This final season has some great episodes, but it nearly ends with a major atrocity for us “Taxi” fans. Remember the episode where Iggy buys Mario’s and all the cabbies help him bring in customers, and he and Alex sits at the piano and everyone sings and has a great time? Well, the entire piano playing and singing was edited out. Absolutely no music or singing was viewed or heard. I was looking forward to seeing this complete episode again and they ruined it by that catastrophic editing.

That’s just one disappointment. Another is the two part episode of “A Taxi Celebration”. The picture quality and sound quality is very bad compared to the rest of the episodes. Luckily, they look fine on the original episodes but what a disappointment, nonetheless.

And, another strange thing that happened while I was watching all three of the DVD’s, after the sixth episode, the DVD seems to want to play the second episode over again. Maybe this only happens because I stopped the DVD, and later went back to just hit “play” again, but it happened to me on all three DVD’s. Peculiar, huh?

To me, the least appealing episodes were “Travel’s with my Dad” Which is about Tony and his dad, “Sugar Ray Nardo” with Elaine’s son wanting to try boxing and Elaine being way too overprotective. And “Love Un-American Style” was about Latka and Simka arranging for all the cabbies to meet someone who may be a good match for them. “Arnie Meets the Kids” is rather pathetic because Arnie is pathetic because Elaine is much too beautiful to be with such a balding doofus like him. It’s kinda funny, but Arnie and Elaine? No way.

Now, the best episodes which is really like opening a great can of worms because all the other episodes are fabulous classic episodes. But, if I still have to pick some absolute favorites for this final season, it is definately “Sceneskies From a Marriage” where Latka has sex with another cabbie to stay warm and Simka knows just by looking at him that he “did it with another woman” so their minister tells Simka that she is suppose to be unfaithful to Latka to save their marriage. What an excellent interpretation of an extremely warped religion. Man, then there’s “Crime and Punishment”, “Alex Gets Burned by an Old Flame”, “Louie and the Blind Girl”, “A Grand Gesture”, and well, all the others.

Any “Taxi” fan knows what I’m talking about. This was a fabulous season for “Taxi”. It ended as a strong show. I can’t believe that it got canceled when it did. But, it’s great to finally have all five seasons. But again, why did they do that blasphemous scene cut from “Jim’s Mario’s”. That’s so sad.
Rating: 4 / 5

Taxi is a great show with both humor and heart, and the fifth season may be the best example of this. One of the best sitcoms ever. Kudos to CBS/Paramount for releasing all 5 seasons and not leaving Taxi fans hanging.
Rating: 5 / 5

This show ended way too early. This season is full of great episodes. Every episode is full of emotion. Many times you’ll be crying while you are watching and then you will start laughing at the same time. Such a great series that I definitely didn’t appreciate as much as I should have 20 years ago. Just a great TV show with great characters and great writing.
Rating: 5 / 5