Season 1 (2011–12) Season 2 (2012–13) On May 11, 2012, ABC renewed
Last Man Standing for a second season. Beginning this season,
Amanda Fuller now plays Kristin, replacing
Alexandra Krosney. Flynn Morrison was also added to the main cast as an age-advanced Boyd, replacing twins Evan and Luke Kruntchev.
Jordan Masterson recurs as Ryan, Boyd's father, replacing
Nick Jonas, who guest starred in one episode in the previous season. The second season initially received a thirteen-episode order, but ABC announced on November 12, 2012, that an additional three scripts had been ordered. The episode order was then extended to five additional episodes, taking the final total to eighteen for the season.
Tim Allen's former
Home Improvement co-star
Richard Karn guest starred in the episode "Attractive Architect", playing the character Bill McKendree. Karn reprised his role again in the episode "The Fight".
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, another
Home Improvement co-star of Allen's, guest starred in the season finale, "College Girl", as the character John Baker.
Season 3 (2013–14) On May 10, 2013, the series was renewed for a third season, it premiered on September 20, 2013. Beginning this season, at the start of each episode a different cast member narrates that the series is recorded in front of a live
studio audience.
Duck Dynasty stars
Willie Robertson and
Si Robertson guest starred in the season premiere, "Back to School".
Jonathan Taylor Thomas reprised his role as John Baker in the episodes "Ryan v. John Baker" and "Tasers". Thomas also made his directorial debut, directing the episode "Haunted House"; it was the first episode of series not directed by
John Pasquin. Petty Officer First Class Raymond McKnight guest starred in the episode "Elfie".
Season 4 (2014–15) On May 10, 2014, ABC renewed
Last Man Standing for a fourth season, which premiered on October 3, 2014. Both
Jordan Masterson and
Jonathan Adams were promoted to the main cast this season.
Patricia Richardson,
Tim Allen's former
Home Improvement co-star, guest starred in the episode "Helen Potts", playing the episode's titular character. Richardson is the third
Home Improvement cast member to guest star on
Last Man Standing after both
Richard Karn and
Jonathan Taylor Thomas guest starred previously. Thomas also made a
cameo appearance at the end of the "Helen Potts" episode, not as John Baker (the character he previously played on
Last Man Standing), but as Helen's son Randy, a reference to his character from
Home Improvement. On April 3, 2015, Allen and
Héctor Elizondo guest starred on the fellow ABC sitcom
Cristela as their
Last Man Standing characters in the episode "Last Goose Standing", which aired after "Restaurant Opening".
Season 5 (2015–16) On May 10, 2015,
Last Man Standing was renewed for a fifth season. At the start of this season, the practice of a cast member narrating at the start of each episode that "Last Man Standing is recorded in front of a live studio audience" is discontinued.
Jay Leno guest starred as Joe Leonard, a mechanic in the episodes "The Road Less Driven", "
Mike and the Mechanics" and the season finale "
The Shortcut".
Patricia Richardson reprised her role as Helen Potts in the episode "Tanks for the Memories".
Bill Engvall guest starred in the episode "The Marriage Doctor", reuniting with his
Bill Engvall Show co-star
Nancy Travis.
Season 6 (2016–17) {{Episode table {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 125 |EpisodeNumber2 = 17 |Title = The Friending Library |DirectedBy =
Tim Allen |WrittenBy =
Pat Bullard |OriginalAirDate = |ProdCode = 6ATP17 |Viewers = 6.54 |ShortSummary = Vanessa has been feeling lonely ever since Carol moved to
Los Angeles for a new job. Ryan suggests she start a lending library in the neighborhood so she can make some new friends. When she does so, a mystery person leaves a note in her copy of
Jane Eyre and Eve sets out to track them down. Despite Mike's reluctance, Ed holds a "Meet Outdoor Man" contest where the winner gets to join Mike for his 500th vlog. The winner (
Brad Leland) tells Mike he understands his secret messages about government conspiracies in the vlogs, and Mike can't convince him that he was just joking. Note: In the scene where Kristin is fixing a book box, the toolbox she is using has the name "Binford" on it. This is a reference to the fictional tool brand on Allen's previous series {Home Improvement}. |LineColor = E6A817 }} }}
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