S04E12: 'Twas the Night Before Chaos
Marty and his wife and kids, and Jill's parents come to visit and Tim and Jill try to solve their marital problems. Tim tries to beat Doc Johnson in the Christmas lighting contest.
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Season 1
Pilot
S1E1 / 17 Sep 1991
Mow Better Blues
S1E2 / 26 Sep 1991
Off Sides
S1E3 / 01 Oct 1991
Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof
S1E4 / 08 Oct 1991
Wild Kingdom
S1E5 / 15 Oct 1991
Adventures in Fine Dining
S1E6 / 22 Oct 1991
Nothing More Than Feelings
S1E7 / 29 Oct 1991
Flying Sauces
S1E8 / 05 Nov 1991
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
S1E9 / 19 Nov 1991
Reach Out and Teach Someone
S1E10 / 26 Nov 1991
Look Who's Not Talking
S1E11 / 10 Dec 1991
Yule Better Watch Out
S1E12 / 17 Dec 1991
Up Your Alley
S1E13 / 07 Jan 1992
For Whom the Belch Tolls
S1E14 / 14 Jan 1992
Forever Jung
S1E15 / 21 Jan 1992
Jill's Birthday
S1E16 / 04 Feb 1992
What About Bob?
S1E17 / 11 Feb 1992
Baby, It's Cold Outside
S1E18 / 18 Feb 1992
Unchained Malady
S1E19 / 25 Feb 1992
Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor
S1E20 / 03 Mar 1992
A Battle of Wheels
S1E21 / 17 Mar 1992
Luck Be a Taylor Tonight
S1E22 / 07 Apr 1992
Al's Fair in Love and War
S1E23 / 28 Apr 1992
Stereo-Typical
S1E24 / 05 May 1992
Season 2
Read My Hips
S2E1 / 16 Sep 1992
Rites and Wrongs of Passage
S2E2 / 23 Sep 1992
Overactive Glance
S2E3 / 30 Sep 1992
Groin Pains
S2E4 / 07 Oct 1992
Heavy Meddle
S2E5 / 14 Oct 1992
The Haunting of Taylor House
S2E6 / 28 Oct 1992
Roomie For Improvement
S2E7 / 04 Nov 1992
May the Best Man Win
S2E8 / 11 Nov 1992
Where There's a Will, There's a Way
S2E9 / 18 Nov 1992
Let's Did Lunch
S2E10 / 25 Nov 1992
Abandoned Family
S2E11 / 02 Dec 1992
I'm Scheming of a White Christmas
S2E12 / 16 Dec 1992
Bell Bottom Blues
S2E13 / 06 Jan 1993
Howard's End
S2E14 / 13 Jan 1993
Love Is A Many Splintered Thing
S2E15 / 20 Jan 1993
Dances With Tools
S2E16 / 03 Feb 1993
You're Driving Me Crazy, You're Driving Me Nuts
S2E17 / 10 Feb 1993
Bye Bye Birdie
S2E18 / 17 Feb 1993
Karate or Not, Here I Come
S2E19 / 24 Feb 1993
Shooting Three To Make Tutu
S2E20 / 03 Mar 1993
Much Ado About Nana
S2E21 / 17 Mar 1993
Ex Marks the Spot
S2E22 / 14 Apr 1993
To Build or Not to Build
S2E23 / 05 May 1993
Birth of a Hot Rod
S2E24 / 12 May 1993
The Great Race
S2E25 / 19 May 1993
Season 3
Maybe, Baby
S3E1 / 15 Sep 1993
Aisle See You In My Dreams
S3E2 / 22 Sep 1993
This Joke's For You
S3E3 / 29 Sep 1993
A Sew, Sew Evening
S3E4 / 06 Oct 1993
Arrivederci, Binford
S3E5 / 13 Oct 1993
Crazy For You
S3E6 / 27 Oct 1993
Blow Up
S3E7 / 03 Nov 1993
Be True To Your Tool
S3E8 / 10 Nov 1993
Dollars And Sense
S3E9 / 17 Nov 1993
A Frozen Moment
S3E10 / 24 Nov 1993
Feud For Thought
S3E11 / 01 Dec 1993
'Twas the Blight Before Christmas
S3E12 / 15 Dec 1993
Slip Sleddin' Away
S3E13 / 05 Jan 1994
Dream On
S3E14 / 12 Jan 1994
Reel Men
S3E15 / 26 Jan 1994
The Colonel
S3E16 / 09 Feb 1994
Room For Change
S3E17 / 02 Mar 1994
The Eve Of Construction
S3E18 / 09 Mar 1994
Too Many Cooks
S3E19 / 16 Mar 1994
It Was The Best Of Tims, It Was The Worst Of Tims
S3E20 / 30 Mar 1994
Fifth Anniversary
S3E21 / 06 Apr 1994
Swing Time
S3E22 / 04 May 1994
What You See Is What You Get
S3E23 / 11 May 1994
Reality Bytes
S3E24 / 18 May 1994
The Great Race II
S3E25 / 25 May 1994
Season 4
Back In The Saddle Shoes Again
S4E1 / 20 Sep 1994
Don't Tell Momma
S4E2 / 27 Sep 1994
Death Begins At Forty
S4E3 / 04 Oct 1994
The Eyes Don't Have It
S4E4 / 11 Oct 1994
He Ain't Heavy, He's Just Irresponsible
S4E5 / 18 Oct 1994
Borland Ambition
S4E6 / 25 Oct 1994
Let's Go To The Videotape
S4E7 / 08 Nov 1994
Quibbling Siblings
S4E8 / 15 Nov 1994
My Dinner With Wilson
S4E9 / 22 Nov 1994
Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher
S4E10 / 29 Nov 1994
Some Like It Hot Rod
S4E11 / 06 Dec 1994
'Twas the Night Before Chaos
S4E12 / 13 Dec 1994
The Route Of All Evil
S4E13 / 03 Jan 1995
Brother, Can You Spare A Hot Rod?
S4E14 / 10 Jan 1995
Super Bowl Fever
S4E15 / 31 Jan 1995
Bachelor Of The Year
S4E16 / 07 Feb 1995
It's My Party
S4E17 / 14 Feb 1995
A House Divided
S4E18 / 21 Feb 1995
The Naked Truth
S4E19 / 28 Feb 1995
Talk To Me
S4E20 / 14 Mar 1995
No, No, Godot
S4E21 / 21 Mar 1995
Tool Time After Dark (1)
S4E22 / 11 Apr 1995
Tool Time After Dark (2)
S4E23 / 11 Apr 1995
Sisters And Brothers
S4E24 / 02 May 1995
A Marked Man
S4E25 / 09 May 1995
Wilson's Girlfriend
S4E26 / 23 May 1995
Season 5
A Taylor Runs Through It
S5E1 / 19 Sep 1995
The First Temptation of Tim
S5E2 / 26 Sep 1995
Her Cheatin' Mind
S5E3 / 03 Oct 1995
Jill's Surprise Party
S5E4 / 17 Oct 1995
Advise and Repent
S5E5 / 24 Oct 1995
Let Them Eat Cake
S5E6 / 31 Oct 1995
The Look
S5E7 / 07 Nov 1995
Room Without a View
S5E8 / 14 Nov 1995
Chicago Hope
S5E9 / 21 Nov 1995
Doctor in the House
S5E10 / 28 Nov 1995
That's My Momma
S5E11 / 05 Dec 1995
'Twas The Flight Before Christmas
S5E12 / 12 Dec 1995
Oh, Brother
S5E13 / 09 Jan 1996
High School Confidential
S5E14 / 16 Jan 1996
Tanks for the Memories
S5E15 / 30 Jan 1996
The Vasectomy One
S5E16 / 06 Feb 1996
Fear of Flying
S5E17 / 13 Feb 1996
When Harry Kept Dolores
S5E18 / 20 Feb 1996
Eye on Tim
S5E19 / 27 Feb 1996
The Bud Bowl
S5E20 / 05 Mar 1996
Engine and a Haircut, Two Fights
S5E21 / 12 Mar 1996
The Longest Day
S5E22 / 02 Apr 1996
Mr. Wilson's Opus
S5E23 / 30 Apr 1996
Shopping Around
S5E24 / 07 May 1996
Alarmed by Burglars
S5E25 / 14 May 1996
Games, Flames and Automobiles
S5E26 / 21 May 1996
Season 6
At Sea
S6E1 / 17 Sep 1996
Future Shock
S6E2 / 24 Sep 1996
Workshop 'Til You Drop
S6E3 / 01 Oct 1996
Burnin' Love
S6E4 / 08 Oct 1996
Al's Video
S6E5 / 15 Oct 1996
Whose Car Is It Anyway?
S6E6 / 22 Oct 1996
I Was A Teenage Taylor
S6E7 / 29 Oct 1996
Jill and Her Sisters
S6E8 / 12 Nov 1996
The Tool Man Delivers
S6E9 / 19 Nov 1996
The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry
S6E10 / 26 Nov 1996
Workin' Man Blues
S6E11 / 10 Dec 1996
No Place Like Home
S6E12 / 17 Dec 1996
The Flirting Game
S6E13 / 07 Jan 1997
The Karate Kid Returns
S6E14 / 14 Jan 1997
Totally Tool Time
S6E15 / 28 Jan 1997
A Funny Valentine
S6E16 / 11 Feb 1997
Wilson's World
S6E17 / 18 Feb 1997
Something Old, Something Blue
S6E18 / 25 Feb 1997
Communication Breakdown
S6E19 / 11 Mar 1997
My Son, the Driver
S6E20 / 01 Apr 1997
Insult to Injury
S6E21 / 15 Apr 1997
Family Un-Ties
S6E22 / 29 Apr 1997
The Feminine Mistake
S6E23 / 06 May 1997
Taps
S6E24 / 13 May 1997
The Kiss and the Kiss-Off
S6E25 / 20 May 1997
Season 7
Quest for Fire
S7E1 / 23 Sep 1997
Clash of the Taylors
S7E2 / 30 Sep 1997
Room at the Top
S7E3 / 07 Oct 1997
Pump You Up
S7E4 / 14 Oct 1997
A Night to Dismember
S7E5 / 28 Oct 1997
The Niece
S7E6 / 04 Nov 1997
Jill's Passion
S7E7 / 11 Nov 1997
Losing My Religion
S7E8 / 18 Nov 1997
Thanksgiving
S7E9 / 25 Nov 1997
The Dating Game
S7E10 / 09 Dec 1997
Bright Christmas
S7E11 / 16 Dec 1997
The Old College Try
S7E12 / 06 Jan 1998
An Older Woman
S7E13 / 20 Jan 1998
Tim 'The Landlord' Taylor
S7E14 / 03 Feb 1998
Say Goodnight, Gracie
S7E15 / 10 Feb 1998
What a Drag
S7E16 / 24 Feb 1998
Taking Jill for Granite
S7E17 / 03 Mar 1998
Futile Attraction
S7E18 / 10 Mar 1998
Desperately Seeking Willow
S7E19 / 17 Mar 1998
The Write Stuff
S7E20 / 31 Mar 1998
The Son Also Mooches
S7E21 / 21 Apr 1998
Believe It or Not
S7E22 / 28 Apr 1998
Rebel Without Night Driving Privileges
S7E23 / 05 May 1998
Tool-Thousand-One: A Space Odyssey
S7E24 / 12 May 1998
From Top to Bottom
S7E25 / 19 May 1998
Season 8
Whitewater
S8E1 / 22 Sep 1998
Adios
S8E2 / 29 Sep 1998
All In The Family
S8E3 / 06 Oct 1998
Taylor Got Game
S8E4 / 13 Oct 1998
Al's Fair Lady
S8E5 / 20 Oct 1998
Bewitched
S8E6 / 27 Oct 1998
Not-So-Great Scott
S8E7 / 03 Nov 1998
Tim's First Car
S8E8 / 10 Nov 1998
Mr. Likeable
S8E9 / 17 Nov 1998
Thanks, But No Thanks
S8E10 / 24 Nov 1998
Home For The Holidays
S8E11 / 08 Dec 1998
Ploys For Tots
S8E12 / 15 Dec 1998
Chop Shop 'Til You Drop
S8E13 / 05 Jan 1999
Home Alone
S8E14 / 19 Jan 1999
Knee Deep
S8E15 / 02 Feb 1999
Mark's Big Break
S8E16 / 09 Feb 1999
Young At Heart
S8E17 / 16 Feb 1999
Love's Labor Lost (1)
S8E18 / 23 Feb 1999
Love's Labor Lost (2)
S8E19 / 02 Mar 1999
Neighbors
S8E20 / 16 Mar 1999
A Hardware Habit To Break
S8E21 / 30 Mar 1999
Loose Lips And Freudian Slips
S8E22 / 04 May 1999
Trouble-A-Bruin
S8E23 / 11 May 1999
Dead Weight
S8E24 / 18 May 1999
The Long and Winding Road (1)
S8E25 / 18 May 1999
The Long and Winding Road (2)
S8E26 / 25 May 1999
The Long and Winding Road (3)
S8E27 / 25 May 1999
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