The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)

The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)
Season 08, Episode 26
Air Date	May 25, 1999
Writer	Carmen Finestra Billy Riback
Director	Jim Praytor
Previous	The Long and Winding Road (Part 1)
Next	The Long and Winding Road (Part 3)

The Long and Winding Road (Part 2) is the twenty-sixth episode of the eighth and final season. It originally aired on ABC in the United States on May 25, 1999. It is the second part of the 3 Part Series Finale.

Note: Even though this episode and The Long and Winding Road (Part 1) and The Long and Winding Road (Part 3) is the series finale, Backstage Pass is officially the last episode of the series.

Synopsis

Taking place during a ride to school, Tim and the boys reminisce about some of the good times they've had, with clips from previous episodes.

Clip Montage

Set to "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle.

• The boys are having breakfast. Tim comes over there to them, and run for a group hug. (Reel Men)
• Tim and the boys are working out in the garage. (For Whom the Belch Tolls)
• Randy pulls a face. (Slip Sleddin' Away)
• Mark holds a bra. (High School Confidential)
• Tim wrestles with the boys. (It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims)
• Brad rollerblades while Tim grabs the net that he's carrying to pull him back. (Look Who's Not Talking)
• The boys are sat on the chairs, staring at the fireplace. (Dollars and Sense)
• The family is watching TV. Jill changes the channel to opera. The boys scream. (Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof)
• The boys are sat at the table. Jill is making dinner. (Adventures in Fine Dining)
• Tim sits in an armchair. The boys are standing round him. (Up Your Alley)
• The boys poke their heads around the kitchen cabinet, all disguised as Moe Howard (Crazy for You)
• The boys are dancing in the living room with Ashley. Al watches them from the backyard. (Feud for Thought)
• Brad and Randy are headbanging. (Don't Tell Momma)
• Jill and Mark are shaking bags of flour in the kitchen. (Burnin' Love)
• Tim and Jill tells brad that it's the first day of school. (The First Temptation of Tim)
• Randy shows Tim his computer. (Quibbling Siblings)
• Brad and Randy said "Oh, man" in the kitchen. (No, No, Godot)
• Brad holds a severed head. He and Mark pretend to be scared. (Bewitched)
• Tim and Brad are chest-slamming. (Pump You Up)
• Mark sports a goth makeup. (Say Goodnight, Gracie)
• Randy climbs into the locker at school. (The Karate Kid Returns)
• Brad imitates Tim dancing. (Something Old, Someone Blue)
• Randy argues with Tim. (Clash of the Taylors)
• Tim talks with Brad in the garage. (At Sea)
• Jill leaves the room, while Brad and Randy pick up some clothes, and drops the clothes back on the floor. (Home for the Holidays)
• Jill hands the picture of the boys from summer 1991. (Tool-Thousand-One a Space Odyssey)

Montage

Set to "Workin' Man Blues" by Merle Haggard

• Jill sits in the hot rod. Tim joins her. (Some Like it Hot Rod)
• Tim sits on the hot rod frame, pretending to drive it. (Reach Out and Teach Someone)
• Brad lights the firecutter in the garage. (Rites and Wrongs of Passage)
• Tim welds the hot rod frame while Jill is making clay pot. (A Battle of Wheels)
• Tim unveils the engine with Hank and Dave. (Heavy Meddle)
• Tim adjusts the cams. (Shooting Three to Make Tutu)
• Tim and Jill are sitting on the hot rod frame. Tim pretends to rev the engine. (Reach Out and Teach Someone)
• Tim works on the engine. (Birth of a Hot Rod)
• Tim works on the engine. (The Great Race II)
• Tim puts the key in the ignition. (Birth of a Hot Rod)
• Bob Vila presses the gas pedal of his hot rod. (The Great Race II)
• Tim hits his head on the frame. (Much Ado About Nana)
• Wilson helps Tim with the engine. (The Great Race II)
• The engine runs. (The Great Race II)
• Tim and Mark are under the car. (Howard's End)
• A shot of the front of the hot rod. (Back in the Saddle Shoes Again)
• Tim polishes the bodywork. (The Great Race II)
• Tim polishes the windscreen frame. (Slip Sleddin' Away)
• A shot of the exhaust. (The Great Race II)
• Tim celebrates. (Birth of a Hot Rod)
• Tim sits at the table with Jill. (Whose Car Is It Anyway?)
• Tim and Al are driving onto the Tool Time set in a tiny car. (At Sea)
• Tim and Al are standing in front of a car on a stand (When Harry Kept Delores)
• Tim and Al are sitting in a hot rod on Tool Time. (The Tool Man Delivers)
• Tim unveils the hot rod for his family. (The Great Race II)
• Tim drives the car out of the garage. (The Great Race II)
• Tim races Bob Vila. (The Great Race II)
• Tim and Brad chose the new car to work on. (Brother, Can You Spare a Hot Rod?)
• Tim works under the second hot rod (Sisters and Brothers)
• Tim works on the grill of the second hot rod (The Feminine Mistake)
• Tim, Al, and Sparky unveil the completed second hot rod on Tool Time. (From Top to Bottom)

Tim and Jill's flashbacks

• Jill hits Tim with a trash bag. (The Feminine Mistake)
• Tim watches TV while Jill looks through a folder. (Where There's a Will, There's a Way)
• Tim sits in a chair, and burps again while standing up. (It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims)
• Jill sits at the table. (Chicago Hope)
• Tim comes over to Jill in bed. (It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims)
• Jill works on her computer. Tim is sat next to her. (Communication Breakdown)
• Jill is eating cereal. Tim is having a conversation. (Maybe, Baby)
• Tim and Jill are still in bed. Tim wafts the bed covers. Jill gets out of bed. (It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims)

Wilson's flashbacks

• Wilson unrolls a hose. (My Dinner with Wilson)
• Wilson is talking with Tim. (Bye Bye Birdie)
• Tim is talking with Wilson. (Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble)
• Jill is talking with Wilson, and kicks over his basket of apples. (Not-So-Great Scott)
• Wilson is talking with Tim, and sings "That's the story of, That's the glory of love". (The Look)

Montage

Set to "Macho Man" by Village People.

• Heidi introduces the show while standing in front of a monitor. (The First Temptation of Tim)
• Tim and Al run to a Binford stand. (Too Many Cooks)
• Tim crashes the ceiling on pneumatic stilts. (Back in the Saddle Shoes Again)
• Tim fires an abrasive wheel from the end of a drill. Al catches it. (Sisters and Brothers)
• Tim falls through a roof. (May the Best Man Win)
• Tim rides a wooden horse into the camera. (This Joke's for You)
• Tim does a lot of salutes. (Reality Bytes)
• Tim uses a power sander, which makes a hole in the floor. (Howard's End)
• Tim and Al are dressed in overalls. Tim is dancing. (High School Confidential)
• Tim reverses the Tool Time truck into the porch. (Jill's Birthday)
• Tim fences with some dowel. (A Sew, Sew Evening)
• Tim uses a router that goes out of control. (Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof)
• Tim demonstrates an electric-powered sliding door, which shoots out of the frame. (The Bud Bowl)
• Tim demonstrates a TV, which pops up out of a cabinet, and fires into the ceiling (A Funny Valentine)
• Tim glues his head to the table. (Forever Jung)
• Tim enters the living room with part of the table still glued to his forehead. (Forever Jung)
• Tim tells the audience that they need more power. (Pilot)
• Tim runs at the audience with a chainsaw. (Stereo-Typical)
• Tim grunts. (Groin Pains)
• Tim grunts for the first time. (Pilot)
• Tim grunts. (Forever Jung)
• Tim and the audience grunt. (Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof)
• Tim sticks a potato on the broken bulb and gets electrocuted. (Abandoned Family)
• A shot of Tim and Al with a mini. Al looks at the engine. Tim taps him, and Al is electrocuted. (Trouble-a-Bruin)
• Tim checks some wiring while getting electrocuted. (What About Bob?)
• Tim gets caught in the overhead lights with an extending arm. (Let Them Eat Cake)
• Al gets electrocuted while Tim staples some aluminum sidings. (Mr. Wilson's Opus)
• Tim swings a sledgehammer. His gloves come off, and the sledgehammer flies into the wall next to Al and Heidi. (The Write Stuff)
• Al throws Tim a bag of cement. Tim catches it and falls over. (Groin Pains)
• Tim tries to poke Al's goggles while blocking him. (Read My Hips)
• Tim launches a barbecue. (Quest for Fire)
• Heidi dances. (Let's Go to the Videotape)
• Tim pulls the camera towards him with a magnet. Tim's face gets pressed against the camera. (Shooting Three to Make Tutu)
• Tim falls off a high-rise frame while landing in a toilet. (Dollars and Sense)
• Tim drops a beam on Jill's car. (Don't Tell Momma)
• Benny's Aunt's house exploded. (A House Divided)

Montage

Set to "Accidents Will Happen" by Elvis Costello.

• Tim, Jill and the boys get ready to turn on the Christmas lights. (Twas the Blight Before Christmas)
• The stove bursts into flames. (Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble)
• Tim hits his head on the basement pipe. (What You See is What You Get)
• Tim falls from the roof being suspended by a rope. (Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof)
• Tim reverses a riding lawnmower through Wilson's fence. (Mow Better Blues)
• The back of the dishwasher blows out. (Pilot)
• Tim slides down the banister. (No Place Like Home)
• Tim sits up in the back of a truck. (Fear of Flying)
• Tim hits Marty with a Christmas decoration. (Twas the Night Before Chaos)
• The living room windows exploded. (Stereo-Typical)
• Tim falls off the roof while Wilson is watching. (Twas the Night Before Chaos)
• Tim hits his head on the basement pipe. (Wild Kingdom)
• Tim flies backwards into the garbage cans. (Bye Bye Birdie)
• Tim and Mark are improving the dishwasher. (Pilot)
• Tim jumps out of the way when the dishwasher explodes. (Pilot)
• Tim fixes the dryer. (Abandoned Family)
• Tim crashes through the ice in Al's ice fishing shanty. (Reel Men)
• Tim blows up the phone. (Communication Breakdown)
• Tim, Jill and the boys get covered in snow while taking a Christmas photo. (A Frozen Moment)
• Tim breaks a window with a broomstick. (Bye Bye Birdie)
• Tim falls off the roof. (Home for the Holidays)
• Tim crashes through Wilson's fence in a wheelchair. (Knee Deep)
• The snow machine crashes through a window. (A Frozen Moment)
• Tim holds a charged sausage. (Al's Fair in Love and War)
• Tim his head on the basement pipe, while Al and Randy go downstairs. (Room Without a View)
• Tim looks up from under his bed with a flashlight in his mouth. (Alarmed by Burglars)
• Tim puts his socks on in the hospital. (Insult to Injury)
• Tim and Randy leave the hospital. (Slip Sleddin' Away)

Montage

Set to "We've Got it all" by Kenny Rogers.

• Tim and Jill are lying in bed. (Jill's Passion)
• Tim and Jill are hugging in the garage. (Nothing More Than Feelings)
• Jill wears a bridesmaid dress. (Something Old, Someone Blue)
• The boys are in the backyard. Mark is muddy. (Let's Did Lunch)
• Jill exercises in the living room with Tim. (Jill's Birthday)
• Tim takes a cigar from Jill, and then kissing her. (Lucky Be a Taylor Tonight)
• Tim and the boys pose in the garage. (For Whom the Belch Tolls)
• Tim cleans up in the kitchen. (Taking Jill for Granite)
• Tim was suspended from the roof by a rope. Jill pulls him over to kiss him. (Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof)
• Brad play-fights with Tim and hugs in the garage. (Rites and Wrongs of Passage)
• Brad and Mark say goodbye to Randy at the airport. (Adios)
• Tim and Jill are kissing. (Death Begins at Forty)
• Tim sneaks up on Jill. (The Bud Bowl)
• Mark hugs Jill. (Flying Sauces)
• Tim and Jill kiss through the glass cabinet door. (The Eve of Construction)
• Randy counts out the fish. (Howard's End)
• Tim pulls Jill into the garage. (A Battle of Wheels)
• Tim comforts Randy. (The Longest Day)
• Tim and Brad are sitting on the couch. (Home Alone)
• Tim pulls the table cloth from the table. (Dances with Tools)
• Tim, Jill and Randy are hugging. (The Longest Day)
• Jill and Randy are hugging. (Adios)
• Jill comforts Tim. (No Place Like Home)
• Tim wraps Jill in the table cloth, and then dancing. (Dances with Tools)
• Jill watches as Tim pulls off his overalls to reveal a tuxedo. (It Was the Best of Tims, It Was the Worst of Tims)
• Tim and Jill are dancing in the backyard. (Off Sides)

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