Taxi - Episode Guide

The cabbies embark on a frantic race against time when they team up in a wild nonstop drive from New York to Miami so that Alex can see his long-lost daughter on her twenty minute layover at the airport.

Tony gets a chance to spar with a world champion. And when he knocks the man down, he gets a bout with a ranked fighter. Everyone but Louie supports him. But before the fight he learns what really happened between him and the champ.

Alex's romantic instincts are triggered by the sexy voice at the answering service. Her alluring manner prompts him to arrange a dinner date that turns into a big surprise.

The high spirited taxi gang helps a jittery Bobby fight potential disappointment when he decides that he will end his stage career if he doesn't get an acting job before midnight. Alex confiscates a dog from his abusive owner.

Elaine fears the worst when the cabbies invite themselves to her party for her highbrow art world friends who have no clue that she moonlights as a cab driver.

A pretty girl has John in a whirl, and his determination to meet her prompts the taxi gang to come up with a surefire line that would unfreeze any woman on earth.

Louie, an outcast in high school, dreads the idea of his class reunion. Wannabe actor Bobby Wheeler comes up with a scheme to help Louie get even with his peers.

Mechanic Latka Gravas faces deportation unless he marries a U.S. citizen. The taxi gang comes to his rescue by pitching in and hiring a local "working girl" to be his bride.

John and his new wife reach a crisis point in their marriage when one of them must drop out of college due to financial woes.

The taxi gang scrambles to come up with a scheme aimed at ending a one sided romance when a determined, pretty cabbie sets her cap for Tony and joins the Sunshine Cab Co. to be near him.

When John crashes Cab 804, the cabbies are shocked into a period of mourning, as they reminisce about the wild and memorable events that occurred when they were driving the legendary cab.

Mechanic Latka Gravas frantically works to save the cracked up Cab 804 as the cabbies fondly recall times in the legendary auto when Alex delivered a baby, Louie beat a rich brat out of a wad of money, and Elaine met the perfect man.

A Christmas party at the garage is interrupted when Louie teams up with Alex in a game of high stakes poker against his card shark brother Nick.

Alex befriends a wealthy elderly lady who pays him to take her around the city.

Tony's friendship with Bobby is tested when he leaves town and Bobby mistakenly kills his goldfish.

After an operation, Louie panics when he has to keep a promise that he made to God during surgery to turn over a new leaf.

Alex feels sympathy for a fare who's a real loser with the women and arranges a date for the man with Elaine, who later discovers that her klutzy companion for the evening is a U.S. Congressman.

Bobby's career dreams come true when he lands a role in a soap opera, prompting him to throw his torn up cabbie's license at Louie, but the dispatcher vows to take revenge if Bobby ever comes crawling back.

Mechanic Latka Gravas' youthful and attractive mother makes her first visit to America, and after she and Alex meet and have an evening love affair, Latka assumes that he will soon be getting a new daddy.

When Alex's ear is nearly shot off in a holdup attempt in his cab, he stuns his fellow cabbies by quitting and exchanging his driving clothes for a waiter's tuxedo at a snobbish French restaurant.

The cabbies fall victim to a Hollywood style roller coaster ride when a production company visits to do a film on taxi drivers.

With Elaine going out of town to visit her sick aunt, the guys at the garage take turns watching over her son so that he can compete in a spelling bee.

Louie is unsure what to do when he starts to date a nice girl that seems to be more than one of his typical one night stands.

The cabbies are disturbed by Alex's nonchalance when confronted with the news of his father's heart attack.

The drivers try to make a cabbie out of a refugee from the '60s who hasn't quite put his life together.

Working two jobs and raising her kids takes its toll on Elaine, who seems to be losing her marbles.

Bobby considers quitting acting after he meets a young actor-wannabe who just moved to New York and immediately lands a leading role in an off Broadway play.

Alex is revisited by a now slimmer Angela whose romantic interest in him has grown since she last saw him a year ago.

Bobby and Tony become embattled in a fierce competition for the affections of a beautiful girl they both met and asked out at Mario's.

Alex and Louie compete to see who can haul in the most money during an eight hour tour on the streets. If Louie wins he gets a date with Elaine.

After his apartment complex is torn down, Latka unknowingly signs a lease to live in a luxurious penthouse that costs $3,000 a month. Realizing that Latka will have to move out after a month, the cabbies decide to spend every minute enjoying the perks of the apartment.

Alex embarks on a romance with a fragile former soap star who is reluctant to get into a long term relationship.

After Latka's country erupts into a civil war, he feels that he has a obligation to go home and join the revolution, after all he is a General.

Elaine is intrigued when a secret admirer sends her several romantic poems. She soon realizes that it must be someone in the garage.

Fearing that Zena will break up with him, Louie finally decides to meet her parents. He then pays Alex to accompany him and make sure that he doesn't step out of line.

Jim invests his racetrack winnings in a lame horse that he wants to set free---in New York City.

Tony is initially excited about fighting a former champ whose best days are behind him. His excitement turns to doubt when he realizes that the champ is dedicating the fight to a kid in a wheelchair.

Tony wants to adopt a boy who would rather live with a wealthy couple.

Latka quickly falls in love with Simka, a girl from his country who is now living in New York and is secretly from a different background than he thinks.

Bobby's new manager is more interested in his talents as a lover than his acting abilities.

Tired of driving ill-fixed cabs, the cabbies go on strike; Louie offers a solution.

Elaine keeps her promise to a date with Louie so that the drivers; demands can be met and end the strike. Despite Louie actually being a gentleman, she's still suspicious of his intent.

Following a excitement filled ski trip, Alex decides to start living life to the fullest, which includes skydiving for the first time.

Elaine convinces the cabbies to pool their money and buy a valuable painting as an investment. But to raise the cash, they'll have to make a deal with the devil — Louie.

Photos left in Tony's cab by Herve Villechaize of "Fantasy Island" prompt the cabbies to indulge in their own fantasies.

The fanciful fantasies of the cabbies continue with a real "show stopper" from Elaine.

Lecherous Louie becomes a lovesick pup after his girlfriend finds another guy. He will stop at nothing to get her back, including recruiting Alex for his hilarious scheme—and the riotous shenanigans at the Sunshine Cab Co. never stop.

Hilarious sparks fly when Tony tries to fix up his divorced sister with Alex.  Instead, she ends up falling for Reverend Jim and Tony goes outrageously overboard trying to break up the affair.

Alex crashes his own daughter's wedding when he doesn't get invited.

Alex and Tony's notion to play cupid by fixing up Elaine with a handsome man sparks a budding romance that takes a startling turn when the suitor makes a surprising revelation.

It's a riotous family reunion when Jim returns home to face his millionaire dad for the first time since he dropped out of society in the ‘60s, and Alex has his hands full with Jim's voluptuous, overly amorous sister.

Wild and crazy theatrics erupt when Tony decides to become an actor and Bobby, as his skeptical agent, is aghast when Tony lands a role because he is the "right type".

Alex, Tony, and the gang end up stranded without provisions in a mountain cabin when a freak snowstorm and an intrusive bear wreck their well laid plans.

Latka's popular cookies leave the cabbies in a state of energetic euphoria.

The boss's wife invites Louie over for an affair so she can get back at her husband. Louie fears the worst after remembering that her last fling, a cabbie named "Curly" Melnick, has not been heard from since.

The cabbies don costumes and crash what they believe is a celebrity yacht party, hoping to meet some movie stars and celebrities.

Alex poses as Elaine's sophisticated boyfriend when she tries to explain to a successful former schoolmate why she drives a cab.

After Tony's third knockout in five fights, a concerned doctor goes to the boxing commission and convinces them to revoke Tony's license.

After Jim picks up a couple of businessmen at the airport, he realizes that his life is missing something. Focusing on being the best cab driver he can be, Jim breaks company trip sheet records in an effort to amass enough wealth to achieve a special goal which he reveals to his fellow drivers.

Louie gleefully envisions high times with his buddies spiced by romantic evenings with Elaine in his bachelor pad now that his Ma has moved out, but hilarious surprises riddle his new found freedom.

The gang falls prey to hilarious fear for homeless Elaine's romantic well being when chivalrous Bobby allows her to live in his apartment while he is gone. Unexpectedly, he returns before she has found other quarters.

Louie faces a lawsuit when he hits an old lady while trying to impress a new cabbie.

Bobby's vicious letter to a hated critic is salvaged from the wastebasket and sent to the newspaper by a gleeful Louie, setting the stage for a wild and comical night when the critic, and the cabbies, decide to take in Bobby's one man play.

The taxi gang hits the bricks in a hilarious hunt for new jobs when the Sunshine Cab. Co. goes out of business, with the promise that they will meet at Mario's in one month to review their experiences.

The cabbies discover that life on the outside is not so rosy when the Sunshine Cab Co. shuts down. They all end up hilariously assuming new careers—with Alex as a night watchman, Bobby as a children's entertainer and Louie as New York's most detestable but successful stockbroker. 

When Latka Gravas is rejected by a young beauty, he sets out on an uproarious crash course to learn to be a swinging American Bachelor, a turnabout which works fantastically with the girls, but turns off all of his friends at the garage.

Jim turns into a soothsayer when he warns of a bizarre catastrophe to befall Alex that also involves an affair with a beautiful blonde.

Louie turns into jealous romantic when his overtures to accompany Elaine on her European vacation are rejected. Instead, Alex becomes the pretty cabbie's holiday companion in a tour of Europe's hot spots—culminating in aromantic rendezvous.

Riotous confusion prevails when Latka Gravas' split personalities prompt Elaine and Alex to take him to a psychiatrist's office, where the predicament takes on a wild new twist as Latka takes on Alex's personality.

Cabbie Jim Ignatowski's legendary psychic powers hilariously thrust him into the hectic world of television programming when he predicts that a TV show will be a hit—and the program goes through the ratings roof.

Louie, at Zena's behest, comforts a girl with boyfriend woes, which leads to zany romantic tangles. Zena's rejected friend uses Louie's narrow shoulders to cry on, unleashing an unexpected comedy adventure that grants him some macho bragging rights.

Alex and his estranged father become involved with the same woman.

When Louie's mother announces her plans to remarry, the panicked dispatcher threatens to sever all ties with her unless she cancels the marriage.

Elaine befriends a reclusive artist who is afraid to leave his apartment. She decides to take him to the garage to help him overcome his fears.

Tony meets a promising young heavyweight boxer and offers to become his manager; the problem is, a mysterious "syndicate" is also showing an interest in the rookie fighter.

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.

Louie becomes scared of nuclear war after hearing someone talk on Donahue, and he sets up a bomb shelter in the garage.

Joy blossoms at the Sunshine Cab Co. when a triumphant Bobby Wheeler returns to proclaim that he's landed a TV series role. Louie, in his own charming way, puts a damper on the celebration.

Alex plays hard to get when a young, upbeat new cab driver shows a romantic interest in him.

The cabbies seek to help Tony when he falls for a rich, beautiful young woman he's been hired to chauffeur.

Latka's ex-girlfriend Simka is free again, but Latka's attempts to reconnect with her are stymied when she seems to prefer his alter ego, Vic Ferrari.

A young runaway wreaks havoc at the Sunshine Cab Co. when Alex and Elaine encourage the lad to return home. Jim wants to adopt him, and Louie wants the youngster jailed for not paying his fare.

Alex's ex-wife, dumped by her second husband, rebounds by dating the most unsuitable person imaginable: Louie.

Elaine decides to treat herself to an expensive hairstyle, but the results leave her in tears. Uncharacteristically, Louie leaps to her defense, but Alex persuades Elaine she needs to stand up for herself.

A new cab driver and former pro football player inspires Tony and convinces him to get his boxing license reinstated.

Elaine frets about Jim's unpredictable behavior when they are invited to a society party by an art patron.

Latka and Simka have a wedding in the Sunshine Cab Co. garage and at the wedding Simka must pass a test to prove she's chaste.

The unflappable Jim gets an unexpected jolt when a wrecking ball crashing through the wall of his condemned apartment. A disaster ensues when he is forced to move in with Louie.

When Elaine considers leaving for a better job in Seattle, her friends talk about the decisions that changed the course of their lives.

As Elaine nears a decision on her future, the cabbies reminisce about those glorious things that might have been had fate not sent them down that treacherous road to the Sunshine Cab Co.

Following an old country tradition, Latka and Simka host a matchmaking party, where all the drivers from the Sunshine Cab Company are intended to meet their "perfect" mates.

Jim inherits a fortune from his late father, but before he can collect the money, he must convince a judge he's mentally competent.

Jim comes to the rescue when Alex is consumed by gambling fever after a lucky night in Atlantic City.

Latka sleeps with a female cabbie to keep from freezing to death during a snowstorm. When Simka finds out, their priest declares that the only way to right this wrong is for her to sleep with one of his friends.

Simka has a dilemma as to which cab driver she is going to sleep with so she and Latka hold an informal dinner party.

Realizing the boss has found out that someone has embezzled money from the cab company, Louie convinces Jeff to take the blame for him in hopes that the controversy will blow over. However, the plan goes awry when Jeff is fired and put in jail.

Alex dreams for a new career in show business when he takes a part time job as an assistant to a Broadway producer.

Louie plans to get revenge on Emily, the woman who broke up his romance with Zena and then dumped him.

Tony takes the opportunity to join his father on a voyage with the merchant marine.

After 10 years of strict monastic life, Simka's cousin visits New York and quickly falls in love with Elaine.

After initially ignoring an invitation to attend Zena's wedding, Louie has regrets so he crashes her wedding cruise.

Alex gets caught up in the holiday spirit when his ex-wife shows up just in time to attend Latka and Simka's festive Christmas party.

Louie wants to move into a classy apartment building, but first he must be approved by a panel of snobby tenants.

Alex starts driving all the other cabbies crazy when he discovers his beloved family pet only has a short time to live.

Elaine becomes a nervous wreck when her young son decides to give up the oboe and take up boxing under the tutelage of Tony.

TAXI'S funniest and warmest moments are relived in "Retrospective" Part One. Danny DeVito gives a tribute to the many years of fun in a special look at the TAXI years.

Note: All scenes are archive footage except the opening monologue with Danny DeVito.

Emmy award winning TAXI's funniest times are highlighted in "Retrospective" Part Two.

Note: All scenes are archive footage.

When Jim's old girlfriend shows up hoping to rekindle their romance, Alex quickly sets out to win her heart away from her former suitor.

Louie is worried his blind girlfriend will no longer love him if an operation to restore her sight is successful.

To what lengths will boyfriend Arnie go to win over Elaine's kids? Elaine is in for a quite a surprise when she invites him over to meet her children.

On the eve of the biggest fight of his career, Tony loses interest in boxing when his girlfriend announces she may be expecting his baby.

The cabbies come to the rescue when Jim tries to convince his family that he didn't squander his inheritance by buying a run-down restaurant.

Jim teaches the rest of the gang a lesson in the joy of giving when he hands each of the cabbies a thousand dollars. They must donate it to the needy soul of their choice by the end of the day.

Simka fails to show up for another citizenship appointment. Latka explains, back at the garage, that she is suffering from her "kremkapush" which consists of craving for salt and erratic behavior.