In Tool Time: It's "Salute to Safety" week. The Guys from K and B Construction are back for a safety demonstration. Tim reads a letter from a viewer who thinks Tim has taken the show too far with all the macho grunting stuff. Tim burns the letter with a construction-use flame thrower.

Tim's guest, Angus McLain, has come to tell about The Highland Games in Detroit. Tim and Al will be participating in the games. Tim has bought tickets to the biggest monster truck rally in the history of Detroit, which means that Jill will get the house all for herself on Sunday.

Tim and Jill are going out for a dinner. Tim glues his hands together. Jill has asked Karen to babysit for the boys. Jill watches a Tool Time on tape and sees Tim checking out a woman's behind. Tim is then accused of having the wandering male eye with no control.

Tim lifts a heavy load of books after Jill tells him not to and pulls a groin muscle. He tries to hide the injury from Jill. Also, Randy has the lead in the Peter Pan show at school, but there is no apparatus to help him fly; Tim builds one.

It's weekend. Tim reveals to Al that he is going to put the 350 Chevy engine in his hot rod. Tim has invited "some friends" to help him. Al wants to come too. Tim thought Al would be spending the weekend with Greta. But Greta broke up with him. So Tim invites Al.

On Tool Time: Tim is demonstrating how to make a brick wall. Since it's Halloween, he also dresses up as a monster in an attempt to scare Al. Together, they carve jack-o-lanterns. Except that Tim has invented a new method for achieving the same result.

Michael and Mario Andretti are scheduled to make an appearance on "Tool Time"s Salute to Lubricants. At home: Mark has chicken pox and Tim has never had it, which means that he needs to move to Al's place temporarily--where he finds out the answers to questions he never expected to ask.

Maureen Binford, the new producer of Tool Time, tries to change everything.

Jill has been trying to get Tim to go to see a lawyer with her in order to update their will. Tim finally agrees to do it. Al has been building a cabin for 4½ months without any power-tools. Tim demonstrates log-cutting with a dangerously powerful Binford chainsaw nicknamed "widowmaker".

Al claims he can distinguish types of wood by their smell, even blindfolded. Tim agrees to set up a test for Al. Brad and Randy decide to build a catapult. Tim has tuned up his weed whacker - with predictable results. Karen and Dave stop by on their way to the opera.

Jill is going to work and has no time to look after the house and do things like make a gingerbread house for the school PTA meeting, so Tim says he'll do it.

Tim decorates his house in typical "more power" fashion; Brad and Randy collect money for charity but decide to keep a portion of the money for themselves, and their parents find out.

Tim wants Jill to throw out some of her clothes or he will remodel the closet. Brad has punched a boy in school who called him names after hugging his Dad.

Jennifer is going away for a while and leaves his goldfish Howard in Brad's care, Jill complain's about Tim's reckless driving on her car. Tim decides to tune up the car. Tim learns Jill has opened her own bank account and Jill overhears Tim say to Mark.

Jill takes a compatibility test that shows that she and Tim are not compatible. Randy gets a chance to do a ventriloquist act, but his lips keep moving while he's practicing.

The boys pull a prank on a sleeping Tim. Tim and Jill's wedding anniversary is coming up. Tim bribes the boys to reveal Jill's surprise gift for him. When he finds out how cool it is, he realizes he has to give Jill something she really wants - ballroom dancing lessons with him.

Tim and Al have built a wooden home entertainment center rack. To which Tim has made "a little adjustment" that was not in the original plan. Tim and Jill are going to Sheila's wedding. Karen is babysitting the boys. Tim has tossed the driving instructions away.

A woodpecker keeps Tim awake at night. He's trying hard to get rid of it, but Mark has been feeding it and named it Pete. Brad tries to fake being sick in order to be able to stay home because his math homework is not done since Jennifer used to do it.

Tim has invited an expert to demonstrate how to cut wood using karate. Al believes he can do it--and he does. Tim's ego can't take this and he tries it too--with predictable results. Brad and Randy won't let Mark play football with them, calling him a geek and a chicken.

Tim gets Pistons tickets, but Jill says he must take Mark to the ballet; left to themselves, Brad and Randy test out a cigar.

Tim and Al are building a deck. Surprisingly, there is NO catastrophe. Tim's mother-in-law arrives from Texas. To everyone's surprise, she is no longer super-fat; in fact, she is slim. Since Jill's parents are moving to a new condo, her mother has decided to give some items to her daughters.

Tim runs into his high school girlfriend, Stacey Lewis. When she meets Jill, Jill is upset when she finds out Tim never told Stacey that they were through.

Mother's Day is approaching and Tim wants to prove to Jill that he and the boys can actually buy something from the heart. Tim presents Binford products that clear drains and toilet clogs; surprisingly, there is no catastrophe. Tim demonstrates how to pour a concrete foundation.

Tim's project hot rod is finally in the stage where he can see if it starts up. It doesn't. Tim takes a break. Jill wants him to fix a doorknob, the burner on the stove, the gas line and the ice dispenser. Tim keeps postponing them all because of the hot rod.

Tim announces the poll winner of The Most Popular Guest on Tool Time. The winner will be returning for another episode--despite Tim's attempt to rig the vote. Tim ends up in a lawnmower racing contest against the guest in question. Lisa finally gets more than one scene.