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| Taxi Season 1 : |
| The first season of Taxi aired on ABC from September 12 1978 to May 15 1979. |
| Episode 1 - [Like Father Like Daughter] |
| Details : 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 |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : James L. Brooks | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Sep. 12, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [One-Punch Banta] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Sep. 19, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Blind Date] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Sep. 26, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Bobby's Acting Career] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Phalen | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 05, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Come As You Aren't] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Clyde Kusatsu | Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 10, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [The Great Line] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dolph Sweet | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 17, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [High School Reunion] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 24, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Paper Marriage] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Christopher Lloyd | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 31, 1978 |
| Episode 9 - [Money Troubles] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 14, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Men Are Such Beasts] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 21, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Memories Of Cab 804 Part 1] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Barry Kemp | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 28, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Memories Of Cab 804 Part 2] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Barry Kemp | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 05, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [A Full House For Christmas] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Barry Kemp | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 12, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Sugar Mama] |
| Details : Alex befriends a wealthy elderly lady who pays him to take her around the city. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 16, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Friends] |
| Details : Tony's friendship with Bobby is tested when he leaves town and Bobby mistakenly kills his goldfish. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 30, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Louie Sees The Light] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 06, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Elaine And The Lame Duck] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jeffrey Tambor | Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 13, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Bobby's Big Break] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Barry Kemp | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 15, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Mama Gravas] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 27, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Alex Tastes Death And Finds A Nice Restaurant] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Mar. 06, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Hollywood Calling] |
| Details : The cabbies fall victim to a Hollywood-style roller coaster ride when a production company visits to do a film on taxi drivers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joey Aresco | Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : May. 08, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [Substitute Father] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Barry Kemp | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : May. 15, 1979 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |