Taxi
ABC (ended 1983)
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Season 5
- Ep 24Simka's Monthlies6/15/83
Simka is threatened with deportation unless she can prove her marriage is not a scam. - Ep 23A Grand Gesture5/25/83
Jim provides each of the gang with $1,000 for the purpose of letting them give it away. - Ep 22Jim's Mario's5/18/83
Jim attempts to purchase Mario's. - Ep 21Tony's Baby4/20/83
Tony proposes to his girlfriend Vicki. - Ep 20Arnie Meets the Kids4/13/83
Elaine and Arnie's dating relationship advances to where he's ready to meet her children. - Ep 19Louie and the Blind Girl4/6/83
Louie sets out to propose to Judy. - Ep 18Alex Gets Burned by an Old Flame3/30/83
Diane, an old friend of Jim's comes to the garage looking for Jim, and Alex takes a liking to her. Alex makes some less than flattering remarks about Jim, not realizing that she and Jim have begun a romantic relationship. When Jim confronts Alex about the things he said, Alex justifies his comments with examples of crazy things that Jim has done. Jim is touched that Alex remembered all those things about him and all is well.moreless - Ep 17A Taxi Celebration (2)3/23/83
Part two of a two part clip show featuring highlights of Taxi. - Ep 16A Taxi Celebration (1)3/23/83
Part one of a two part clip show featuring highlights of Taxi. - Ep 15Sugar Ray Nardo2/5/83
When Elaine's son, Jason, watched Tony coaching youth boxing, he wants to get involved. Alex and Tony talk Elaine into letting Jason box, despite her better judgement. In Jason's first bout, he gets knocked out by the first punch and Elaine holds Alex responsible. Fortunately, Elaine forgives Alex eventually and Jason doesn't want to box again.moreless - Ep 14Alex's Old Buddy1/29/83
Alex reunites with his old dog, Buddy. - Ep 13Louie Moves Uptown1/22/83
Louie is interested in an upscale co-op apartment, but he must first pass the board's new tenant screening process. - Ep 12Get Me Through the Holidays12/16/82
Alex's ex-wife, Phyllis, depressed and lonely, comes to see Alex, who takes pity on her and includes her in his holiday plans. This turns ugly, when she manages to bring the whole gang down with her self-pity. Her Christmas present to Alex is that she won't bug him for New Year's, which turns out to be the best gift she could give him.moreless - Ep 11Zena's Honeymoon12/9/82
Zena returns to announce her engagement. Louie is enraged. - Ep 10Elaine and the Monk12/2/82
Latka and Simka introduce Elaine to a friend of theirs visiting from their country named Zifka. Zifka is a monk who has taken a vow of silence but during his vacation is allowed a week (every ten years) to experience all worldly pleasures. He and Elaine quickly fall in love (seemingly to Alex's dismay) but Zifka must resume his silence when his week ends right before he can tell Elaine exactly how he feels about her. Elaine is saddened but understanding, and lets Zifka go.moreless - Ep 9Travels with My Dad11/25/82
Tony's dad, a merchant seaman who Tony hasn't seen much of, arranges to bring Tony on a sea trip with him. Tony is hesitant but doesn't want to disappoint his dad, so he goes along. On the trip, Tony spends much of the time seasick, but bonds with his dad and they engage in a bar brawl in Singapore, and almost get matching tattoos until they think better of it.moreless - Ep 8Louie's Revenge11/18/82
Emily returns to seduce Louie again. - Ep 7Alex the Gofer11/11/82
Alex, who loves the theater, takes a part time job as a gofer for a young producer and director, but soon feels mistreated by his younger bosses. Louie, spying on Alex at his new job, spots Alex being humiliated and uncharacteristically does not make fun of him; rather, he tries to convince Alex to stand up for himself and tell the director off. Alex is considering this when the director suddenly has a change of heart and apologizes for mistreating Alex and ignoring one of his earlier suggestions. As a result, Alex regains his dignity.moreless - Ep 6Crime and Punishment11/4/82
Louie lets Jeff, his assistant dispatcher, take the rap for skimming money from the company (that Louie is actually responsible for), assuring Jeff that he'll smooth everything over. Louie overdoes it when he reprimands Jeff in front of the garage owner, though, and the owner not only fires Jeff but has him arrested. Louie eventually tells the owner the truth before Alex has a chance to turn him in, but the owner thinks that Louie is only doing it to protect Jeff. The owner decides as a favor to Louie to drop the charges against Jeff and hire him back, so Louie's crime ends up going unpunished despite his good intentions.moreless - Ep 5Scenskees from a Marriage (2)10/28/82
Latka and Simka throw a party and decide the last to arrive will be the one that Simka must sleep with. Alex barely edges out Louie, in hilarious fashion. Simka goes to Alex's apartment to seduce him, but he refuses her advances. It seems Simka and Latka will have to divorce, but Jim points out that they can just marry again after divorcing.moreless - Ep 4Scenskees from a Marriage (1)10/21/82
Latka rescues a female cabbie, and has sex with her in the process. - Ep 3Alex Goes off the Wagon10/14/82
In this episode, we learn that Alex can be a compulsive gambler. Alex even scares Louie off with his compulsion, but Jim talks some sense into Alex at the end (after having bankrolled him initially). - Ep 2Jim's Inheritance10/7/82
When Jim's father passes away and leaves him a substantial inheritance, Jim's siblings sue to have Jim declared incompetent and his inheritance placed in an account that the brother will have control of. In court, Louie and Alex speak in Jim's behalf, but to no avail. Jim later feels better when he plays a tape of "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" that his father left for him.moreless - Ep 1The Shloogel Show9/30/82
Latka and Simka throw the gang a Schloogel.
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Season 4
- Ep 24The Road Not Taken (2)5/6/82
The gang takes turns sharing some life-changing career choices they had to make. - Ep 23The Road Not Taken (1)4/29/82
The gang takes turns sharing some life-changing career choices they had to make. - Ep 22Cooking for Two4/8/82
Jim destroys Louie's apartment, and everything in it. - Ep 21The Road Not Taken: Part 17/13/11
- Ep 21The Wedding of Latka and Simka3/25/82
Latka, who Joyce Brothers has declared is cured of his multiple personality disorder, asks Simka to marry him. They then must endure a bizarre series of tests, as is the marital tradition for members of their religion. In hilarious fashion, things get ugly at the ceremony itself, and Simka denounces her religion, when her minister reveals that she has just passed the last test and they are now married.moreless - Ep 20Cooking for Two7/13/11
- Ep 20Elegant Iggy3/11/82
Jim invites Elaine to a concert, and while there, they run into an important patron at Elaine's art gallery. The woman invites them both to a party, although Elaine is very worried that Jim will embarrass her in an event that's important to her career. Still, she doesn't quite have it in her to ask Jim not to go. At the party, Elaine's worst fears are realized with Jim's behavior, until he surprisingly wows the crowd on the piano and turns things around.moreless - Ep 17Tony's Comeback3/4/82
Tony begins a workout program with a football player hopeful. - Ep 16The Unkindest Cut2/25/82
Elaine spends over $200 to go to a trendy hairstylist before a special date, but the result is outrageously bad. When she expresses some disappointment, the hairstylist insults her and she leaves, crying, but still pays. Alex talks her into going back and standing up for herself, so she can get her hair fixed and her money back. That doesn't go too well, but in the end, Louie, who has followed Alex and Elaine to the hairstylist, exacts revenge on the guy by pouring a bucket of red hair dye on him.moreless - Ep 16Jim and the Kid2/11/82
Jim befriends a runaway child, who has stowed away in Tony's cab, and soon has "adopted" him. When the gang gets wind of this, they find the kid's parents and reunite them. - Ep 15Take My Ex-Wife, Please2/18/82
Alex runs into his ex-wife at a restaurant. - Ep 15Simka Returns2/4/82
Latka is eagerly anticipating a reunion with his ex-girlfriend from the old country, Simka. She arrives at the garage and while Latka is in the bathroom, Alex warns her of Latka's multiple personalities. Sure enough, at Latka's apartment later, Vic Ferrarri makes his appearance and seduces Simka. Much to Latka's dismay, soon his alter-ego, Vic, and Simka seem to be an item. Alex encourages Latka to fight Vic for Simka, which he does in hilarious fashion and Vic never returns.moreless - Ep 14Jim and the Kid7/13/11
- Ep 14Tony's Lady1/28/82
Tony takes a second job working as a chauffer for a wealthy but friendly woman named Christina. The two of them hit it off while he's driving her around, and Tony develops a crush on her. By the time Tony finally gets up the nerve to ask her out, it's too late-- she has just become engaged.moreless - Ep 13Nina Loves Alex1/21/82
Alex is strangely rejecting the advances of a cute, bubbly, young African American cab driver named Nina. Alex is growing more and more annoyed until he decides to invite Nina over to his apartment to talk to her and try to explain why she shouldn't be so interested in him. Although he succeeds with a fatherly talk where he comes off very dull, they kiss goodnight. After the kiss, Nina is convinced there's no spark between them after all, while Alex seems to change his tune also, but it's too late.moreless - Ep 11Bobby Doesn't Live Here Anymore1/14/82
Bobby, who has moved to Hollywood, comes back to the garage for a visit and announces that he's filmed a pilot for a new prime-time soap opera. During his visit, he learns that the pilot has been picked up as a series and Bobby throws a party at the Plaza Hotel to celebrate. He soon learns that although the series is a go, they no longer want Bobby to appear in it. Bobby is upset and entertains the idea of moving back to New York, until Alex convinces him to follow his dream in Hollywood.moreless - Ep 11I Wanna Be Around1/7/82
Louie becomes scared of nuclear war after hearing someone talk on Donahue, and he sets up a bomb shelter in the garage. He schedules a weekend drill with Jeff and Tony in tow, but finds he's too "soft" to survive if war really broke out, since he is unwilling to throw Jim (who has stowed away in a radiation suit) out of the shelter.moreless - Ep 10Louie Goes Too Far12/17/81
When Louie spies on Elaine changing in the garage bathroom, she enlists a NOW representative's help and gets Louie fired. Louie appeals to Elaine at her apartment one evening though and begs her forgiveness (and her help getting his job back). After Louie exhibits actual remorse and demonstrates through a touching story that he knows how it feels to be violated, Elaine accepts his apology (and presumably gets him rehired at the garage).moreless - Ep 9Of Mice and Tony12/10/81
Tony becomes the manager of a promising young heavyweight boxer at his gym, but after the boxer wins a major fight, the "syndicate" (which turns out to be some doctors looking for an investment, rather than the mob) makes Tony an offer he can't refuse and takes over the boxer's management.moreless - Ep 8Fledgling11/26/81
Elaine makes it her mission to try to cure a talented and friendly but troubled artist of his severe agoraphobia (fear of public places). Alex (possibly jealous of Elaine spending time with another man) advises Elaine to leave the treatment to a professional, but she ignores his advice and eventually brings the artist to the garage. Predictably, the artist is scared to leave the cab but while Alex and Elaine bicker about her methods, the artist walks out of the cab and appears to be making progress.moreless - Ep 7Of Mice and Tony7/13/11
- Ep 7Louie's Mom Remarries11/19/81
Louie becomes upset when hismother announces plans to remarry. - Ep 6Louie's Mom Remarries7/13/11
- Ep 6Like Father, Like Son11/12/81
Alex' father comes to visit, and Alex decides to give him a chance. - Ep 5Like Father, Like Son7/13/11
- Ep 5Louie's Fling11/5/81
In a drunken stupor, Zena's friend seduces Louie. - Ep 4Jim Joins the Network10/29/81
Jim uses his psychic powers to predict television ratings. - Ep 3Mr. Personalities10/22/81
Latka assumes the personality of cabbie Alex. - Ep 2Mr. Personalities7/13/11
- Ep 2Vienna Waits10/18/81
Alex and Elaine vacation together in Europe.
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Season 3
- Ep 20Jim the Psychic10/8/81
Jim's dreams have potentially fatal implications for Alex. - Ep 19Latka the Playboy5/21/81
After a rejection, Latka transforms himself into Vic Ferrari, the Playboy. - Ep 18On the Job (2)5/14/81
A temporary layoff causes the gang to find other jobs. They meet in Mario's to exchange stories. - Ep 17On the Job (1)5/7/81
A temporary layoff causes the gang to find other jobs. They meet in Mario's to exchange stories. - Ep 16Bobby and the Critic4/30/81
Bobby confronts a theater critic. - Ep 16Louie Bumps into an Old Lady4/16/81
Louie injures an elderly pedestrian. - Ep 14Bobby's Roomate4/9/81
Bobby ane Elaine find themselves sharing an apartment. - Ep 14Louie's Mother3/26/81
Louie's mother moves out of the apartment that they had shared. - Ep 13Zen and the Art of Cab Driving3/19/81
Jim adopts dynamic perfectionism to become a better cab driver. - Ep 12Out of Commission3/12/81
The State of New York revokes Tony's boxing license. - Ep 11Elaine's Old Friend2/26/81
Alex feigns the role of Elaine's boyfriend in order to impress her high school rival. - Ep 10The Costume Party2/19/81
The cabbies crash a yacht party hoping to meet some celebrities. - Ep 9Thy Boss's Wife2/12/81
The owners of the Sunshine Cab Company quarrel between themselves. - Ep 8Latka's Cookies2/5/81
Latka inherits his grandmother's secret cookie recipe. - Ep 7The Call of the Mild1/21/81
The guys go on a one-week retreat far away from civilization. - Ep 6The Ten Percent Solution1/7/81
Tony decides to test the waters with acting. - Ep 5Going Home12/17/80
Jim and Alex go to Boston to visit Jim's family. - Ep 4Elaine's Strange Triangle12/10/80
Elaine falls for Kirk, only to find that Kirk is more interested in another cabbie. - Ep 3Fathers of the Bride12/3/80
Alex' daughter gets married, and Alex is not invited. - Ep 2Tony's Sister and Jim11/26/80
Tony's sister, Monica, pays him a visit. - Ep 1Louie's Rival11/19/80
Zena breaks up with Louie to pursue a relationship with a bartender at Mario's.
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Season 2
- Ep 26Wherefore Art Thou, Bobby?3/18/11
- Ep 26Wherefore Art Thou, Bobby?10/16/79
Bobby coaches a fledgling actor. - Ep 24Fantasy Borough (2)5/13/80
A left-behind package in Tony's cab results in an exchange of fantasies among the cabbies. - Ep 23Fantasy Borough (1)5/6/80
A package left behind in Tony's cab results in an exchange of fantasies among the cabbies. - Ep 22Art Work3/4/80
The gang strikes an interest in an art auction. - Ep 21Alex Jumps out of an Airplane2/26/80
Alex goes to unusual lengths to impress the gang of cabbies. - Ep 20Shut It Down (2)2/5/80
Elaine delivers on her promise to go on a date with Louie. - Ep 19Shut It Down (1)1/29/80
The cabbies go on strike to get the vehicles better maintained. - Ep 18What Price Bobby?1/22/80
Bobby's acting career takes off when he meets Nora, his super agent. - Ep 17Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish1/15/80
Latka meets Simka, a native of his home country. - Ep 16Tony and Brian1/8/80
Tony investigates the possibility of adopting Brian. - Ep 15The Reluctant Fighter12/25/79
Former boxing champion Benny Foster selects Tony as his comeback opponent. - Ep 15Jim Gets a Pet12/18/79
Jim gains success at the race track. - Ep 14Louie Meets the Folks12/11/79
Zena brings Louie home to meet her parents. - Ep 13Elaine's Secret Admirer12/4/79
Elaine ends one relationship, but nurtures a new one. - Ep 11Latka's Revolting11/27/79
Latka's homeland is threatened by a group of revolutionaries. - Ep 10Alex's Romance11/20/79
Alex meets an actress, and prepares to propose. - Ep 9The Apartment11/13/79
Latka searches for a new place to live. - Ep 8The Great Race11/6/79
Louie and Alex compete to see which can gain the more tips. - Ep 8A Woman Between Friends10/30/79
Bobby and Tony compete for the attentions of the same girl. - Ep 6The Lighter Side of Angela Matusa10/23/79
A thinner, more attractive Angela returns into Alex' life. - Ep 5The Reluctant Fighter10/9/79
- Ep 4Nardo Loses Her Marbles10/2/79
An overworked Elaine makes advances to Alex. - Ep 3Reverend Jim: a Space Odyssey9/25/79
The cabbies persuade Louie to hire Jim as a driver. - Ep 2Honor Thy Father9/18/79
Alex's sister, Charlotte pays a visit with bad news about their father's health. - Ep 1Louie and the Nice Girl9/11/79
Louie finds a girl friend in Zena.
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Season 1
