The BEST episodes written by Howard Gewirtz
#1 - Simka Returns
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 15
Latka is eagerly anticipating a reunion with his ex-girlfriend from the old country, Simka. She arrives at the garage and while Latka is in the bathroom, Alex warns her of Latka's multiple personalities. Sure enough, at Latka's apartment later, Vic Ferrarri makes his appearance and seduces Simka. Much to Latka's dismay, soon his alter-ego, Vic, and Simka seem to be an item. Alex encourages Latka to fight Vic for Simka, which he does in hilarious fashion and Vic never returns.
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#2 - The Road Not Taken (2)
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 24
(Part two) In a continuation of the previous episode, the cabbies share past experiences with Elaine. Latka discusses his decision to leave his mother and move to America. Alex talks about an opportunity for a major promotion at a desk job he had, but would not compromise his principles to take it. Meanwhile, the man who offered Elaine a job comes to the garage to get a decision from her, but he withdraws his offer when he sees how wishy washy Elaine is being about it.
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#3 - Kip Quits
Bosom Buddies - Season 1 - Episode 13
When Ruth insists that Kip indulge a new client, Kip walks out, expecting Henry to follow him.
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#4 - Alex's Romance
Taxi - Season 2 - Episode 10
Alex falls for Joyce, an actress friend of Bobby's, in part because (seemingly) he marvels in being a stabilizing factor in her life. When she gets an acting job in Los Angeles, he prepares to propose to her, in the hopes of keeping her in New York. When she learns of his plans, though, she discourages this, and they part on sad but positive note. Later, Jim hilariously and unwittingly makes Alex feel better, involving a case of mistaken identity.
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#5 - The First Thanksgiving
Just Shoot Me! - Season 5 - Episode 7
The gang gathers for Thanksgiving at Jack's mansion in the Hamptons. Nina is convinced that Jack will fire her for being unhip. Jack sleeps with Elliott's mom, but Finch is convinced that Jack did the dirty deed with his date instead. And Maya just wants to put the perfect dinner together.
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#6 - Burnin' Down the House (2)
Wings - Season 7 - Episode 2
When digging through the rubble of Helen's home, Brian and casey unearth a suitcase and photgraph that had been the hackett brother's only inheritance from their late father. Brian's attempts to remind Joe of that fail,but Joe later sees a vision of his late father and forgives Brian. Meanwhile,Antonio executes his revenge on Brian and Casey and Helen takes out her anger on Casey's clothes.
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#7 - Elaine's Secret Admirer
Taxi - Season 2 - Episode 12
Elaine is upset after having just ended a relationship, but soon begins receiving love poems from a secret admirer. She is eventually convinced that the poems are coming from a new handsome cab driver named Don, and they begin dating. However, Jim has confessed to Alex that he has been the one writing the letters, in an effort to make Elaine feel better. Alex reveals this to Elaine, so she won't continue dating Don under false pretenses. This upsets Elaine greatly, but she is later comforted when she gets home by the gift of a metal sculpture that Jim has made for her out of the roof of his van.
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#8 - Mr. Personalities
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 3
Latka begins exhibiting multiple personalities again: not only Vic Ferrari, but also a cowboy, and best of all, he becomes Alex! Elaine refers Latka to her psychiatrist, but meanwhile Latka is becoming even more "Alex"-like than Alex himself: he is a better cab driver and gives better advice to the gang. Alex decides he'd better sit in on a psychiatric session with Latka and Latka/Alex is about to reveal the answer to all of Alex's problems (somehow he has figured out the secret to Alex in the midst of subconsciously becoming him), when he becomes Latka again. This leaves Alex extremely frustrated and after Latka leaves, Alex sticks around to talk to the psychiatrist further.
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#10 - The Spark and How to Get It
Wings - Season 6 - Episode 4
After his therapist pronounces him fully recovered from his break-up with Alex, Brian plunges back into the dating world and Antonio insists he go along. Meanwhile, Lowell prepares a commencement address for his Alma Mater and Casey has trouble getting a good haircut.
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#11 - Everybody Hates Greg
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 1 - Episode 10
Chris and Greg fall out when they break the rule of 'no computer games' after school at Greg's house. Back at the Rock home, Tonya is missing Chris as she can't blame everything on him.
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#12 - Homer Defined
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 5
Homer averts a meltdown through sheer dumb luck. When he’s invited to the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant to give a pep talk, he faces another potential meltdown and again “pulls a Homer.”
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#13 - ...Like a Neighbor Scorned
Wings - Season 8 - Episode 2
Joe and Helen meet the next-door neighbors, Steve and Barbara, but what starts out as pleasant soon turns disturbing when Steve asks for $5000 to cover his gambling debts. Becoming increasingly paraniod after a fight Joe and Helen decide to try and make amends, only to find out their new neighbors are only on the island for the month. Meanwhile, Antonio recieves his Uncle Bernardo's personal affects after he dies. Which includes a set of perfume scented love letters appearantly from Bernardo to a certain very famous movie star of the times (Gina Lollobrigida). Hearing this Antonio suddenly becomes a suave ladies man with confidence, until he finds out his Uncle wasn't in love Gina, but Gino.
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#15 - The Team Player
Wings - Season 7 - Episode 15
A publicity disaster occurs when Antonio (running the desk while the brothers go to a hockey game) bumps the Bruins abrasive star goalie Danny "Dead End" Connelly off a Sandpiper flight to a critical game, causing the Bruins to lose. Meanwhile, winter tourism on the island takes an upswing when Casey welcomes the International Society of Masochists to Nantucket.
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#18 - The Wedding of Latka and Simka
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 21
Latka, who Joyce Brothers has declared is cured of his multiple personality disorder, asks Simka to marry him. They then must endure a bizarre series of tests, as is the marital tradition for members of their religion. In hilarious fashion, things get ugly at the ceremony itself, and Simka denounces her religion, when her minister reveals that she has just passed the last test and they are now married.
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#19 - A Very Wrong Engagement
The Exes - Season 1 - Episode 6
Holly's mother, Marjorie (Judith Light) visits, with Holly having yet to tell her that she is no longer engaged. So in an attempt to delay telling her mother the truth, Holly moves back into the apartment she shared with her ex, while the boys stay at her place.
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#20 - Call of the Wild
Wings - Season 5 - Episode 23
When Brian's old friend shows up and they resume their wild, partying lifestyle every night, Alex grows increasingly neglected. Lowell takes in his idol, over-the-hill television superhero Big Strong Man, who takes advantage of his hospitality.
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#21 - The New Producer
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 1 - Episode 5
A friend of Larry's temporarily replaces Artie as producer but schemes to make the job permanent.
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#22 - Mighty Mouth
Three's Company - Season 4 - Episode 16
Jack goes out with a girl who has a muscular brother that doesn't like her sister dating.
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#24 - Scenskees from a Marriage (1)
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 4
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 to make love in order to avoid freezing to death. They survive and are rescued but Latka feels tremendous guilt and Simka realizes he's been unfaithful (despite the circumstances) before he can even tell her. Latka and Simka seek the guidance of their minister, who says to set things right, Simka must sleep with someone Latka works with. (Continued in part two)
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#26 - Scenskees from a Marriage (2)
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 5
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. Simka goes to Alex's apartment to seduce him, but he refuses her advances. It seems Simka and Latka will have to divorce, but Jim points out that they can just marry again after divorcing.
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#27 - Take My Ex-Wife, Please
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 17
Alex runs into his ex-wife, Phyllis, eating alone at a restaurant, and when she tries to reach out to him, he gently tells her he's not interested. Nonetheless, Phyllis shows the next day at the garage to find Alex, but he's out driving. Louie manages to arrange a date with Phyllis, who is particularly vulnerable, having just gone through a divorce. When Alex learns of this (after Louie tries to rub it in), Alex becomes concerned about the depths that Phyllis has sunk to and goes to her hotel to talk. Too late- Louie has already arrived and has already tried to seduce Phyllis, much to her disgust. Alex then takes Phyllis out to dinner, leaving Louie naked in Phyllis' hotel room.
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#29 - My Ex-Boyfriend's Wedding
The Exes - Season 3 - Episode 10
Holly attends her ex-boyfriend Paul's wedding and throws it into chaos. At the wedding Phil and Eden realize they're developing feelings for each other. Haskell sets his sights on the most desperate woman at the wedding.
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#30 - Jack Gets Tough
Just Shoot Me! - Season 4 - Episode 10
With Jack's autobiography out on shelves, a problem is discovered: he claims to have beat up Robert Conrad, only because he thought the actor was dead and couldn't say otherwise. Unfortunately, the actor stops by the office. Finch and Elliott deal with a good saleslady who uses compliments to sell clothes. Nina is upset that she's only mentioned 4 times in Jack's book.
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#31 - When Nina Met Her Parents
Just Shoot Me! - Season 4 - Episode 21
Nina worries when her biological parents come to visit. A blood test proves that she is not their daughter but she lies and tells them that she is, until Maya discovers that the two are merely con artists. Meanwhile, Elliott and Jack become jealous when they discover that Finch is extremely well-endowed.
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#32 - Beauty and the Beasts
Bosom Buddies - Season 1 - Episode 7
Buffy and Hildy are invited by Sonny and Isabelle to a singles bar. The pair are ignored by the men, causing Henry to question society's favoritism for attractive people. Feeling like a hypocrite for spurning Amy's advances, he asks her out on a date.
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#34 - The Rewrite
Bosom Buddies - Season 1 - Episode 15
Kip tries to help Henry spice up a story documenting Ruth nearly discovering the duo's alternate identities.
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#35 - The Show Must Go On
Bosom Buddies - Season 1 - Episode 16
After Isabelle steals the show from Bob The Comic by singing "New York, New York" during his stand-up act, Kip and Henry arrange for her to sing at a night club.
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#37 - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong
Wings - Season 7 - Episode 7
Joe and Helen's initial fortune at landing famous architect Y.M. Burg to design their new house soon turn sour as he suggests a house shaped like a giant "7." Meanwhile, Brian hires a new mechanic,Budd Bronski, who attempts to live down a previous "incident."
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#38 - Shall We Dance?
The Exes - Season 2 - Episode 6
Holly offers to help Stuart impress his ex-wife, Lorna (Janet Varney), at a ballroom dance contest, but it turns out Holly is no help at all. Adding insult to injury, it appears that Lorna and her partner (played by Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy) are the favorites to win the competition. Meanwhile, Phil meets his female match, Kendra (Garcelle Beauvais), who beats him at his own game.
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#41 - Dibs
Oliver Beene - Season 2 - Episode 1
Oliver falls in love with his new neighboor Elke. The only problem is Ted ""dibbed"" her first [and he can't brake The Code]. Meanwhile, Oliver's parents try to spice-up there marrige by going on a date to an old club, but they soon find it is a Jazz-playing Mariuna-smokin' kind of club.
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#42 - Shut It Down (2)
Taxi - Season 2 - Episode 20
In the second half of this two-part episode, the cabbies are back on the road after the strike has been settled. Meanwhile, Elaine is dreading the date with Louie and is drunk, sedated, and dressed as dowdy as possible, in the hopes of getting it over with quickly and painlessly. Louie takes her to a Polynesian restaurant/bar and they drink heavily and dance, in hilarious fashion, although Elaine is seemingly not enjoying any of it. At the door of her apartment though, Louie cons her into saying that she didn't have such a terrible time. He then convinces her to give him a little kiss goodnight, but when she attempts to give him a small peck, Louie, being true to form, gives her a rather aggressive open-mouthed kiss, that has them rolling on the floor as she fights him off.
#43 - Fallout (Pilot)
Oliver Beene - Season 2 - Episode 11
Oliver tries out for the annual talent show in hopes of getting Bonnie and the rest of his class to like him. His teacher announces the results of who will be in the talent show Oliver doesn't like what he will need to do. Jerry gives Charlotte an unusual 15th anniversary present. She learns that Jerry has turned his basement into a fallout shelter. Charlotte confesses she wants a stole like the mailman is purchasing for his wife.
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Oliver Beene - Season 2 - Episode 3
Oliver wants to a man he goes along with his dad only to end up getting a shock. Meanwhile Charlotte feels left out and spends the day with Joyce hoping to know her better.
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