Name: Episode 5 — Going Home
Released: 1980-12-17
Duration: 24 min
Cast: Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman

Taxi (1978 – 1983)

1978 • 5 seasons • Comedy, Drama • TV-PG

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Episode 5 — Going Home

Released: 1980-12-17 • Comedy/Drama

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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.

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Episode air date	17.12.1980
Episode runtime	24 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Comedy / Drama
TMDB series rating	7.3
IMDb series rating	7.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

Taxi (1978 – 1983)

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