Last Man Standing (2011)

Name: Last Man Standing
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Héctor Elizondo, Christoph Sanders, Amanda Fuller

Comedy

A married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (40,772 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 9
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.42 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.4	743
2	Last Baby Proof Standing	7.4	594
3	Grandparents Day	7.4	569
4	Last Halloween Standing	7.7	573
5	Co-Ed Softball	7.5	523
6	Good Cop, Bad Cop	7.3	491
7	Home Security	7.2	489
8	House Rules	7.6	487
9	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	7.7	525
10	Last Christmas Standing	7.6	502
11	The Passion of the Mandy	7.5	463
12	Moon Over Kenya	7.3	485
13	Take Your Daughter to Work	7.4	448
14	Odd Couple Out	7.6	461
15	House of Spirits	7.3	435
16	Tree of Strife	7.1	461
17	Adrenaline	7.2	439
18	Baxter & Sons	7.4	463
19	Ding Dong Ditch	7.5	436
20	Animal Wrongs	7.4	421
21	Wherefore Art Thou, Mike Baxter	7.5	407
22	This Bud's for You	7.2	408
23	The Spotlight	7.6	414
24	Found Money	7.3	430

Season 2 (2012)

7.35 avg 18 episodes 6.3 → 7.8 22 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Voting	6.3	602
2	Dodgeball Club	7.1	430
3	High Expectations	7.8	426
4	Ed's Twice Ex-Wife	7.1	388
5	Mother Fracker	7.2	402
6	Circle of Life	7.1	376
7	Putting a Hit on Christmas	7.4	392
8	Bullying	7.3	391
9	Attractive Architect	7.3	406
10	The Help	7.7	402
11	Mike's Pole	7.7	408
12	Quarterback Boyfriend	7.4	367
13	What's in a Name?	7.2	366
14	Buffalo Bill Day	7.4	366
15	Breaking Curfew	7.5	353
16	Private Coach	7.3	369
17	The Fight	7.7	376
18	College Girl	7.8	404

Season 3 (2013)

7.51 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 28 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back to School	7.4	427
2	Driving Lessons	7.6	346
3	Pledging	7.3	358
4	Ryan vs. John Baker	7.6	367
5	Haunted House	7.4	355
6	Larabee for School Board	7.5	348
7	Shoveling Snow	7.9	369
8	Vanessa Fixes Kyle	7.6	344
9	Thanksgiving	7.6	354
10	Spanking	7.6	356
11	Elfie	7.8	377
12	All About Eve	7.5	348
13	Breaking Boyd	7.6	338
14	Renaming Boyd's School	7.1	329
15	Taser	7.6	365
16	Stud Muffin	7.4	344
17	Eve's Boyfriend	7.3	324
18	Project Mandy	7.7	327
19	Hard-Ass Teacher	7.4	337
20	Parenting Bud	7.5	327
21	April, Come She Will	7.2	326
22	Mutton Busting	7.6	339

Season 4 (2014)

7.66 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.5 22 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Here's the Kicker	7.8	365
2	War Games	7.6	341
3	Rediscover America	7.4	332
4	Sinkhole	7.4	337
5	School Merger	7.5	331
6	Mike Advises Mandy	7.5	314
7	Big Shots	7.1	340
8	Risky Behavior	7.4	320
9	Changing Light Bulbs	7.8	325
10	Outdoor Man Grill	7.5	335
11	Wedding Planning	7.8	334
12	Helen Potts	9.1	670
13	Mike Hires Chuck	7.7	323
14	Eve's Breakup	7.5	327
15	Big Brother	7.6	321
16	Three Sundays	8.0	320
17	Kyle's Friend	7.6	316
18	Mandy's Party	7.7	314
19	Summer Internship	7.5	302
20	Restaurant Opening	7.7	318
21	Vanessa Fixes Up Eve	7.9	324
22	Daddy Dearest	7.5	332

Season 5 (2015)

7.86 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 21 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Wolf Returns	7.8	371
2	Free Range Parents	7.8	334
3	Ping-Pong	7.5	334
4	Educating Boyd	7.5	320
5	The Road Less Driven	8.1	343
6	Halloween	8.2	342
7	The Dad Hat	7.5	309
8	The Big Sleepover	7.9	321
9	The Gratitude List	7.9	319
10	The Puck Stops Here	7.8	306
11	Gift of the Wise Man	7.9	325
12	Polar Run	7.9	315
13	Mike and the Mechanics	7.8	313
14	The Ring	8.8	427
15	Home Sweet Loan	7.9	307
16	Eve's Band	8.2	391
17	Tanks for the Memories	8.2	368
18	He Shed, She Shed	7.6	305
19	Outdoor Woman	7.6	322
20	Tattoo	7.6	311
21	The Marriage Doctor	7.5	310
22	The Shortcut	8.0	301

Season 6 (2016)

7.82 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 21 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Papa Bear	7.8	354
2	Gameday Forecast: Showers	7.8	322
3	Where There's Smoke, There's Ire	7.5	317
4	Boyd Will Be Boyd	7.9	316
5	Trick or Treat	8.8	517
6	A New Place for One of Our People	7.6	307
7	Bridezilla vs. The Baxters	8.1	328
8	My Father the Car	7.6	303
9	Precious Snowflakes	8.3	351
10	Help Wanted	7.5	291
11	My Name Is Rob	7.7	295
12	Three Sisters	8.0	299
13	Explorers	7.6	280
14	A House Divided	7.7	285
15	The Fixer	7.8	287
16	The Force	8.0	283
17	The Friending Library	7.7	289
18	Take Me to Church	7.5	309
19	House of Tutor	7.5	270
20	Heavy Meddle	7.9	283
21	Bad Heir Day	7.8	285
22	Shadowboxing	8.0	314

Season 7 (2018)

7.66 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 23 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Welcome Baxter	8.1	753
2	Man vs. Myth	7.9	416
3	Giving Mike the Business	7.7	357
4	Bride of Prankenstein	7.6	346
5	One Flew Into the Empty Nest	7.7	325
6	The Courtship of Vanessa's Mother	7.3	308
7	Dreams vs. Realty	7.5	289
8	HR's Rough n' Stuff	7.8	285
9	The Gift of the Mike Guy	8.0	297
10	Three for the Road	7.5	273
11	Common Ground	7.7	276
12	Cabin Pressure	7.9	270
13	The Best Man	7.0	95
14	Sibling Quibbling	7.7	267
15	Arrest Her Development	7.8	250
16	Urban Exploring	7.4	244
17	Cards on the Table	7.7	251
18	Otherwise Engaged	7.5	236
19	The Passion of Paul	7.9	265
20	Yass Queen	7.3	241
21	The Favorite	7.6	231
22	A Moving Finale	7.9	250

Season 8 (2020)

7.32 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 22 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	No Parental Guidance	7.6	276
2	Wrench in the Works	7.5	244
3	Yours, Wine, and Ours	7.4	229
4	You've Got Male (or Female)	7.7	226
5	The Office	7.3	229
6	Mysterious Ways	7.1	222
7	Bedtime Story	7.4	218
8	Romancing the Stone	7.2	210
9	Girls Rock	7.4	215
10	Break Out the Campaign	7.0	214
11	Baked Sale	7.3	216
12	I'm with Cupid	7.2	207
13	Student Doubt	6.9	201
14	This Too Shall Bass	7.1	195
15	Chili Chili Bang Bang	7.3	189
16	Along Came a Spider	6.9	191
17	Keep the Change	7.2	211
18	Garage Band	7.3	188
19	The Big LeBaxter	7.4	192
20	Extrasensory Deception	7.8	194
21	How You Like Them Pancakes?	7.7	191

Season 9 (2021)

6.98 avg 21 episodes 6.8 → 7.8 22 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Time Flies	6.8	276
2	Dual Time	7.8	300
3	High on the Corporate Ladder	7.0	212
4	Jen Again	7.4	214
5	Outdoor Toddler	6.7	204
6	A Fool and His Money	7.1	195
7	Preschool Confidential	6.8	201
8	Lost and Found	5.3	377
9	Grill in the Mist	7.1	204
10	Meatless Mike	6.7	204
11	Granny Nanny	7.0	192
12	Midwife Crisis	6.6	182
13	Your Move	6.4	233
14	The Two Nieces of Eve	8.0	216
15	Butterfly Effect	7.0	177
16	Parent-normal Activity	7.1	175
17	Love & Negotiation	7.0	173
18	Yoga and Boo-Boo	6.9	161
19	Murder, She Wanted	7.1	160
20	Baxter Boot Camp	7.0	182
21	Keep on Truckin'	7.8	308

Last Man Standing (2011)

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