Taxi - Season 4 Episode 22
Cooking for Two

After Jims home is destroyed by a wrecking ball, he stays with Louie, much to Louies dismay after Jim declares him his ""best buddy."" Jim soon burns Louies apartment after a cooking accident, though. Initially, Louie is angry, but sees an opportunity to make some money, when he learns that Jim gets a blank check from his wealthy father to reimburse Louie for his losses. Louie is not sure how much to ask for, though, since Jim says he has to call his father to okay the amount. After much lamenting over the amount, Louie settles on about $30,000 and Jims dad okays it. Louie is overjoyed until he learns that Jims dad was expecting the amount to be more like $200,000.