Tim Allen Is Jesus in the Strangest ‘Home Improvement’ Theory of All Time

It’s easy to take Home Improvement at face value. It’s a simple story about a Michigan family man named Tim Taylor (played by America’s favorite ex-cocaine smuggler, Tim Allen), his wife Jill, his three sons and, of course, his next-door neighbor Wilson, who perpetually hides the lower portion of his face as if it were Austin Powers’ junk. 

In retrospect, even though it regularly featured the raw sexual charisma of Richard Karn, Home Improvement was actually pretty dull. Thankfully, one viewer has come along with a wildly outlandish theory that makes the sitcom far more intriguing.

A fan on Reddit proposed an elaborate theory (based on a dream, apparently) that Home Improvement is really biblical in nature, with Tim “the Tool Man” Taylor acting as a metaphorical “Christ figure.” Which may seem pretty tough to swallow, if not for the fact that Tim Allen does have some experience when it comes to playing bearded deities associated with Christmas.

The theory goes on to explain that Tim is “a carpenter” who learns “moral lessons every show.” Who teaches these lessons? Wilson, a largely unseen father figure, who’s always tending to his garden. Wilson doesn’t just give Tim a “straight answer,” he offers up parables that allow Tim to “reach his own conclusions.” 

Now, I’m no expert on religion, but I did watch a lot of sitcoms in the ‘90s, so perhaps we can build on this theory even more. While Jesus obviously never had kids (and if he did, those records were buried by the villains of The DaVinci Code or something), Tim Taylor has three sons. But this just calls to mind the story of another famous builder with three sons: Noah.

Tim Taylor’s holiness is further evidenced by the fact that he’s seemingly immortal. After all, how many Tool Time episodes involved Tim suffering some horrible accident that would assuredly end in a fatality? But he always, without fail, survives, often without so much as a scratch. It’s as if an act of Divine Intervention is preventing Tim from meeting an untimely death each time. 

Reddit commenters also piled on to this theory, pointing out that Tim’s Tool Time sidekick Al Borland could be seen as a disciple, perhaps Thomas, since both were known for their doubting.

And the final episode of the show found the K&B construction crew congregating on the set for a jam session that could be read as the show’s equivalent of The Last Supper.

Weirdly enough, the real-life Tim Allen is currently reading the Bible, which he claimed was “not at all what I was expecting.”

Presumably he thought it would begin with some guy accidentally pushing Jesus off of a roof and assuming his identity. 

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