• Air date: 12 Sep '78 22 episodes
      The first season of Taxi aired on ABC from September 12, 1978 to May 15, 1979.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Like Father, Like Daughter

      12 Sep '78
      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
    • 2. One-Punch Banta

      19 Sep '78
      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.
    • 3. Blind Date

      26 Sep '78
      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.
    • 4. Bobby's Acting Career

      05 Oct '78
      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.
    • 5. Come as You Aren't

      10 Oct '78
      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.
    • 6. The Great Line

      17 Oct '78
      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.
    • 7. High School Reunion

      24 Oct '78
      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.
    • 8. Paper Marriage

      31 Oct '78
      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.
    • 9. Money Troubles

      14 Nov '78
      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.
    • 10. Men are Such Beasts

      21 Nov '78
      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.
    • 11. Memories Of Cab 804, Part 1

      28 Nov '78
      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.
    • 12. Memories Of Cab 804, Part 2

      05 Dec '78
      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.
    • 13. A Full House for Christmas

      12 Dec '78
      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.
    • 14. Sugar Mama

      16 Jan '79
      Alex befriends a wealthy elderly lady who pays him to take her around the city.
    • 15. Friends

      30 Jan '79
      Tony's friendship with Bobby is tested when he leaves town and Bobby mistakenly kills his goldfish.
    • 16. Louie Sees the Light

      06 Feb '79
      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.
    • 17. Elaine and the Lame Duck

      13 Feb '79
      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.
    • 18. Bobby's Big Break

      15 Feb '79
      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.
    • 19. Mama Gravas

      27 Feb '79
      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.
    • 20. Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant

      06 Mar '79
      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.
    • 21. Hollywood Calling

      08 May '79
      The cabbies fall victim to a Hollywood-style roller coaster ride when a production company visits to do a film on taxi drivers.
    • 22. Substitute Father

      15 May '79
      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.