When it comes to ’90s sitcoms,Home Improvementwas about as wholesome as it gets.

Richardson and Allen’s chemistry on the show was undeniable.

Still, Richardson recalls: “Immediately, I loved him.”

Patricia Richardson and Tim Allen

“There has to be an equal struggle.”

“I left the show, and I have put my children first since then.”

“And then Tim was like, ‘I don’t think we can do that.’

Patricia Richardson and Tim Allen

So then he went out and said ‘Well, I think it’s time to endHome Improvement.'”

“He loved Tim Taylor,” she explains.

“If you get a hit show, it is so unusual,” she says.

“It just, really, it’s like winning the lottery to have something likeHome Improvement.”