Episode
Home Improvement: Dead Weight
Overview
Tool Time continues to be a "jewel" despite the continued excess presence of the Binford name. Things rapidly turn sad when Al decides to take his mother out to dinner to tell her he's going to get married... and she has a heart attack and dies.
Details
- Series
- Home Improvement
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1999-05-18
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Dead Weight is Episode 24 in Season 8 of Home Improvement. It aired on 1999-05-18. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 23: Trouble-A-Bruin
Troubles brew on Tool Time when Bud mandates that no non-Binford products are to be used on the show. Brad has to decide whether or not to play soccer earlier than he is scheduled to when he has an opportunity to play in front of a UCLA scout.
Episode 25: The Long and Winding Road (1)
Tim quits Tool Time, and Jill gets an offer that divides the family.
More episodes from this season
Episode 22: Loose Lips And Freudian Slips
Jill's thesis is before the committee. During Mark's student film viewing, Jill's psychology professor sees Jill criticize him and Jill is worried that this will affect the thesis committee's decision.
Episode 26: The Long and Winding Road (2)
As Tim and the Boys drive to school, they reminisce about some of the memories they have had over the past eight years.
Episode 21: A Hardware Habit To Break
Harry announces that he is retiring and selling the hardware store. Tim organizes a fundraising party for the store, but ends up buying it himself. But when the customers dry up, Tim begins to wonder what he is doing wrong.
Episode 27: The Long and Winding Road (3)
Tim tapes his final Tool Time; Jill sets up for Al's wedding to Trudy and begins to have second thoughts about moving to Indiana.
Episode 20: Neighbors
Tim and Wilson's friendship is tested when Wilson wins $10,000 and decides to build an elaborate science lab in his backyard - which blocks the Taylor family's view.
Episode 19: Love's Labor Lost (2)
Tim waits for news on Jill's surgery. Jill will be fine, although she had to have her ovaries completely removed, not partially as was first thought. Jill's mother comes to visit to help with her daughter's care and with her mood swings.
Episode 18: Love's Labor Lost (1)
Plans for a ski trip are put on hold when Jill needs an emergency hysterectomy. Tim helps her face the situation, but becomes frightened when complications arise during surgery.
Episode 17: Young At Heart
Jill is angry when Tim spends too much time with his new female mechanic near their anniversary.
Episode 16: Mark's Big Break
Tim commissions Mark to make a video to celebrate the completion of his hot rod. When Tim is disappointed with the result, Mark films a new version - with a dance number set to "Greased Lightning."
Episode 15: Knee Deep
Brad blames Tim for possibly ruining his soccer career when he injures his knee on a piece of hardware during a Tool Time shoot at the house. The magicians Penn & Teller appear on Tool Time.