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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Taxi Season 2 Episode 1 - Louie and the Nice Girl
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    #1 - Louie and the Nice Girl

    S2:E1

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Taxi Season 2 Episode 3 - Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey
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    #2 - Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey

    S2:E3

    The drivers try to make a cabbie out of a refugee from the '60s who hasn't quite put his life together.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  3. Taxi Season 2 Episode 4 - Nardo Loses Her Marbles
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    #3 - Nardo Loses Her Marbles

    S2:E4

    Working two jobs and raising her kids takes its toll on Elaine, who seems to be losing her marbles.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Taxi Season 2 Episode 6 - The Lighter Side of Angela Matusa
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    #4 - The Lighter Side of Angela Matusa

    S2:E6

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Taxi Season 2 Episode 7 - A Woman Between Friends
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    #5 - A Woman Between Friends

    S2:E7

    Bobby and Tony compete for the same woman.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Ken Estin

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  6. Taxi Season 2 Episode 8 - The Great Race
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    #6 - The Great Race

    S2:E8

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  7. Taxi Season 2 Episode 9 - The Apartment
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    #7 - The Apartment

    S2:E9

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Taxi Season 2 Episode 10 - Alex's Romance
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    #8 - Alex's Romance

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Ed. Weinberger
    Writer:Howard Gewirtz

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  9. Taxi Season 2 Episode 11 - Latka's Revolting
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    #9 - Latka's Revolting

    S2:E11

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  10. Taxi Season 2 Episode 12 - Elaine's Secret Admirer
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    #10 - Elaine's Secret Admirer

    S2:E12

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Barry Kemp, Howard Gewirtz

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  11. Taxi Season 2 Episode 14 - Jim Gets a Pet
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    #11 - Jim Gets a Pet

    S2:E14

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  12. Taxi Season 2 Episode 17 - Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish
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    #12 - Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish

    S2:E17

    Latka falls in love with a woman from his homeland.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Barry Kemp

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  13. Taxi Season 2 Episode 18 - What Price Bobby?
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    #13 - What Price Bobby?

    S2:E18

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Ken Estin

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  14. Taxi Season 2 Episode 24 - Fantasy Borough (2)
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    #14 - Fantasy Borough (2)

    S2:E24

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

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Barry Kemp

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  15. Taxi Season 3 Episode 1 - Louie's Rival
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    #15 - Louie's Rival

    S3:E1

    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 drinks at Mario's, and when they suspect that Dwight is working the bar, Alex goes up to talk to him. Dwight then tells him that he's breaking up with Zena for getting serious too quickly. Alex shares the news with Louie, who sees an opportunity to get Zena back on the rebound. Zena initially rejects him, but after Louie gives a heartfelt speech about what Zena means to him, she takes him back, despite her better intentions.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Ken Estin

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  16. Taxi Season 3 Episode 5 - Going Home
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    #16 - Going Home

    S3:E5

    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 after dropping out of Harvard in the 1960's and changed his name from Caldwell to Ignatowski. Jim agrees to go to visit his father and brings Alex with him, who is curious about what Jim's family must be like. At his father's mansion, Jim's oddness upsets his father and they get into an argument during dinner. Jim is asked to leave, but Alex speaks to Jim's father privately to try to smooth things over. It turns out Jim's father still thinks of Jim as his favorite child, but it hurts him to see him wasting his life when he had so much potential. Jim comes in and convinces his father that he's got a happy life and doesn't need his father's money and they share a moment before Jim leaves.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  17. Taxi Season 3 Episode 6 - The Ten Percent Solution
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    #17 - The Ten Percent Solution

    S3:E6

    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 Bobby to be his manager. Reluctantly, Bobby agrees and soon, despite a terrible audition, Tony gets a major role in a movie. Bobby is soon regretting his decision to take Tony under his wing, though, since he's resentful that Tony (whose acting is not improving, despite Bobby's coaching) could get a part so easily. Bobby feels vinidicated, however, when Tony is eventually cut from the film because of his lack of skills.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Taxi Season 3 Episode 7 - The Call of the Mild
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    #18 - The Call of the Mild

    S3:E7

    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 civilization in the middle of winter, and their guide is justifiably concerned they won't make it, but they reassure him that they're fine and to come back for them in a week. They soon regret their decision when they learn that there is no electricity in the cabin. To keep their food from spoiling, they put their groceries outside in the cold, but animals eat them during the night. Somehow they make it through a week, starving, unshaven, and barely coherent, but due to a snowstorm, their guide doesn't come back for them. They decide that they'll need to hunt for food to survive any longer, but the guys can't bring themselves to shoot anything. Finally when a wild turkey walks into their cabin, Alex rises to the occasion and shoots it. Jim says a prayer over the turkey dinner, which consoles Alex, up

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Katherine Green

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  19. Taxi Season 3 Episode 8 - Latka's Cookies
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    #19 - Latka's Cookies

    S3:E8

    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 cabbies don't enjoy them. Nonetheless, Latka begins his own cookie business. In the days to come, the cabbies find that they are indeed starting to inexplicably like the cookies, and are also unusually happy and energetic. When Jim samples one, he determines that the secret ingredient is cocaine—which accounts for why everyone's behavior. Upon learning this, Alex visits Latka (busy baking cookies to fill supermarket orders) to tell him the bad news. Latka is noticeably high from the cookies, and hallucinates that Famous Amos tells him to do whatever it takes to be successful. Although Latka can no longer sell the drugged cookies, he is excited at the taste of capitalism because it means he's now a true American.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writers:Les Charles, Glen Charles

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  20. Taxi Season 3 Episode 9 - Thy Boss's Wife
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    #20 - Thy Boss's Wife

    S3:E9

    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 a handsome young cab driver to have a fling with, then confesses to her husband, and the cabbie is then never heard from again. Louie continues that even if the cabbie turns her down, she still will make up a story about him to tell her husband. The cabbies don't buy it until Alex comes in, overhears Mrs. McKenzie about to come downstairs, and hides in his locker. Louie approaches Mrs. McKenzie, surveying the cab drivers in the garage, with vigor, hoping to pimp Tony or Bobby, but she decides on Louie (her explanation is that since her husband would be upset by her fooling around with a good looking man, being with Louie would kill him). Louie breaks into Alex's apartment while he's sleeping and begs him for advice and all Alex can come up with is that he confront her and try to talk to h

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Ken Estin

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  21. Taxi Season 3 Episode 10 - The Costume Party
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    #21 - The Costume Party

    S3:E10

    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 appointments with various celebrities. They also find an invitation to a cocktail party on a yacht. Thinking that this is their chance to meet celebrities, they dress up and crash the cocktail party, and are soon star struck with costumed people they think are stars. They eventually realize that it's a party for realtors (who evidently have famous clients) and they leave, disappointed.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  22. Taxi Season 3 Episode 11 - Elaine's Old Friend
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    #22 - Elaine's Old Friend

    S3:E11

    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 face, Elaine makes up a story about having a wonderful boyfriend who is a Columbia University professor. Over the next few days, Mary calls Elaine to try to arrange a dinner with their respective boyfriend's, but Elaine keeps making excuses, as she is ashamed that she made up a lie about having a boyfriend. When Elaine is about ready to confess her lie to Mary over the phone, Alex grabs the phone, pretending to be Elaine's boyfriend, and accepts her dinner invitation for that evening. At dinner, Alex is so charming, in an effort to make their relationship look very loving, that all of a sudden, Mary and her boyfriend become jealous that they don't have such an exciting relationship. Meanwhile, even Elaine is swept up in the moment, and is taken by Alex's romantic acting job. Having d

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Taxi Season 3 Episode 15 - Bobby's Roommate
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    #23 - Bobby's Roommate

    S3:E15

    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 for fooling around with the director's daughter, and suddenly, he and Elaine are living together. A few days later, Elaine tells Alex how much she's enjoying living with Bobby, when suddenly she gets a call from her boyfriend, who breaks up with her. Elaine leaves upset, and Alex briefs Bobby to look out because Elaine is vulnerable and may want physical companionship. That night, Elaine wakes up Bobby to talk and drink some wine with her, then Bobby panics that she is coming on to him, and calls Alex. When Alex arrives in his robe and slippers, having run 25 blocks through the snow to get there, Elaine gets upset that they have misinterpreted her actions. The guys are ashamed at their chauvinism and they all make up.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Taxi Season 3 Episode 16 - Louie Bumps into an Old Lady
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    #24 - Louie Bumps into an Old Lady

    S3:E16

    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 learns she is still going to sue him for a million dollars. Alex notices that the old lady looks familiar, and recognizes her as a con artist, who pulls scams like this on cab drivers all the time (faking injuries in order to sue them). Alex makes a deal with Louie to find some of her previous victims to testify against her, if Louie agrees to treat Alex with more respect. It turns out, however, that this time, the woman really has broken her leg this time, and is indeed confined to a wheelchair legitimately (she tells this to her lawyer without any of the gang around). At the trial, Alex shows up alone because he couldn't get anyone to testify in Louie's behalf, so Louie gets a bright idea. In an attempt to prove that the woman is faking an injury, in front of the court, Louie pushes he

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:David Lloyd

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  25. Taxi Season 3 Episode 17 - Bobby and the Critic
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    #25 - Bobby and the Critic

    S3:E17

    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 sending it, having already felt better for venting his anger. Predictably, Louie fishes it out of the trash and mails it, and it gets printed in the newspaper. Bobby is soon getting cheers from actors all over the city, but gets worried when he learns that the critic himself is going to be at Bobby's play. After the play, the critic finds Bobby and hands him a wonderful review of his performance. Bobby is overcome until the critic says he's not going to print it, because rather than a scathing review which would seem like sour grapes or a good review that would boost his career, not submitting a review will leave Bobby in obscurity and the critic will have his vengeance.

    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Barry Kemp

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Louie and the Nice Girl" is the worst rated episode of "Taxi". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by James Burrows and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/11/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey".