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The Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 3

Every episode of Home Improvement Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 3!

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The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 1 - Maybe, Baby
    7.0/10(337 votes)

    #1 - Maybe, Baby

    S3:E1

    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 Randy and Brad that Jill always wanted a girl so they tell Mark that Jill wished he had been a girl. This upsets Mark and when Jill wants to bake a cake with him, he doesn't want to. When she finds out the truth, she tells Mark that what Randy and Brad told him isn't true. Tim is also upset because he doesn't want another child. But he feels alright again when Jill tells him that they don't have the time for another child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Bendetson

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  2. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 2 - Aisle See You In My Dreams
    7.7/10(341 votes)

    #2 - Aisle See You In My Dreams

    S3:E2

    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 Brad write a letter to Mark pretending to be Isaiah Thomas, so Tim and Jill tell Mark to get revenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  3. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 3 - This Joke's For You
    8.0/10(336 votes)

    #3 - This Joke's For You

    S3:E3

    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 it to Jennifer, but he finds out it's not about the magician and Jennifer breaks up with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 4 - A Sew, Sew Evening
    8.0/10(337 votes)

    #4 - A Sew, Sew Evening

    S3:E4

    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 elective to meet girls, but when the other boys in school find out about his plan, it doesn't work out the way he planned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 5 - Arrivederci, Binford
    7.7/10(337 votes)

    #5 - Arrivederci, Binford

    S3:E5

    Tim is afraid to cry after Mr. Binford, his boss and close friend, passes away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  6. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 6 - Crazy For You
    8.2/10(410 votes)

    #6 - Crazy For You

    S3:E6

    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. She keeps calling him, Wilson thinks she is obesseed with him, Tim tries to hide but it's no use.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Bendetson

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  7. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 7 - Blow Up
    8.3/10(344 votes)

    #7 - Blow Up

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 8 - Be True To Your Tool
    8.0/10(329 votes)

    #8 - Be True To Your Tool

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 9 - Dollars And Sense
    8.0/10(322 votes)

    #9 - Dollars And Sense

    S3:E9

    The boys buy a remote controlled car with stock bonds from their grandmother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Bendetson

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  10. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 10 - A Frozen Moment
    7.7/10(331 votes)

    #10 - A Frozen Moment

    S3:E10

    On Thanksgiving, for a perfect Christmas card, Tim builds a Christmas Village and has the family wear costumes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 11 - Feud For Thought
    7.7/10(329 votes)

    #11 - Feud For Thought

    S3:E11

    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 the boys and Brad's girlfriend Ashley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  12. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 12 - 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
    7.7/10(348 votes)

    #12 - 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas

    S3:E12

    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 family on Christmas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 13 - Slip Sleddin' Away
    7.7/10(323 votes)

    #13 - Slip Sleddin' Away

    S3:E13

    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 saxophone lessons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 14 - Dream On
    7.3/10(321 votes)

    #14 - Dream On

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 15 - Reel Men
    7.0/10(330 votes)

    #15 - Reel Men

    S3:E15

    When Jill is having Ilene and Marie over, Tim goes fishing with Al to get out of the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 16 - The Colonel
    7.5/10(325 votes)

    #16 - The Colonel

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 17 - Room For Change
    7.7/10(323 votes)

    #17 - Room For Change

    S3:E17

    Tim has Randy move into Mark's room when Randy bothers Brad on the phone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 18 - The Eve Of Construction
    7.3/10(333 votes)

    #18 - The Eve Of Construction

    S3:E18

    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 was Marie's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  19. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 19 - Too Many Cooks
    7.3/10(326 votes)

    #19 - Too Many Cooks

    S3:E19

    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 when Jill shows him that he can assistant her, he decides to continue to help Al. While Randy finds it hard to talk to a girl in his class named Beth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Bendetson

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  20. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 20 - It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims
    7.7/10(331 votes)

    #20 - It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 21 - Fifth Anniversary
    8.3/10(336 votes)

    #21 - Fifth Anniversary

    S3:E21

    Tool Time doesn't have enough money for a big fifth anniversary show, so Tim shows a clip of the first episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 22 - Swing Time
    8.5/10(321 votes)

    #22 - Swing Time

    S3:E22

    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 an herb garden instead of a hot tub.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 23 - What You See Is What You Get
    7.7/10(309 votes)

    #23 - What You See Is What You Get

    S3:E23

    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 clean the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 24 - Reality Bytes
    7.3/10(330 votes)

    #24 - Reality Bytes

    S3:E24

    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 science project.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Home Improvement Season 3 Episode 25 - The Great Race II
    8.0/10(316 votes)

    #25 - The Great Race II

    S3:E25

    After Bob Vila raises more money than Tim for Jill's library fundraiser, Tim challenges him to a race... in his unfinished hot rod.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Maybe, Baby" is the best rated episode of "Home Improvement" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 337 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Bob Bendetson, it aired on 9/15/1993. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Aisle See You In My Dreams".