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Taxi

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NBC Ended Drama • Comedy

5 Seasons · 114 Episodes · Premiered September 12, 1978 · Ended June 15, 1983

The classic sitcom that zeros in on a group of New York City cab drivers. Lording over Alex, Bobby, Elaine, Tony, John, and Latka is the one and only Louie De Palma. The snide and surly taxi dispatcher, from the safety of his dispatcher's cage, barks orders, hurls insults, and mercilessly berates the diverse and eccentric characters who drive for him. Along the way, they form a special bond, becoming friends and helping each other navigate the sometimes crazy road called life.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Like Father, Like Daughter
Wed, Sep 13 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E02
One-Punch Banta
Wed, Sep 20 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E03
Blind Date
Wed, Sep 27 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E04
Bobby's Acting Career
Fri, Oct 6 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E05
Come as You Aren't
Wed, Oct 11 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E06
The Great Line
Wed, Oct 18 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E07
High School Reunion
Wed, Oct 25 1978 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E08
Paper Marriage
Wed, Nov 1 1978 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E09
Money Troubles
Wed, Nov 15 1978 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E10
Men are Such Beasts
Wed, Nov 22 1978 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E11
Memories of Cab 804 (1)
Wed, Nov 29 1978 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E12
Memories of Cab 804 (2)
Wed, Dec 6 1978 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E13
A Full House for Christmas
Wed, Dec 13 1978 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E14
Sugar Mama
Wed, Jan 17 1979 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Alex befriends a wealthy elderly lady who pays him to take her around the city.
E15
Friends
Wed, Jan 31 1979 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Tony's friendship with Bobby is tested when he leaves town and Bobby mistakenly kills his goldfish.
E16
Louie Sees the Light
Wed, Feb 7 1979 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E17
Elaine and the Lame Duck
Wed, Feb 14 1979 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E18
Bobby's Big Break
Thu, Feb 15 1979 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E19
Mama Gravas
Wed, Feb 28 1979 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E20
Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant
Wed, Mar 7 1979 2:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.
E21
Hollywood Calling
Wed, May 9 1979 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
The cabbies fall victim to a Hollywood style roller coaster ride when a production company visits to do a film on taxi drivers.
E22
Substitute Father
Wed, May 16 1979 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
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.

Season 2

24 episodes

Season 3

20 episodes

Season 4

24 episodes

Season 5

24 episodes

Cast

Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger
Tony Danza
Tony Danza as Tony Banta
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito as Louie DePalma
Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner as Elaine Nardo
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski
Jeff Conaway
Jeff Conaway as Bobby Wheeler
Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman as Latka Gravas
Randall Carver
Randall Carver as John Burns
Carol Kane
Carol Kane as Simka Dahblitz
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