9 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 14 - aired : Jan 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.

Totally Tool Time : (Ep. 15)
7 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 15 - aired : Jan 1997

Swedish buyers consider buying Tool Time for Europe.

Director: Peter Bonerz
A Funny Valentine : (Ep. 16)
6 / 10 (3 votes)
Episode 16 - aired : Feb 1997

Tim forgets where he hid Jill's Valentine's Day present. A singer talks about her relationship with Tim's father.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Charlie Hauck
Wilson's World : (Ep. 17)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 17 - aired : Feb 1997

Wilson decides to act more like others after a newspaper critic gives his performance a bad review.

Director: Andrew Tsao
Writer: Jennifer Celotta
Something Old, Something Blue : (Ep. 18)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 18 - aired : Feb 1997

Before Al and Ilene's wedding, Al tells the guys a secret.

Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
Communication Breakdown : (Ep. 19)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 19 - aired : Mar 1997

When the boys are using the phone too much, Tim has Dennis, Harry's son, install a second line.

Writer: Eric Horsted
My Son, the Driver : (Ep. 20)
9 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 20 - aired : Apr 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.

Director: Andrew Tsao
Insult to Injury : (Ep. 21)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 21 - aired : Apr 1997

Tim ignores his separated shoulder to break a Bob Vila record on Tool Time with a steamroller.

Writer: Eric Horsted
Family Un-Ties : (Ep. 22)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 22 - aired : Apr 1997

Jill wants to spend quality time with the family, but the guys take her to the hardware expo.

The Feminine Mistake : (Ep. 23)
5 / 10 (4 votes)
Episode 23 - aired : May 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.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Taps : (Ep. 24)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 24 - aired : May 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.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Lloyd Garver
The Kiss and the Kiss-Off : (Ep. 25)
8 / 10 (2 votes)
Episode 25 - aired : May 1997

Lisa, the old Tool Time girl, returns and Tim gives her her old job back without consulting Heidi, the current Tool Time girl.

Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Jennifer Celotta