

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Louie Meets the Folks
S2 E13
High School Reunion
S1 E7
Paper Marriage
S1 E8
Elaine's Strange Triangle
S3 E4
Come as You Aren't
S1 E5
Memories of Cab 804 (2)
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The first season of Taxi aired on ABC from September 12, 1978 to May 15, 1979.
The cabbies volunteer to drive Alex to Miami to meet the daughter he hasn't seen in 15 years.
Tony is ecstatic when a lucky punch of his brings a boxing champion to his knees.
Alex finds himself inexplicably attracted to an overweight and abrasive blind date.
Bobby looks for an acting job before his self-imposed deadline arrives.
Elaine invites Alex to her party for art dealers for moral support, but asks him to lie about his occupation.
John conquers his meekness long enough to pick up a girl in a bar--and marry her.
When Louie hesitates to attend his high-school reunion, Bobby offers to take his place.
Latka must marry an American to avoid deportation.
John and his new bride are in financial straits, and only Alex has the resources to come to the rescue.
Tony cannot escape the clutches of a possessive girlfriend.
After John smashes up Cab 804, the cabbies reminisce about their experiences in the car.
After a ride in Alex's cab, a widow decides to rent him out as her chauffeur.
Tony mourns the death of his goldfish, which he left in Bobby's care.
Louie vows to change his ways if the Lord sees him through an operation.
Elaine dates a congressman who badly needs self-confidence.
Bobby leaves the cab company after landing a role in a soap opera.
Latka's visiting mother finds Alex's company more appealing than her son's.
After being grazed by a mugger's bullet, Alex decides to give up his cab.
The cabbies are wined and dined by a film company looking for ideas for a movie they are making about taxi drivers.
The cabbies become surrogate fathers when they baby-sit Elaine's son, and get to cheer him on at the district spelling bee.
As Latka repairs Cab 804, the cabbies reminisce about the odd passengers it carried.
As Latka repairs Cab 804, the cabbies reminisce about the odd passengers it carried.
The second season of Taxi aired on ABC from September 11, 1979 to May 13, 1980.
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.
E3 · Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey
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.
E6 · The Lighter Side of Angela Matusa
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.
E8 · The Great Race
Alex and Louie compete to see who can haul in the most money during an eight-hour tour on the streets.
E9 · The Apartment
Latka finds a penthouse renting for $3000 a month (maid included).
E10 · Alex's Romance
Alex tries to console an unemployed actress and winds up romancing her.
E11 · Latka's Revolting
Latka plans to return to his homeland to fight in a revolution.
E12 · Elaine's Secret Admirer
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.
E14 · Jim Gets a Pet
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.
E17 · Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish
Latka falls in love with a woman from his homeland.
E18 · What Price Bobby?
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.
E24 · Fantasy Borough (2)
The cabbies continue with their fantasies--except Alex, who can't imagine a problem-free situation.
The third season of Taxi aired on ABC from November 19, 1980 to May 21, 1981.
E1 · Louie's Rival
Louie and Zena are running into trouble in their relationship, and Zena dumps him after confessing that she's been dating Dwight, a bartender at Mario's. A depressed Louie tells Alex about it over dri…
Tony's sister, Monica, has returned to New York after her divorce, and Tony has set her up on a date with Alex, with hopes that they will fall in love. However, while Monica waits for Alex in the gar…
Alex learns through a wedding notice in the newspaper that his daughter is getting married in New York. Alex is very upset that he hasn't been invited and calls his ex-wife, whose secretary explains t…
At Mario's, while Elaine is complaining about problems with her love life, a handsome man named Kirk approaches. Tony then plays matchmaker for Elaine and soon she and Kirk are dating happily. Kirk la…
E5 · Going Home
Jim is sought out by a detective, hired by his wealthy father to locate him and give him plane tickets to come visit him in Boston. Jim explains to the gang that he has been estranged from his family …
Bobby is fed up after losing an acting gig to an inferior actor with the right look, which he explains to be like Tony. Tony decides he wants to capitalize on this and give acting a try, and asks Bobb…
E7 · The Call of the Mild
After witnessing Bobby playing a lumberjack in a beer commercial, the guys are inspired to go camping and rough it in the woods for a week. They opt for a hunting cabin 100 miles away from civilizatio…
E8 · Latka's Cookies
When Latka's grandmother dies, he is pleased that she has left him her famous cookie recipe, complete with a supply of the secret ingredients. He bakes up some for the cabbies to enjoy, but the cabbie…
E9 · Thy Boss's Wife
At the garage, the cabbies overhear a screaming match between the company's owner, Mr. McKenzie, and his wife. Meanwhile, Louie tells them that whenever McKenzie and his wife are fighting, she chooses…
E10 · The Costume Party
Bobby finds a fancy briefcase in the back of his cab, and when the cabbies are going through it, with the intention of returning it to its rightful owner, they find an appointment book that shows appo…
E11 · Elaine's Old Friend
In her cab, Elaine picks up a woman who turns out to be her old high-school rival, Mary. Elaine is embarrassed that she is a cab driver, especially since Mary heads a prestigious ad agency, so to save…
After Tony is beaten badly in his most recent boxing match, the state takes his boxing license away.
Jim picks up two men in his cab and overhear them talking about the secret to success: dynamic perfectionism. Jim takes it to heart and decides to use the technique to reach his goal, which he won't …
Louie is reveling in the news that he's moved his mother out of his apartment and into a nursing home and is throwing a party to celebrate, inviting only Alex. Alex grudgingly shows and learns that t…
E15 · Bobby's Roommate
Elaine is forced out of her apartment when her building goes co-op and moves into Bobby's place while he's away with a touring stage production. Soon, Bobby returns because he is kicked off the tour …
E16 · Louie Bumps into an Old Lady
Louie, driving a cab in order to give pointers to a new driver, accidentally runs into an old lady pedestrian. Louie starts catering to the old lady, in the hopes of avoiding being sued, but soon lea…
E17 · Bobby and the Critic
Bobby, who is appearing in a one man play, is fired up about a ruthless theater critic who has been writing scathing reviews. Bobby writes an angry letter to the critic, but throws it away without se…
E18 · On the Job (1)
The cab company goes bust, and the gang is forced to get other jobs. They meet at Mario's a month later to discuss their new jobs. Tony is a collector for a bookie, but feels guilty about this line …
E19 · On the Job (2)
In part two, the gang continues talking about their new job experiences. Louie gets a job as a stock broker, after convincing the boss that his persistence and lack of morals will make him successful…
E20 · Latka the Playboy
After Latka is rejected by a snobbish, but beautiful woman at Mario's, he decides to change his image by taking some time off and studying Playboy magazines and English language tapes. When Latka ree…
The fourth season of Taxi aired on ABC from October 18, 1981, to May 6, 1982.
E1 · Jim the Psychic
Jim announces he has psychic dreams and unfortunately, he has had one about Alex, culminating in his death. The gang becomes increasingly worried about Alex, when one by one, all of the events Jim dre…
E2 · Vienna Waits
Alex and Elaine decide to take a vacation together through Europe. However, Alex feels it necessary to tell Elaine in no uncertain terms that they are going together as platonic friends, so there's no…
Latka begins exhibiting multiple personalities again: not only Vic Ferrari, but also a cowboy, and best of all, he becomes Alex! Elaine refers Latka to her psychiatrist, but meanwhile Latka is becomin…
While driving a television executive in his cab, Jim exhibits more psychic behavior by predicting TV ratings. Mitch, the executive, seeks Jim out the next day in hopes of getting more advice about TV …
E5 · Louie's Fling
Zena asks Louie to drive her friend Emily, who has just been dumped and is drugged, drunk, and upset, back to her apartment. While there, Emily comes on to Louie and he ends up cheating on Zena. Louie…
Alex's estranged father contacts Alex and reluctantly, Alex agrees to have lunch with him. At first, Alex lays into his father about having deserted his family, but eventually they start having a nice…
Louie becomes irrationally upset when he learns that his mother plans to marry an elderly Japanese man. Louie makes his mother miserable in an effort to thwart the wedding, but she still goes through …
E8 · Fledgling
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 ma…
E9 · Of Mice and Tony
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, rat…
E10 · Louie Goes Too Far
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 forgi…
E11 · I Wanna Be Around
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 ""sof…
E12 · Bobby Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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 pick…
E13 · Nina Loves Alex
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…
E14 · Tony's Lady
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 …
E15 · Simka Returns
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 personaliti…
E16 · Jim and the Kid
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.
E17 · Take My Ex-Wife, Please
Alex runs into his ex-wife, Phyllis, eating alone at a restaurant, and when she tries to reach out to him, he gently tells her he's not interested. Nonetheless, Phyllis shows the next day at the garag…
E18 · The Unkindest Cut
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, cry…
E19 · Tony's Comeback
Tony begins working out with a new cabbie, Lucius, who is a former football player. Tony is in great shape all of a sudden and Lucius inspires Tony to try to get his boxing license reinstated. Tony is…
E20 · Elegant Iggy
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 embar…
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 …
E22 · Cooking for Two
After Jim's home is destroyed by a wrecking ball, he stays with Louie, much to Louie's dismay after Jim declares him his ""best buddy."" Jim soon burns Louie's apartment after a cooking accident, thou…
E23 · The Road Not Taken (1)
When Elaine is offered a job as an art gallery manager in Seattle, she asks the gang for help in making a decision. The cabbies share with Elaine some stories about life changing decisions they once h…
E24 · The Road Not Taken (2)
(Part two) In a continuation of the previous episode, the cabbies share past experiences with Elaine. Latka discusses his decision to leave his mother and move to America. Alex talks about an opportun…
The fifth and final season of Taxi aired on NBC from September 30, 1982 to June 15, 1983.
Newlyweds Latka & Samka throw a Shloogel, one of their religion's traditions. The shloogel is, in effect, a party at Mario's where they set all the gang up on blind dates. Tony is set up with Vicki, a…
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 …
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).
E4 · Scenskees from a Marriage (1)
Latka is sent to rescue a female cabbie who is stranded in a snowstorm, but he breaks down as he reaches her. The two are freezing in her cab and decide to make love in order to avoid freezing to deat…
E5 · Scenskees from a Marriage (2)
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,…
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…
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…
E8 · Louie's Revenge
Louie gets a call from Emily, who jilted him in an earlier episode, who is drunk and drugged and wants to meet him at a nearby bar. Louie decides to go over there to throw a drink in her face and reje…
E9 · Travels with My Dad
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 …
E10 · Elaine and the Monk
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 year…
E11 · Zena's Honeymoon
Zena comes to the garage and announces she's getting married and asks the gang to let Louie know that she wants to speak with him. After telling Louie, he becomes convinced that she wants to get back …
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 s…
E13 · Louie Moves Uptown
Louie decides to buy a luxury co-op apartment with some help on the down payment from the newly wealthy Jim. Unfortunately, Louie first has to convince a snooty co-op board that he is right for their …
E14 · Alex's Old Buddy
Alex takes ownership of his old dog, Buddy, who has been living at his sister's place in the country. Buddy is now 19 and Alex wants to spend as much time with him as possible. The dog is lovable but …
E15 · Sugar Ray Nardo
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 k…
E16 · A Taxi Celebration (1)
Part one of a two part clip show featuring highlights of Taxi.
E17 · A Taxi Celebration (2)
Part two of a two part clip show featuring highlights of Taxi.
E18 · Alex Gets Burned by an Old Flame
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 r…
E19 · Louie and the Blind Girl
Louie is worried by the prospect of his girlfriend having her sight restored.
E20 · Arnie Meets the Kids
Elaine and her beau share butterflies over his meeting her children.
E21 · Tony's Baby
News of his girlfriend's pregnancy floors Tony on the eve of his fight with a contender.
E22 · Jim's Mario's
Jim buys the cabbies' hangout, oblivious to the fact that no one else hangs out there.
E23 · A Grand Gesture
Jim wants the cabbies to experience the joy of giving, so he hands each of them $1000 to give away.
Simka faces deportation if she puts off another immigration interview because of her monthly "crimpka poosh."