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.

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. Wanna-be actor Bobby Wheeler comes up with a scheme to help Louie get even with his peers.

Mechanic Latka Gravas faces deportation unless he marries an 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, Suzanne, 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, the dispatcher, teams up with Alex in a game of high stakes poker against his cardshark 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, the sharp-tongued dispatcher, 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 takes turns watching over her son so that he can compete in a spelling bee.

Louie takes out a female vending-machine mechanic---and then brags about their sexual adventures.

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 questions his luck when a friend passing through town lands an off-Broadway role.

Alex renews his acquaintance with a once-overweight woman who has lost weight and yearns for romance.

Bobby and Tony compete for the same woman.

Alex and Louie compete to see who can haul in the most money during an eight-hour tour on the streets.

Latka finds a penthouse renting for $3000 a month (maid included).

Alex tries to console an unemployed actress and winds up romancing her.

Latka plans to return to his homeland to fight in a revolution.

Elaine is curious about a secret admirer who sends her love poems.

Nervous about meeting his girlfriend's parents, Louie hires Alex for moral support.

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

Tony faces a bout with a champ who has dedicated his fight to a disabled youth.

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

Latka falls in love with a woman from his homeland.

An agent agrees to represent Bobby and expects him to be her lover.

To settle the cabbies' strike, Elaine agrees to date Louie.

Elaine endures a date with Louie to end the cabbies' strike.

Alex survives a daring ski jump and finds the thrill addictive.

On Elaine's advice, the cabbies pool their money to buy a painting.

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

The cabbies continue with their fantasies---except Alex, who can't imagine a problem-free situation.

Lecherous Louie, the dispatcher, 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."

The cabbies panic when they take a trip to the mountains and try to survive.

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

Lecherous Louie the dispatcher has the dubious honor of being selected by his employer's revenge-seeking wife to be her clandestine lover, and comedic panic grips the love lair when the boss shows up unexpectedly.

The cabbies scheme to crash a celebrity party when they find a briefcase.

Alex poses as Elaine's world professor husband to impress her former classmate.

Tony's lackluster boxing career seems to be coming to a comical close when his boxing license is revoked.

Jim does an about-face to become the top money making cabbie in the company.

Lecherous 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 "Taxi" 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.

Louie the dispatcher is gleeful, but Alex is aghast when the romantic affair between Alex and the new waitress at Mario's is complicated by another suitor—Alex's own visiting father!

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.

The pretty new cabbie proves to be more than Alex can handle when she leaves the meter running in an attempt to lure him into romance.

The cabbies seek to help Tony when he falls for a rich, beautiful young woman but feels that he is not good enough for her. A frustrated Tony suffers a lady-and-the-tramp syndrome, until the cabbies offer romantic suggestions.

Latka Gravas proves to be an exciting bunch of guys, especially when his girlfriend from the old country finds herself being bombarded by romantic overtures from each side of his split personality.

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.

Romance and merriment are on the menu for Tony and Alex when they double-date twin gorgeous models at a posh restaurant, only to have the intimate group grow to a crowd with the unwelcome additions of Jim and Alex's ex-wife.

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.

Louie's ecstatic at the prospect of raking in the dough once again by betting against his favorite loser in the ring when an All-Pro athlete inspires Tony to get into shape and have his boxing license reinstated.

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

Ring the bells! Spread the word! Latka Gravas and Simka Dahblitz are getting married, and the dingy Sunshine Cab Co. garage is transformed into a chapel of beauty for the social event of the cabbies' season.

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.

The drivers bare their souls, recalling those moments in their lives when fate caused them to detour from the street of dreams down the alley to becoming a cabbie.

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.

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

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

When Simka learns that Latka has been unfaithful, she is bound by tradition to do the same thing with one of Latka's fellow cabbies.

After Latka has an affair with a female cabbie, Simka must do the same with one of his co-workers.

Jeff ends up in serious trouble after he confesses to stealing from the garage in order to protect the real villain—Louie.

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

Hilarious complications unfold when Louie starts dating the mercurial Emily, after vowing never to see her again.

Tony faces a difficult decision when his father, a tough merchant seaman asks him to follow in his footsteps.

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

When Louie learns that his old girlfriend, Zena, is getting married, he boycotts the wedding—and then decides to barge in on her honeymoon.

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

Alex tries to polish the diamond-in-the-rough Louie into a real gem while Louie decides to change his image by moving into a fancy apartment building.

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.

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

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 announce 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.