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Season 5 Guide (1982-1983)

	5x01 The Shloogel Show Newlyweds Latka & Samka throw a Shloogel, one of their religion's traditions. The shloogel is, in effect, a party at Mario's where they set all the gang ...	Sep. 30, 1982
	5x02 Jim's Inheritance When Jim's father passes away and leaves him a substantial inheritance, Jim's siblings sue to have Jim declared incompetent and his inheritance placed ...	Oct. 07, 1982
	5x03 Alex Goes off the Wagon In this episode, we learn that Alex can be a compulsive gambler. Alex even scares Louie off with his compulsion, but Jim talks some sense into Alex at ...	Oct. 14, 1982
	5x04 Scenskees from a Marriage (1) Latka is sent to rescue a female cabbie who is stranded in a snowstorm, but he breaks down as he reaches her. The two are freezing in her cab and decide ...	Oct. 21, 1982
	5x05 Scenskees from a Marriage (2) Latka and Simka throw a party and decide the last to arrive will be the one that Simka must sleep with. Alex barely edges out Louie, in hilarious fashion. ...	Oct. 28, 1982
	5x06 Crime and Punishment Louie lets Jeff, his assistant dispatcher, take the rap for skimming money from the company (that Louie is actually responsible for), assuring Jeff that ...	Nov. 04, 1982
	5x07 Alex the Gofer Alex, who loves the theater, takes a part time job as a gofer for a young producer and director, but soon feels mistreated by his younger bosses. Louie, ...	Nov. 11, 1982
	5x08 Louie's Revenge Louie gets a call from Emily, who jilted him in an earlier episode, who is drunk and drugged and wants to meet him at a nearby bar. Louie decides to go ...	Nov. 18, 1982
	5x09 Travels with My Dad Tony's dad, a merchant seaman who Tony hasn't seen much of, arranges to bring Tony on a sea trip with him. Tony is hesitant but doesn't want to disappoint ...	Nov. 25, 1982
	5x10 Elaine and the Monk Latka and Simka introduce Elaine to a friend of theirs visiting from their country named Zifka. Zifka is a monk who has taken a vow of silence but during ...	Dec. 02, 1982
	5x11 Zena's Honeymoon Zena comes to the garage and announces she's getting married and asks the gang to let Louie know that she wants to speak with him. After telling Louie, ...	Dec. 09, 1982
	5x12 Get Me Through the Holidays Alex's ex-wife, Phyllis, depressed and lonely, comes to see Alex, who takes pity on her and includes her in his holiday plans. This turns ugly, when she ...	Dec. 16, 1982
	5x13 Louie Moves Uptown Louie decides to buy a luxury co-op apartment with some help on the down payment from the newly wealthy Jim. Unfortunately, Louie first has to convince ...	Jan. 22, 1983
	5x14 Alex's Old Buddy Alex takes ownership of his old dog, Buddy, who has been living at his sister's place in the country. Buddy is now 19 and Alex wants to spend as much time ...	Jan. 29, 1983
	5x15 Sugar Ray Nardo When Elaine's son, Jason, watched Tony coaching youth boxing, he wants to get involved. Alex and Tony talk Elaine into letting Jason box, despite her better ...	Feb. 05, 1983
	5x16 A Taxi Celebration (1) Part one of a two part clip show featuring highlights of Taxi.	Mar. 23, 1983
	5x17 A Taxi Celebration (2) Part two of a two part clip show featuring highlights of Taxi.	Mar. 23, 1983
	5x18 Alex Gets Burned by an Old Flame 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, ...	Mar. 30, 1983
	5x19 Louie and the Blind Girl Louie plans to his girlfriend, Judy (a blind woman introduced to him earlier this season by Latka & Simka), but before he can do it, Judy tells him that ...	Apr. 06, 1983
	5x20 Arnie Meets the Kids Elaine is seriously dating the nerdy Arnie, also introduced in the Shloogel Show episode earlier this season, and decides it's time for him to meet her ...	Apr. 13, 1983
	5x21 Tony's Baby Tony is depressed when he learns his girlfriend, Vicki (also introduced in the "Shloogel Show" episode) is pregnant. He decides to "do the right thing" ...	Apr. 20, 1983
	5x22 Jim's Mario's Jim decides to buy Mario's with some of his inheritance money, but first must convince his brother Tom (who controls his trust fund) that this is a wise ...	May. 18, 1983
	5x23 A Grand Gesture Newly wealthy Jim gives each of the gang $1000 to give away, in an effort to teach them how good it feels to give someone else $1000. Latka & Simka give ...	May. 25, 1983
	5x24 Simka's Monthlies Simka is exhibiting strange behavior, and this behavior is quite untimely in that she keeps cancelling appointments with immigration and she's likely to ...	Jun. 15, 1983

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Season 5 Characters

Alex Reiger	played by Judd Hirsch
Louie De Palma	played by Danny DeVito
Elaine O'Connor-Nardo	played by Marilu Henner
Tony Banta	played by Tony Danza
Reverend Jim Ignatowski	played by Christopher Lloyd
Jeff Bennett	played by J. Alan Thomas
Latka Gravas	played by Andy Kaufman
Simka Dahblitz-Gravas	played by Carol Kane
Cabbie	played by Martin Garner
Tommy Jeffries	played by T.J. Castronova
Judy Griffith	played by Murphy Cross
Jennifer	played by Melanie Gaffin
Reverend Gorky	played by Vincent Schiavelli
Jason	played by David Mendenhall
Waiter	played by Robert Moberly
Tom	played by Walter Olkewicz
Shawn	played by Judith-Marie Bergan
Seaman Fergie	played by Dick Miller
Seaman	played by Wendell Wright
Nun	played by Sharon Madden
Panhandler	played by Tracey Walter
Scott	played by Peter Frechette
Penny Marshall	played by Penny Marshall

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Season 5 Trivia

Episode 01 - This was the first episode broadcast on NBC.

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