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The Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 5

Every episode of Home Improvement Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Home Improvement Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 22 - The Longest Day
    8.3/10(410 votes)

    S5:E22

    After a routine medical checkup, the family discovers that Randy may have cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  2. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 12 - 'Twas the Flight Before Christmas
    8.2/10(345 votes)

    S5:E12

    On Christmas Eve, Tim and Al get stuck at the airport on the way to Binford's winter festival. Ilene makes Al choose between her and his mother. Tim and the boys beat Doc Johnson in the Christmas lighting contest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 7 - The Look
    8.1/10(343 votes)

    S5:E7

    Tim gets "the look" from Jill after spending $4,000 on season tickets for the Detroit Pistons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  4. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 8 - Room Without a View
    7.9/10(298 votes)

    S5:E8

    Tim turns the basement into Randy's new room so that Randy doesn't have to share a room with Mark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 14 - High School Confidential
    7.9/10(295 votes)

    S5:E14

    Brad feels jealous when Randy starts taking advanced classes at his school. Tim designs the man's bedroom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lloyd Garver

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  6. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 26 - Games, Flames and Automobiles
    7.9/10(292 votes)

    S5:E26

    Al creates a Tool Time board game, hoping to earn enough money to propose to Ilene. But the game has problems and sometimes catches fire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jennifer Celotta

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  7. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 25 - Alarmed by Burglars
    7.8/10(302 votes)

    S5:E25

    When Wilson is buglarized, Jill orders Tim to put in a high security system. But instead of them having peace and quite in their house, things get worse when the alarms begin going off by themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charlie Hauck

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  8. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 1 - A Taylor Runs Through It
    7.7/10(317 votes)

    S5:E1

    At Jill's cousin's wedding, Tim tries to squeeze in sports for him in the boys. After Jill gets tired of writing her speech for the wedding, she decides to go water skiing with the boys and gets injured.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lloyd Garver

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  9. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 2 - The First Temptation of Tim
    7.7/10(298 votes)

    S5:E2

    Bud Harper, Tim's new boss, wants to replace Al because younger viewers don't like him. Meanwhile, Brad gets detention on the first day of school and additional detention for misbehaving during detention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 6 - Let Them Eat Cake
    7.7/10(323 votes)

    S5:E6

    Brad throws a Halloween party for his new friends at school while Tim, Jill, Al, and Ilene attend a cable awards show. The Tool Time cast hopes to win an award, but it appears that Cooking with Irma will sweep the event as it has every other year.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 10 - Doctor in the House
    7.7/10(294 votes)

    S5:E10

    Jill, Wilson, and Al are angry when Tim gets an honorary Ph.D.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lloyd Garver

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  12. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 16 - The Vasectomy One
    7.7/10(303 votes)

    S5:E16

    Jill wants Tim to get a vasectomy when they agree their family is complete. Meanwhile, Randy is voted "best butt" by the girls at school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 4 - Jill's Surprise Party
    7.6/10(300 votes)

    S5:E4

    Tim invites everyone over to the house for Jill's surprise birthday party, but Jill is off looking for her childhood piano.

    Director:Andy Cadiff
    Writer:Elliot Shoenman

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  14. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 9 - Chicago Hope
    7.6/10(309 votes)

    S5:E9

    Jill plans on having a romantic evening with Tim when they go to Chicago, but Tim's business meeting takes all day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 21 - Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights
    7.6/10(277 votes)

    S5:E21

    Tim and Brad get into a fight over Brad's new haircut and the hot rod engine. Meanwhile, Randy doesn't want Jill to help him rehearse for an audition to play Romeo in a school play of Romeo & Juliet.

    Director:Andrew Tsao
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 18 - When Harry Kept Dolores
    7.5/10(279 votes)

    S5:E18

    Dolores, Harry's wife, comes to Harry's Hardware and Tim's marital advice causes them to split up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 3 - Her Cheatin' Mind
    7.4/10(303 votes)

    S5:E3

    After Tim becomes threatened by one of Jill's classmates, he joins her book club.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 15 - Tanks for the Memories
    7.4/10(300 votes)

    S5:E15

    Tim and Jill play each other in a tank driving competition, and Jill wins. However, Tim doesn't congratulate her because he thinks she humiliated him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lloyd Garver

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  19. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 19 - Eye on Tim
    7.4/10(283 votes)

    S5:E19

    When a TV report is done on Tool Time, Jill gets angry when the reporter makes advances on Tim.

    Director:Peter Bonerz
    Writer:Lloyd Garver

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  20. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 11 - That's My Momma
    7.3/10(285 votes)

    S5:E11

    When Tim's mother returns, she begins dating Mr. Leonard, Tim's old shop teacher, and doesn't want to spend time with Tim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 17 - Fear of Flying
    7.3/10(289 votes)

    S5:E17

    Mark wants to take flying lessons, but Jill doesn't let him. Jill takes piano lessons. Meanwhile, Tim and Al ruin Bud's car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 23 - Mr. Wilson's Opus
    7.3/10(294 votes)

    S5:E23

    Wilson becomes the director of Randy's school play but takes the role a little too seriously. Tim and Wilson clash when Wilson attempts to make him rebuild the play's aluminum set.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 24 - Shopping Around
    7.3/10(285 votes)

    S5:E24

    Tim and Jill see Art, Tim's old shop teacher who's dating his mother, at a restaurant with another woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 5 - Advise and Repent
    7.2/10(291 votes)

    S5:E5

    Jill gets an A on her psychology paper and starts dispensing psychiatric advice. Unfortunately, this leads to marital problems for Randy's girlfriend's parents.

    Director:Andy Cadiff
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Home Improvement Season 5 Episode 13 - Oh, Brother
    7.2/10(287 votes)

    S5:E13

    When Tim hires Marty to rebuild the Tool Time set, it puts their friendship on the line.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Longest Day" is the best rated episode of Home Improvement season 5. It scored 8.3/10 from 410 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Elliot Shoenman, it aired on April 2, 1996. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "'Twas the Flight Before Christmas".