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12 September 1978Alex and the guys drive a Taxi from New York City to Miami so that Alex can see his daughter, whom he hasn't seen in 15 years, before she leaves for school in Portugal.
19 September 1978Tony Banta knocks down the champ while sparring and ends up with a championship match.
Season 1, Episode 3: Blind Date
26 September 1978Angela Matusa is a phone operator with a nice voice whom Alex invites on a blind date, then he discovers her looks and her personality are not as nice as her voice, but they strike up a new friendship. The music composed for this episode became the theme song for the entire series, hence the song's name, "Angela".
5 October 1978
10 October 1978Elaine drives a very rude costumer, who accuses her cheating on the fair. Back at the garage, Elaine invites Alex to come to a party in her apartment, which she gives for the people from the art gallery where she works at, but she doesn't want him to tell anyone that they both work as cab drivers, because she is embarrassed. But Alex says he is okay to lie about Elaine's occupation, but he is not okay to lie about him being a cab driver. The rest of the crew sort of invite themselves to the party after hearing about it. But Elaine explicitly say that Lou isn't allow to come. Elaine makes Alex to come over a little earlier so he is the first at the party and he can give her some moral support. Then the guests start to poor in.
17 October 1978John meets a girl at a bar and to his surprise she likes to have a drink with him. After heading of with her to go bowling, he doesn't show up at work for a few days. After returning, he tells everyone that he got married to the girl he met at the bar. But this doesn't make John very happy.
24 October 1978Louie, 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.
31 October 1978In order for Latka to stay in the country, he gets married to a call girl. The wedding is held in the garage led by the Reverend Jim Ignatowski.
14 November 1978When John and his new wife are strapped for money, Alex considers giving them a loan.
21 November 1978Tony is tormented by a crazy, pill-popping, one-time love interest who refuses to break up with him and gets a job at the garage just to be with him.
28 November 1978
5 December 1978
12 December 1978Louie's gambling brother, Nick from Las Vegas, comes to visit the garage. Irritated that Nick refuses to spend time with their mother, Louie bankrolls Alex in a card game to try and get back at him.
Season 1, Episode 14: Sugar Mama
16 January 1979Alex befriends a wealthy elderly lady who pays him to take her around the city.
Season 1, Episode 15: Friends
30 January 1979Tony's friendship with Bobby is tested when he leaves town and Bobby mistakenly kills his goldfish.
6 February 1979When Louie ends up in the hospital for an operation, he makes a promise to God that if he is able to pull through, he will change his ways. He is quickly tested by an unconvinced Bobby.
13 February 1979While out on a fare, Alex befriends a socially inept congressman who is dumped by a woman. Feeling sorry for the guy, Alex fixes him up on a date with Elaine.
15 February 1979
27 February 1979
6 March 1979After being shot in his cab, Alex quits the garage and takes a job as a waiter at a high-class French restaurant.
8 May 1979A Hollywood movie producer comes to the garage to interview and follow cabbies in order to get material for his latest film.
15 May 1979With 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.
11 September 1979Louie 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.
18 September 1979Alex's sister Charlotte turns up at the taxi office to ask him to visit their father Joe, who's seriously ill in hospital. Alex hasn't seen Joe since their mother's funeral, and hasn't spoken to him for 30 years, but eventually gives in.
25 September 1979The guys run into Reverend Jim and try to get him a job, but first they have to convince Louie to hire him and help him pass the exam.
2 October 1979
16 October 1979Bobby 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.
23 October 1979Alex is revisited by a now slimmer Angela whose romantic interest in him has grown since she last saw him a year ago.
30 October 1979Bobby and Tony become embattled in a fierce competition for the affections of a girl they both met and asked out at Mario's.
6 November 1979Alex and Louie engage in a friendly competition to see who can take in the most money. If Louie wins he gets a date with Elaine.
13 November 1979After his apartment complex is torn down, Latka unknowingly signs a lease to live in a luxurious penthouse for $3,000/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.
20 November 1979Alex embarks on a romance with a fragile former soap star who is reluctant to get into a long-term relationship.
27 November 1979After 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.
4 December 1979Elaine is intrigued when a secret admirer sends her several romantic poems. She soon realizes that it must be someone in the garage.
11 December 1979Fearing 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.
18 December 1979Jim has a good day at the track and decides to spend his winnings on a pet horse.
9 October 1979Tony 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 wheelchair-bound kid.
8 January 1980Tony is shattered when a kid that he wants to adopt decides to go with a wealthy couple.
15 January 1980Latka 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.
22 January 1980Bobby's acting career is on the rise after he starts having an affair with his new agent.
29 January 1980
5 February 1980
26 February 1980Following a excitement-filled ski trip, Alex decides to start living life to the fullest, which includes skydiving for the first time.
Season 2, Episode 22: Art Work
4 March 1980
6 May 1980
13 May 1980
19 November 1980
26 November 1980Tony Banta's newly divorced sister, Monica, falls in love with Jim Ignatowski much to Tony's dismay.
3 December 1980Alex, upset that his ex-wife purposely kept him out of their daughter's wedding, invites Elaine to go with him to crash the reception.
10 December 1980Elaine's dating a man who,unknown to her, is actually is a homosexual and attracted to Tony. Tony begs for Alex's help in letting the man down easy.
Season 3, Episode 5: Going Home
17 December 1980After a private investigator hired by Jim's father tracks him down, Jim and Alex pay a visit to Jim's father.
7 January 1981With Bobby's acting career going nowhere he takes Tony Banta under his wing and acts as his agent.
21 January 1981Alex, 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.
5 February 1981Following the death of Latka's mother he inherits her cookie recipe. He intends on going into business with this recipe, but there's a catch, it contains a special ingredient.
12 February 1981The head boss' 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, had not been heard from since.
19 February 1981The gang crash a party which they believe is occupied by famous actors.
26 February 1981Elaine has the misfortune of picking up her old high school rival, Mary Parker. Later Elaine and Alex meet her and her fiancé for dinner where their romance dominates the night.
12 March 1981Due to motor vehicle safety violations the garage get's shut down.
19 March 1981After 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 amassing enough wealth to achieve goal.
26 March 1981After Louie places his mother in a nursing home he realizes that his vision of living without her was not as good as it seemed.
9 April 1981Tony moves in with Bobby further proving that good fences make good neighbors.
16 April 1981After Louie hits an old lady with his cab, she takes him and the Sunshine Cab Company to court for a million dollars. Louie soon realizes that he has a strong case against her when Alex remembers from a prior experience that she is a known ambulance chaser.
30 April 1981After reading the newspaper and seeing another nasty review of a play by powerful critic, John Bowman, Bobby decides to compose a letter attacking Bowman, only to reconsider and throw it in the trash. When Louie recovers the letter and sends it to the newspaper, it unexpectedly creates positive buzz for Bobby and his acting career. Bobby now feels the pressure of having to perform his next play with Bowman in the front row.
7 May 1981After the Sunshine Cab Company goes bankrupt, the gang decides to meet at Mario's a month later to tell stories about their new jobs.
14 May 1981With the Sunshine Cab Company still closed, the former employees continue to share stories of their new jobs.
21 May 1981Latka creates a suave but obnoxious alter ego, Vic Ferrari, to help him score with the ladies. However, nobody likes his new persona, and Alex tries to convince him to bring the old Latka back.
8 October 1981Jim has a vision that Alex will die on Thursday at 7 p.m.. Louie is convinced that it is real, but Alex refuses to believe it. Latka is not allowed to talk for a week after a run-in with Tony.
18 October 1981
22 October 1981When Latka begins to exhibit multiple personality disorder again, Elaine refers him to a therapist. As a result of the first session, he takes on a new personality: Alex Rieger.
29 October 1981A network executive, in danger of losing his job, uses Jim and his psychic powers to schedule shows. This arrangement does not sit well with Alex, who chastises Jim for being taken advantage of.
5 November 1981Louie jeopardizes his relationship with Zena by sleeping with her vulnerable and intoxicated best friend.
12 November 1981When his father returns to the garage for a visit, Alex is once again reluctant to have a relationship with him. They meet for dinner and his father helps set him up on a date with an attractive woman only to ask her out himself after Alex leaves.
19 November 1981
Season 4, Episode 8: Fledgling
26 November 1981Elaine 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.
10 December 1981
17 December 1981Louie gets fired after Elaine accuses him of voyeurism.
7 January 1982Louie, fearful of an apocalypse, starts building a "doom room" to survive a catastrophic event.
14 January 1982After leaving the garage six months ago to pursue his acting career, Bobby Wheeler returns with news that his pilot has been picked up by a network. However, when he later learns that his part was recast, he is afraid that he might have to beg Louie for his job back.
21 January 1982Alex plays hard to get when a young, upbeat new cab driver shows a romantic interest in him.
28 January 1982
4 February 1982Latka's girlfriend Simka is back in New York, but can their romance be successfully rekindled once his other personalities - especially lounge lizard Vic Ferrari - begin to vie for her attentions?
11 February 1982
18 February 1982Tony invites Alex to make up the numbers for a double-date with two attractive twins. Matters take a turn for the worst when the Rev. Jim turns up unexpectedly and Alex spots his ex-wife Phyllis, fresh out of her second divorce.
25 February 1982Elaine decides to treat herself to an expensive hairstyle, but the results leave her in tears. Uncharacteristically, Louis leaps to her defence, but Alex persuades Elaine she needs to stand up for herself.
4 March 1982With the help of a new cab driver, Bubba Smith, Tony's boxing career goes on the rise.
18 March 1982Elaine is invited to a high society dinner, with Jim as her date.
25 March 1982Latka and Simka have a wedding in the garage and at the wedding Simka must pass a test to prove she's chaste.
8 April 1982After Reverend Jim's building get's knocked down he movies in with Louie, unfortunately for Louie he asks Jim to cook something for dinner.
29 April 1982Jim, Tony, Louie share their past, as to what led them to where they are today.
6 May 1982Latka, and Alex share their past, as for how they got where they are now.
30 September 1982
7 October 1982
14 October 1982
21 October 1982
28 October 1982
4 November 1982Realizing 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.
11 November 1982
18 November 1982
25 November 1982
2 December 1982
9 December 1982
16 December 1982
22 January 1983
29 January 1983
5 February 1983
23 March 1983
23 March 1983
30 March 1983
6 April 1983
13 April 1983
20 April 1983
18 May 1983
25 May 1983
15 June 1983
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