Ep 18. Bye Bye Birdie

Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor is a family man who hosts a popular home-improvement show, Tool Time, with his co-host and best friend Al Borland. Together, they demonstrate various DIY projects and offer helpful tips to viewers. However, Tim's enthusiasm for tools and fixing things often gets him into trouble as he tends to overlook safety precautions and ends up causing chaos in his home and on his show.

In season 2 episode 18, titled "Bye Bye Birdie," Tim and his wife, Jill, kick off their plans to upgrade their home's exterior by installing a birdhouse. As the couple works on the project, they begin to argue about the size, style, and location of the birdhouse. Tim, being his stubborn self, insists on making it bigger and more elaborate, while Jill wants to stick with a simpler design.

Their disagreements reach new heights when Tim invites Al over to help with the birdhouse, but Al accidentally breaks Jill's favorite plant in the process. Furious, Jill kicks Tim out of the house, and he spends the next few nights sleeping in the basement.

Meanwhile, Tim's sons, Brad, Randy, and Mark, find an injured bird in the backyard and take it inside to nurse it back to health. However, they soon realize that taking care of a bird is not an easy task, especially with Tim's seemingly infinite supply of power tools and noisy contraptions around the house.

As Tim tries to make amends with Jill, he decides to take down the birdhouse and replace it with something more practical, much to Jill's relief. However, when he learns about the injured bird, Tim uses his handyman skills to build a birdhouse that suits both his and Jill's tastes. The couple reconciles and watches as their sons release the healed bird into its new home.

"Bye Bye Birdie" is a humorous yet heartwarming episode that showcases the Taylors' dynamic as a family and Tim's growth as a husband and father. The birdhouse serves as a metaphor for their relationship, highlighting the importance of compromise and communication in a successful marriage. As always, Tim's antics and mishaps provide plenty of laughs, while the touching ending reminds viewers of the show's underlying message of the value of family and home.