
Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, host of the home-improvement show "Tool Time," definitely is not as handy at home as he is on screen. He and his wife, Jill, raise three boys who are racing toward adulthood. The Taylor family often relies on next-door neighbor Wilson, who provides unconventional wisdom and perspective to the Taylors' personal and familial crises.

Tim decides to buy the hardware store from Harry, but wonders what he is doing wrong when it stops making money.

Jill's (Patricia Richardson) professor overhears her insult him, which puts her at odds with the thesis committee.

Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan) decides to risk re-injuring himself in order to try out for a soccer scholarship.

Tim and Jill comfort Al when his mother dies; a new producer makes Tim's job at "Tool Time" very unpleasant.