NEW- Home Improvement Episodes

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Home Improvement
Season Nine Episodes
(1999-2000)


Ep1: Comin' Back Home:
After living in Indiana for the past summer, the Taylor clan decide to return back to their Detroit home. Tim, Jill, Brad, and Mark are helped getting re-situated back into their former home by Al & Trudy, Heidi & Scott, Wilson, Marty, Jeff, Patty & Doug, and other family friends. Tim and Jill tell their friends about their short-lived three month stay in Indiana and how it just didn't feel like "home".

Ep2: Starting Back Over:
Tim, Al, and a 3-month pregnant Heidi put their heads together and decide to go back and "grovel" for their former jobs, but the trio soon find out that Binford has re-hired Bud, who was hoping the "Tool Time" gang would come back and help them out about three months of bad ratings and bad management. Meanwhile, Jill talks with Wilson about her newfound guilt for leaving her new job back in Indiana and now having no job. Wilson encourages her to not to give up and keep looking. Elsewhere, Brad learns that Sam (Maggie Lawson) has been accepted to a highly prestigous graduate school in Maryland, thus causing more heartache for Brad and Sam--who have just recently gotten back together and now torn apart again.

Ep3: Goodbyes Turn Into Hellos:
While seeing Samantha off to the airport to head to Maryland, Brad is supported by his parents and Mark, who later are surprised by an unannounced visit from Randy and Lauren (Courtney Peldon) who are now back from Costa Rica for good. The Taylors are estatic to have Randy home again for good, even a still-sulking Brad. Meanwhile, both Heidi and Al via for Wilson's attentions and advice about both of their newly-fading marriages. Al confides in Wilson that he fears Trudy has now second thoughts about marrying him afterall, and Heidi confides in Wilson that she fears Scott is having second thoughts about having a second baby and her constantly declining Scott's intimate advances in the bedroom.

Ep4: School Is Anything But Cool:
Mark experiences some teen angst when he feels one of his teachers purposely giving him a hard time, because of something that Brad had done in his class a few years ago. Mark decides to just skip his class altogether after learning the teacher has no intentions of grading Mark's work fairly and unbiasedly. Elsewhere, Randy and Lauren embark on their senior year of high school with a good amount of "senioritis". As where, Brad has decided to take a year off to find himself and save up money, after being rejected from all three of his top choices of colleges.

Ep5: Counseling, Romancing, and Babysitting:
Heidi and Scott go back to their marriage counselor, Dr. Stevens (Kirstie Alley), who advices the couple to find a sitter and go away on a romantic weekend getaway. Heidi and Scott leave toddler daughter, Amy, with Al and Trudy for a weekend as they embark on a weekend getaway up to a log cabin up north. While babysitting, Al feels having Amy for the weekend will give him and Trudy some parenting practice, which later on Trudy bursts Al's bubble when she announces she doesn't want to have kids for few more years (if then), which breaks Al's heart in the process and makes him question his marriage to Trudy. Elsewhere, Wilson coaches Jill before she goes on her first interview back in town since moving back.

Ep6: It's Your Birthday: Part One
It's Tim's mom, Lucielle's 70th birthday, and Lucielle's sons are throwing her a birthday party. While trying to plan the "perfect party", Tim, Marty, and Jeff can't agree on anything together without an agrument and numerous digs at each other, until Jill steps in and takes charge. While at the party, Lucielle announces her engagement to her boyfriend, Art, which stuns her sons.

Ep7: Engagements All Around: Part Two
After hearing his mom and Art's engagement news, Jeff decides to propose to his girlfriend/Jill's sister, Carrie, who is shocked and surprised, and accepts. Jill is estatic for Lucielle & Art, and Carrie & Jeff as well. Meanwhile at the party, Brad, Randy, and Mark get bored and sneak off to the basement with a couple bottles of booze--not only to get caught by their Uncle Marty--who surprised his nephews by not telling his parents, but ends up joining the booze-swigging mini-party in the basement with the boys.

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Ep8: Personal Struggles:
Al deals with the fact that Trudy may not be the one for him as he once thought, as Trudy tries to bribe Al into changing his mind about starting a family, which doesn't settle with him. Elsewhere, Carrie enlists help from Jill, Patty, and Heidi as she decides to starts working out to in order to shed some pounds and be able to look (and feel) great for her wedding day. Meanwhile, Brad gets laid off from his job at the mall due to budget cuts, and starts to desperately look for different job without telling his family about his latest crisis (and not wanting to hurt his pride).

Ep9: Wilson's Vacation:
Wilson decides to go on a weeklong quiet vacation. With Wilson gone, his friends are running around all stressed and in need of some insightful advice about their troubles. Such as Brad's secret lack of employment and it taking a toll on him, Jill's uncertainty about whether she had gotten the job or not by the vague interviewer, Al and Trudy's marriage troubles, and Heidi's pregnancy hormones are interferring with her sex life with Scott.

Ep10: Suddenly I See:
Heidi gives Al and Trudy the name of her and Scott's marriage therapist, when Al decides to resort to marriage counseling in hopes of saving his crumbling marriage to Trudy-who while in therapy sessions ends up blaming Al for all the problems in their marriages, thus having Al begin to see Trudy in a whole new light. Elsewhere, Jill learns she has gotten the job as a therapist for the City of Detroit, which thrills and excites Jill, her family and friends. Meanwhile, Brad gets a call from Samantha, which makes Brad begin to miss her even more-but ends up confessing to her about his latest job crisis. Samantha tells him to come clean with his parents, who will be supportive and not judge him for something so common as losing a job.

Ep11: I Surrender (And Give Up):
Brad comes clean to Tim and Jill about getting laid off weeks ago and struggling to find work. Tim and Jill share a heart-to-heart with their eldest son, but decide that they can't "baby" him anymore and encourage him with some guidance to the next step in his life. Meanwhile, Randy and Lauren celebrate their 3rd year of dating by going out to eat at fancy restuarant, but end up running into Lucielle and Art, and get stuck doubling, much to Randy's dismay. Elsewhere, Al decides enough is enough, and does the unthinkable --Al asks Trudy for a divorce (after four months of marriage).

Ep12: Sexual Awakenings:
Mark embarks in uncharted waters as he has dares to ask out on the most beautiful girls in the senior class with a reputation of promsciouty. Mark ends up scoring a date with this girl, but while on the date, Mark has second thoughts and ends up ditching her and walking out a virgin still. Also, Randy and Lauren each begin to feel the pressures of dating in high school and pressures of being pressured to have sex by their friends, but they both decide to hold off until the time is right for both of them. Meanwhile, Tim learns of Marty "seeing" his separated wife, Nancy again. But Tim is in for a surprise when Marty confesses that he and Nancy are just using each other for sex, but still remain separated. Even though, things work out well for them, Tim feels that his little brother is just complicating his relationship with Nancy even more than before.

Ep13: Back In Town (And Business):
The gang learns of Harry and Dolores moving back to town, and reopening up Harry's Hardware. Tim, Jill, and the gang throw a welcome back party for their friends. With Harry's Hardware opening up, Brad decides to privately ask Harry if he will hire him as a night manager. Harry warmingly accepts Brad's request. Elsewhere, Al and Trudy set up a meeting with their lawyers (Beth Broderick, Rhea Perlman), who are longtime rivals. Meanwhile, Doug and Patty discuss having a child, and start planning their babymaking schedule.

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Ep14: Show Your Support:
With Al's friends there with him to show him some support, Al attends his final court meeting with Trudy, after a rather quick divorce proceeding since they both claimed it no fault. Al is taken out to a night of hanging out at Big Mike's with Tim, Wilson, Marty, Jeff, Harry, Cal, Benny, and Bud. Elsewhere, Scott asks for Jill's help about advice on how to be spontaneous and romantic to surprise Heidi with the ideal gift for her impending birthday in few weeks. Meanwhile, Randy and Lauren try their best to convince Mark and Brad to join them as they take a stand and attend a protest after learning the local humane society has been mistreated some of their aging or ill animals.

Ep15: Tempted By New Neighbor:
A brand new beauty salon opens up across the street from Harry's Hardware. The guys all are in awe and hypnotized by the beauty of the new salon owner, Ava Marie (Eva Longeria). Ava Marie stops by Harry's Hardware to introduce herself to Harry and the gang, but before she leaves the hardware store, she innocently flirts with Brad in front of Tim and the guys. Then after Ava Marie leaves, the guys congratulate Brad and praise him about catching the eye of the beautiful new neighbor. Elsewhere, Scott and Heidi get locked in at the ATM terminal overnight, while being locked in together, they remincise about old times and really connect and talk about the future and other things in their lives. Meanwhile, Jill is asked by Carrie to be her matron of honor, which thrills Jill who accepts. But soon after, Carrie and Jill receive bitter calls from their other sisters who are upset with not being chosen as matrons of honor.

Ep16: Making Plans And Taking Vows:
The Taylor family gathers for Lucielle and Art's wedding with the justice of peace at the courthouse. But before the ceremony, Jill, Tim, Heidi, and Scott decide to make plans of taking themselves and Al on a cruise to take his mind of his divorce and Trudy, and a getaway for themselves. At the ceremony, Gracie and Claire inform Marty that their mom is going out on a date with someone else, which brings out the jealousy side of Marty--who later storms over to Nancy's house, only to be step up by the girls and tricked into seeing Nancy (who's in on the girls' plan). Marty professes his love for Nancy still, even after two years of being separated. Nancy is at a loss for words, but that soon changes with Marty re-proposes to Nancy the next day at her work in front of her co-workers.

Ep17: Aboard The Love Boat:
Tim, Jill, Al, Heidi, and Scott attend their Caribbean Cruise down in the Bahamas. While on the cruise, Jill and Heidi take a water aerobics class, as the three guys hangout at the bar, and playing pool/darts/shuffleboard. Jill and Heidi bump into a familiar face while doing laps in the water aerobics class, none other than---Ilene Markham. Turns out, Ilene just recently ended a relationship and has taken the cruise trip to take her mind off her breakup. The women go back and tell Tim and Scott, which leads to Al and Ilene reuniting, which leads to some old sparks to begin to fly again. Just being the cruise trip concludes, Ilene and Al share a romantic, loving kiss and embrace.
[The only main characters shown in this episodes are: Tim Taylor, Jill Taylor, Al Borland, Heidi Keppert, Scott Keppert, and Ilene Markham.]

Ep18: The Return Of Samantha Jo:
Brad's girlfriend, Samantha returns to Detroit for a surprise weekend visit to be with Brad, who is estatic and thrilled beyond words to get to spend the three-day weekend with her. Harry even grants Brad permission to have the whole weekend to spend time with his visiting girlfriend, which Harry ends up recruiting Randy and Mark to fill in for Brad for the weekend, thanks to Tim's suggestion. Elsewhere, while dealing with all the stress of a wedding, Jeff and Carrie decide to cancel the wedding preparations and just go elope in Vegas instead, with just family there to witness the event. Tim, Jill, and Marty step in and throw out the Vegas part, after Tim and Jill just coming off a cruise, and Marty unavailable to afford a ticket to Vegas. Jeff and Carrie do the justice of the peace type of courthouse wedding (like Art and Lucielle has done few weeks ago).

Ep19: A Birth Of A New Beginning:
Before Jeff and Carrie bid farewell for their honeymoon to Las Vegas, Marty and Nancy announce they're ending their separation, Nancy's moving back in with Marty, and they're getting back together as a married couple. Afterwards, during a live episode of "Tool Time", a 8 1/2 month pregnant Heidi's water breaks and goes into labor during the middle of the show. With no time to take her to the hospital, Tim and Al must work together and help coach Heidi as she prepares to give birth...during a LIVE "Tool Time", nontheless.

Ep20: Cameras Rolling, Baby Coming:
After witnessing what's happening on Tool Time, Jill, Ilene, and Wilson rush down to Tool Time to help Heidi, Tim, and Al out with the birth. While at home watching Heidi go into labor on the set of "Tool Time", Brad, Randy, and Mark witness the childbirth from TV (while trying not to get sick). Tim and Al are frantickly coach Heidi give birth, while trying to convince Bud to stop the cameras and give Heidi some privacy. Scott arrives with daughter Amy just as Heidi gives birth to her and Scott's second child -- their newborn baby boy, Nathan Scott Keppert. Hours later, Scott and Heidi ask Al and Ilene to be Nathan's godparents (seeing as Tim and Jill were Amy's godparents). A very gracious and honored Al and Ilene accept their request.

Ep21: Baby Talk:
As Scott and Heidi welcome home their newborn son, Nathan, their hearts fill up with my joy after overseeing a three-year-old Amy lovely talking with her new baby brother. Meanwhile, Randy and Lauren are estatic when they find out that they both are accepted to University of Chicago. After learning this, Brad starts looking into and applying to colleges. Elsewhere, Jill and Tim start planning their Valentine's Day/Anniversary plans. Also, Al and Ilene discuss their future and the possibility of marriage...for a second time.

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Ep22: The Female Persuasion:
While out at a party with his buddies, Brad meets this beautiful cheerleader from rival school, Natalie (Jamie-Lynn Sigler). Natalie at first uses Brad to make her ex-boyfriend jealous, until she learns her ex left the party with another girl which ends up upsetting Natalie. Natalie begins to drink more and more, causing her to drunkly attempt to seduce Brad-who becomes perplexed with the new beautiful Natalie wanting him and his long-distance relationship with Samantha (the love of his life). Brad does the unethical thing, and ends up deciding with Natalie, and the two end up consummating their new budding "friendship" in an upstairs bedroom at the party. Meanwhile, Tim and Jill go away for the weekend for their anniversary, but after numerous failed romantic attempts for intimacy between the married couple, they just realize they'd rather just go to bed early. But after waking up the next morning, the couple end up celebrating intimately.

Ep23: Another Baby, Maybe:
While Patty and Doug learn that they are unable to conceive a child, Marty and Nancy learn that Nancy is expecting their third child. Patty and Doug consider their options, and look into adoption and surrogacy. Whereas, Marty and Nancy tell Claire and Gracie their news, along with telling their families and friends. Elsewhere, Randy, Mark, and Lauren learn of Brad and Natalie's close "friendship" and how that may threaten his relationship with Samantha. Brad explains he and Natalie are "just friends...with benefits" nothing more.

Ep24: Failing And Sailing:
Tim and Jill learn of Mark failing his math class and his being on the verge of having to retake it next year. Tim and Jill sit down and talk with a reluctant Mark. Elsewhere, Wilson takes Al and Ilene with him as he goes out sailing on his friend's sailboat. The adventure turns out to be anything but enjoyable, as Ilene gets seasick, Al goes overboard and must sit in wet clothes, and Wilson gets into an argument with his friend while out on the water.

Ep25: Graduation: (Season 9 Finale)
It's Randy and Lauren's Graduation. The family gathers and attend the graduation ceremony. With Lauren off celebrating with her family, Randy goes out to eat to celebrate with his family and friends of family. During the meal, Brad makes an announcement (but doesn't want to steal thunder from Randy) that he has been accepted to attend the University of Chicago as well as Randy and Lauren. Pictures are taken, memories are shared, and tears of happiness are shed. After his graduation party is over, Randy along with Brad and Mark head over to go to Lauren's graduation party. But while on the way across town, something horrible happens. The three Taylor brothers get into a car crash, after being ran off the road and hit by a drunk driver, which leaves the three boys unconscious and in critical condition. While back at home visiting with Tim, Lillian, Lucielle and Art, Jill experiences her mother's intuition and all of a sudden senses something is wrong with her boys.
[To Be Continued ... ]

The End of Season Nine Episodes
Season Ten Episodes Coming Soon

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Home Improvement
Season 10 Episodes
(2000-2001)

Ep26: Where We Left Off:
Jill realizes how much she can't shake off her instinct of something being wrong with the boys, so she calls Lauren's cell to see if they made it at her party, who tells Jill that she hasn't seen or heard from them in a good hour or so--which makes Jill panic. Jill calls each of the boys' cell phones but doesn't get an answer from them, resulting in a worried Jill and a supportive Tim go out to find the whereabouts of their sons (and leaving Lillian and Lucielle back at home in case someone calls or shows up). On their way over to Lauren's house in the country, Tim and Jill suddenly pull over to the shoulder of the road, after they see a black trailbrazer (like Brad's) flipped over in the ditch. Tears start to shed as well shreking cries from Jill after Tim identifies the license plate number (matching Brad's). A frantic Jill trembles in her husband's embrace after being held back from running down by the vehicle while Tim calls 911.

Ep27: Thrice The Worry:
With the paramedics rushing the unconscious and injured bodies of the Taylor brothers into the Emergency Ward. Tim and Jill are met there by Lillian, Lucielle, Marty, Al, Wilson, Ilene, and Heidi. While spending what-felt-like-an-eternity awaiting the news about each of the boys in the waiting room, Tim and Jill are surrounded by family and friends. Later on, Tim and Jill are pulled aside by each of the boys' doctors to inform them about the condition of each son. Brad's doctor, Dr. Hanson (Michael Gross) informs them that Brad has three broken ribs, a dislocated left shoulder, and a gash to his forehead. Randy's doctor, Dr. Silverson (Stephen Collins) informs them that Randy has suffered a major blow to his back of head, busted his right hip, and whiplash. And lastly, Mark's doctor, Dr. Bennett (Alan Thicke) informs that that Mark has sufferered severe whiplash, bruised pelvis, and potentially hazardous damage to his spine. A devastated and quite emotional Tim and Jill in turn pass on the information about the conditions of the boys to their family and friends.

Ep28: May We See:
Tim and Jill do their best to rationalize who stays with each of the boys in the different rooms, as Tim and Jill plan to be running around back and forth amongst all three rooms. Marty, Nancy, Jeff, and Carrie stay in Brad's hospital room. Lauren, Lillian, Lucielle, and Art stay in Randy's hospital room. Wilson, Al, Ilene, and Heidi stay in Mark's hospital room. Just as their stress levels are about to decrease, the doctors give Tim and Jill some news that will make them rise again. Randy is coming along nicely, yet Mark and Brad are having a few problems. Dr. Bennett informs them that Mark is in need of immediate surgery in order to prevent even more damage to his spine. Also, Dr. Hanson sadly points out that he overlooked the previous-minor, now-severe damage to his spinal cord and his nervous system. Jill breakdowns emotionally at the sight of two of her sons being wheeled away the surgical wings, while being held up and embraced by Tim.

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