Season Two

Karate or Not, Here I Come

March 6, 2018 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) enrolls his son Mark (Taran Noah Smith) in a karate class when Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Brad (Zachary Ty Bryan) exclude him from their games. Jill’s (Patricia Richardson) doubts about the safety of karate are confirmed when an older kid in the class begins tormenting Mark – but soon both the Taylor parents find themselves getting into fights in class.

Meanwhile, on Tool Time, Tim utilizes camouflage and a little help from Lisa (Pamela Anderson) to pull a prank on Al (Richard Karn).

Bye Bye Birdie

February 27, 2018 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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Brad Taylor (Zachery Ty Bryan) breaks up with Jenny Sudarsky (Jessica Wesson) because she won’t let him copy her math homework anymore – and his grades suffer as a result. Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) suggests that Brad play it up like Jenny broke up with him so he can get sympathy from Jill (Patricia Richardson) and distract from his bad grades. But when Jill discovers the truth, she and Tim (Tim Allen) punish him by trying to teach him math.

Meanwhile, an annoying woodpecker has taken residence in the roof of the Taylor house, leading Tim to take crazier and crazier steps to try and scare it away.

You’re Driving Me Crazy, You’re Driving Me Nuts

February 20, 2018 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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While on their way to a wedding in the middle of a snowstorm, Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) gets lost and is unwilling to stop for directions, much to the consternation of Jill (Patricia Richardson). When he finally does, Tim realizes he’s driven to Ohio – and is now going in circles. When they finally make it back home, Wilson helps Tim understand that as a man he has a mild sense of direction that gives him enough confidence to think he’s going in the right direction, even when he isn’t.

On Tool Time, Tim and Al (Richard Karn) demonstrate a new build-it-yourself entertainment center – and Tim breaks the TV.

Dances with Tools

February 13, 2018 by Grunt Work 1 Comment

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As an anniversary gift, Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) decides to take ballroom dancing lessons with Jill (Patricia Richardson). But when Tim’s boorish behavior in class winds up severely injuring their instructor, Jill is furious that Tim can’t take anything she likes seriously. With some help from Wilson (Earl Hindman), Tim learns how to dance and successfully sweeps Jill off her feet.

Meanwhile, Brad, Randy and Mark (Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Taran Noah Smith) play pranks with whip cream, and Tim receives a major award on Tool Time.

Love Is a Many Splintered Thing

February 6, 2018 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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For her job at Inside Detroit Magazine, Jill has concocted a compatibility quiz for women to take to determine whether or not they have married the right man. Tim finds this an offense to the very idea of being a man, and sets out to create his own compatibility quiz. A minor rift erupts between the two of them as they search to find the glue that holds their marriage together.

Also, Randy has agreed to do the school talent show as a ventriloquist, but there’s a problem: he doesn’t know how to quist his ventrilo.

Howard’s End

January 30, 2018 by Grunt Work Leave a Comment

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When Jill opens her own checking account for the money she’s made at her new job, Tim doesn’t take it well, and soon the two of them are locked in an argument over what in their life belongs to whom. When Tim lets slip that he believes Jill’s car, not to mention the whole house they live in, belongs to him simply because he paid for them, Jill is furious at him for marginalizing her and her role in their relationship. Wilson helps Tim understand that his belief that he owns everything in the house is actually rooted in a deep-seated desire to own Jill as well, and Tim makes amends by calculating how much money he owes Jill for twelve years of marriage and motherhood.

Meanwhile, Brad gets into hot water when he kills Jenny Sudarsky’s goldfish by putting its bowl too close to a lamp and making the water too hot. At first, he and Randy try to find a duplicate goldfish so she won’t find out, but ultimately Brad comes clean, and Jenny, against all odds, inexplicably isn’t mad about it.