Episode
Taxi: Alex Gets Burned by an Old Flame
Overview
Diane, an old friend of Jim's comes to the garage looking for Jim, and Alex takes a liking to her. Alex makes some less than flattering remarks about Jim, not realizing that she and Jim have begun a romantic relationship. When Jim confronts Alex about the things he said, Alex justifies his comments with examples of crazy things that Jim has done. Jim is touched that Alex remembered all those things about him and all is well.
Details
- Series
- Taxi
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1983-03-30
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Alex Gets Burned by an Old Flame is Episode 18 in Season 5 of Taxi. It aired on 1983-03-30. The runtime is 24 min.
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