Tim Allen pays tribute to Household Improvement character Wilson in Final Man Standing sneak peek

Tim Allen will honor a beloved character from his ’90s sitcom Property Advancement all through the exclusive Very last Male Standing crossover episode airing Thursday night on Fox.

In the episode, titled “Dual Time,” Mike Baxter (Allen) has a tete-a-tete with Tim Taylor (also played by Allen), a household repairman who could be his twin. The Resource Male provides up Wilson, his former neighbor who only showed 50 percent his experience peeking above the wood fence that divided their attributes throughout their numerous yard conversations.

Wilson was portrayed by Earl Hindman throughout 202 Home Advancement episodes that aired involving 1991 and 1999. The actor died of lung cancer in 2003, at 61.

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In the unique clip higher than, Mike asks Tim, “Who was Wilson?”

“A single of my neighbors, basically,” Tim replies. “For many, quite a few yrs, I shared a good deal of stuff with him. He passed absent.” He afterwards provides, “I miss out on Wilson. I pass up a whole lot of things.”

Allen tells EW of the tribute, “Earl intended the environment to me and absolutely everyone at Home Advancement. It was an organic and natural second to settle on, both on the set and in our hearts.”

Fox declared in October that the ninth period of Past Male Standing, which kicked off Jan. 3, would be its very last. The season premiere introduced a sequence of time jumps that identified Mike and his spouse, Vanessa (Nancy Travis), with two new grandchildren, and also coping with possessing their middle daughter, Mandy (Molly McCook), and her partner, Kyle (Christoph Sanders), dwelling with them.

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In an special clip from ‘Last Person Standing,’ Tim Allen pays tribute to the ‘Home Improvement’ character Wilson, who was performed by Earl Hindman just before his death in 2003.

“Dual Time” will air tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

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