3x05 Going Home - Taxi Episode Guide

Taxi

- Episode 03x05

Episode: 03x05
Title: Going Home
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 049
First Aired: Dec. 17, 1980

Season 3 » Episode #05 - Going Home

Summary: 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.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Bobby Wheeler	played by Jeff Conaway
Lila Caldwell	played by Barbara Deutsch
Jim Ignatowski's Father	played by Victor Buono
Butler	played by John Eames
Tom Caldwell	played by Walter Olkewicz
Spencer	played by Dick Yarmy

Episode Quotes

	Season 3 / Episode 5: - Going Home Alex Rieger: How'd you come up with a name like Ignatowski? Jim: Say starchild backwards. Alex Rieger: Iskwotangi. Jim: Oh my, that's nothing like starchild is it.
	Season 3 / Episode 5: - Going Home Alex Rieger: Pardon my intrusion. Jim: That's Ok I didn't even hear it.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: The backyard at the Caldwell residence in Boston is obviously a painted-on backdrop, especially near the end, when Christopher Lloyd's shadow is cast over the painted-on swimming pool.

TRIVIA

[none added]

KEYWORDS:

» Back to Taxi TV Show