
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.
About this season
Tim and Al’s TV show gets a boost, but family life demands more attention as the boys mature and Jill finds success.
Episodes (25)

1. At Sea
7.0Aired 17 September 1996 • 22 min
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.

2. Future Shock
8.0Aired 24 September 1996 • 22 min
Tim and Jill both reminisce about their senior years.

3. Workshop 'Til You Drop
7.5Aired 1 October 1996 • 22 min
When Bud gets divorced, Tim and Jill go to a couples therapy workshop.

4. Burnin' Love
7.5Aired 8 October 1996 • 22 min
Tim tells Randy to go for Lauren, who likes cars, but he finds out she is dating Jason, Brad's friend.

5. Al's Video
7.0Aired 15 October 1996 • 22 min
When Al is the producer of a video, he selects Tim to direct, until Tim gets too bossy. Jill gets a computer.

6. Whose Car Is It Anyway?
8.0Aired 22 October 1996 • 22 min
Jill buys a foreign sports car with money from an inheritance and forbids Tim to drive it.

7. I Was A Teenage Taylor
8.5Aired 29 October 1996 • 22 min
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.

8. Jill and Her Sisters
8.0Aired 12 November 1996 • 22 min
Jill's wild sisters visit to plan their parents' 50th anniversary.

9. The Tool Man Delivers
8.0Aired 19 November 1996 • 22 min
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.

10. The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry
8.5Aired 26 November 1996 • 22 min
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.

11. Workin' Man Blues
8.5Aired 10 December 1996 • 22 min
Brad gets a part-time job at a sporting goods store and work soon becomes his top priority.

12. No Place Like Home
8.5Aired 17 December 1996 • 22 min
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.

13. The Flirting Game
7.5Aired 7 January 1997 • 22 min
Jill wonders if flirting with a possible boss will get her employed.

14. The Karate Kid Returns
8.5Aired 14 January 1997 • 22 min
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.

15. Totally Tool Time
7.0Aired 28 January 1997 • 22 min
Swedish buyers consider buying Tool Time for Europe.

16. A Funny Valentine
6.3Aired 11 February 1997 • 22 min
Tim forgets where he hid Jill's Valentine's Day present. A singer talks about her relationship with Tim's father.

17. Wilson's World
7.5Aired 18 February 1997 • 22 min
Wilson decides to act more like others after a newspaper critic gives his performance a bad review.

18. Something Old, Something Blue
7.5Aired 25 February 1997 • 22 min
Before Al and Ilene's wedding, Al tells the guys a secret.

19. Communication Breakdown
7.5Aired 11 March 1997 • 22 min
When the boys are using the phone too much, Tim has Dennis, Harry's son, install a second line.

20. My Son, the Driver
8.5Aired 1 April 1997 • 22 min
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.

21. Insult to Injury
7.5Aired 15 April 1997 • 22 min
Tim ignores his separated shoulder to break a Bob Vila record on Tool Time with a steamroller.

22. Family Un-Ties
7.5Aired 29 April 1997 • 22 min
Jill wants to spend quality time with the family, but the guys take her to the hardware expo.

23. The Feminine Mistake
4.8Aired 6 May 1997 • 22 min
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.

24. Taps
8.0Aired 13 May 1997 • 22 min
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.

25. The Kiss and the Kiss-Off
8.0Aired 20 May 1997 • 22 min
Lisa, the old Tool Time girl, returns and Tim gives her her old job back without consulting Heidi, the current Tool Time girl.