Line #6 Heartwarming/Taxi


1	* The end of "Elaine's Secret Admirer". Elaine's kneejerk reaction to finding out Jim was her...um....Secret Admirer was anger and frustration. She ranted that she would never get her "castle". So Jim snuck into her apartment and built her a castle in her living room. While she still gently declined she was genuinely touched by Jim's kind hearted gesture. Jim wasn't particularly infatuated with Elaine, he just felt bad that she was stuck in relationships where she was mistreated and disregarded and, in his own way, wanted to show her that nice genuine guys do still exist.
2	-->'''JIM:''' I'm not every woman's dreamboat...
3	-->'''ELAINE:''' You are the dearest, sweetest, most wonderful person...
4	-->[...]
5	-->'''JIM:''' Funny thing - there used to be a time when that was enough.
6	* Pretty much '''any''' moment where Louie treats Latka with kindness. In Latka's first ADayInTheLimelight episode "Paper Marriage", Louie attempts to turn Latka in to the immigration officials when they first turn up and ends up getting the (hilarious) silent treatment from him for it, but later Louie convinces them that the titular marriage is going to be legit. After this, ''everybody'' wants to give him a hug, and he pushes them away...but makes an exception for Latka. From there, he plays violin (surprisingly well) at the ceremony the cabbies throw. Earlier, when John points out to him that "If there's anybody you sorta love, it's Latka", Louie agrees in his own way: "Latka's the poodle I never had."
7	* In "Memories Of Cab 804", Tony reminisces about one occasion when he prevented a man from jumping off the Queensboro bridge by only telling him not to do it.
8	** Tony even sums up why everyone loved Cab 804: "You'd put her into low and y'know what she'd do? She's go into low. It's like she knew you trusted her."
9	* After Alex is mugged by one of his passengers, resulting in a bullet through the ear, he quits Sunshine in fear and gets a job as a waiter at an upscale restaurant. His friends drop by as a show of support, and they get into a debate about the perks of both jobs. They point out that all his friends work at Sunshine Cab Co., and upon considering this he immediately quits the waiter position and agrees to come back.
10	* In "Bobby Doesn't Live Here Anymore", as Bobby prepares to depart for Hollywood on a permanent basis (due to Jeff Conaway officially leaving the show), he tells Alex not to say goodbye, as "they'll be seeing a lot more of each other." Alex, in contrast, reflects that if Bobby makes it big, they may never see each other again.
11	-->'''Alex:''' ... Here's hoping we never see each other again.
12	* Louie is about to propose to his blind girlfriend Judy when she tells him that she's going to get her sight back through surgery. The rest of the episode deals with his fear that she's going to be repulsed him when she sees what he looks like, him recounting all the looks of disappointment and disgust he's gotten from blind dates over the years. On the day of her operation, panicking, the only thing he can think of to do is pluck out the hair between his eyebrows. Finally the moment of truth comes:
13	-->'''Judy:''' Oh, Louie, you're beautiful!... You're exactly the way I pictured you... Except I thought you had a little more hair between your eyebrows.
14	-->'''Louie:''' It grows back!
15	* One episode had the death of Jim's estranged father as the plot. As part of the man's will, Jim was left with a box of his father's clothes and an audio cassette tape, as well as instructions of what to do with said items. Jim sets the clothes up so that it looks like his father is sitting in a chair, sits down himself, and plays the tape, a recording of "You are the sunshine of my life." The look on Jim's face as he gets the message is pure gold.
16	* In "A Grand Gesture," the Sunshine crew is shocked to see Jim (who recently inherited millions after his father died) hand over a huge amount of money to a total stranger. They argue that he's being irresponsible with his fortune, and he decides to show them how good generosity can feel by presenting each of them with a thousand dollars in cash and challenging them to find someone to give it to. This leads to several heartwarming moments:
17	** Elaine, without a moment's thought, immediately goes home and gives the $1,000 to her children ($500 to each of them).
18	** Tony visits an elderly mentor of his from his boxing days and gives him the present of a new, state-of-the-art color TV set, which the old man has always wanted but never been able to afford. He starts to silently cry as he turns it on, and Tony's smile is enough to light up the whole room.
19	** Louie (who the group suspected of simply wanting to keep the cash for himself) decides to give it to Jeff Bennett, his assistant (which also doubles as a security measure, because the others will know if Louie is telling the truth). Initially, Jeff refuses the money because he thinks it's a trick, prompting Louie to deliver a passionate speech about how much he respects the younger man and genuinely values him as a friend. A surprised Jeff then graciously accepts the sum and sincerely thanks Louie for his kindness.

Context Heartwarming / Taxi