Benson
Benson
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Benson

7.1 / 10
1979
7 seasons
158 episodes
Comedy

A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Change (Pilot)

    13-09-197930m

    In the pilot of this spinoff series of Soap, Benson, the Butler of Jessica Tate helps out her cousin Gene Gatling, who is the Governor of the state. Benson's first escapade lands h...

  • Ep 2

    2.Trust Me

    20-09-197930m

    Katie attends a controversial rock concert, even though her father forbid her to go and had Benson watch her. Now the question is, who will get home in time? The Governor or Katie?...

  • Ep 3

    3.The President's Double

    27-09-197930m

    Governor Gatling goes with African president Ukassi to a dinner. The African president becomes a victim of an assasination attempt and while his wounds get worse, Benson plays the...

  • Ep 4

    4.Benson in Love

    04-10-197930m

    Benson meets an attrative woman in the mansion and asks her out, not knowing she is a senator.

  • Ep 5

    5.Conflict of Interest

    18-10-197930m

    The Governor is faced with a family problem. Should he go see his daughter in her school play as he promised, or should he accept a very important political invitation that is sche...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Layoff

    25-10-197930m

    Benson is forced to lay off some staff members when the Governor makes a campaign to cut ""unecessary"" spending. Katie resents Benson when he has to fire the sweet woman who light...

  • Ep 7

    7.Snowbound

    01-11-197930m

    Governor Gatling wants the staff to join him on his little vacation to a snow cottage. Benson agrees when he learns that Kraus will not attend. Later Kraus changes her mind and Ben...

  • Ep 8

    8.Jessica

    08-11-197930m

    Jessica Tate visits and she gets involved in a scandal. She falls in love with the French Baron who is visiting and all of a sudden he dies. It's now up to Benson and Jessica to tr...

  • Ep 9

    9.Don't Quote Me

    22-11-197930m

    A bad remark about a senator gets aired out and the staff is in trouble. They have to find who blabbed before more damaging information gets out.

  • Ep 10

    10.War Stories

    29-11-197930m

    Benson's old army buddy Eddie visits and him and Marcy hit it off after Benson introduces him to single Marcy. The problem is that Eddie is a married man and Benson didn't know tha...

  • Ep 11

    11.Ghost Story

    06-12-197930m

    Very mysterious things happen in the Governor's mansion. Kraus panicks and says that the house is haunted. They have a seance and find out that the ghost was a goveror who was murd...

  • Ep 12

    12.Taylor's Bid

    13-12-197930m

    Taylor quits being the advisor to Governor Gatling and decides to run for a public office. The Governor starts to need Taylor back when he can't manage his own political responsibi...

  • Ep 13

    13.One Strike, You're Out

    27-12-197930m

    The domestic workers demand more money and Benson grants their requests to give them a raise. The blue-collar people go on strike after Governor Gatling refuses their plea. At the...

  • Ep 14

    14.Just Friends

    03-01-198030m

    Governor Gatling is trying to get Howard Walker, the entrepreneur to settle his new factory in his constituency. Benson on his own tries not to let this go through because him and...

  • Ep 15

    15.Chain of Command

    10-01-198030m

    The Governor gets sick and has to stay in bed. Ed, his younger replacement takes advantage of the position and responsibilities of Governor too far. Ed tries to become the permanen...

  • Ep 16

    16.Bugging the Governor

    24-01-198030m

    Somebody bugged the mansion and Benson tries to find out who by trapping them inside. It turned out that Taylor's lover, who was inside the mansion before, dispensed all equipment...

  • Ep 17

    17.Kraus Affair

    31-01-198030m

    Kraus falls for the Butcher, but she loses her self-confidence asking him out.

  • Ep 18

    18.Checkmate

    07-02-198030m

    An 11 year old Soviet is brought to the mansion for a professional chess tournament. While the boy is homesick and wanting to be out of the public's eye, he sees Katie who hides hi...

  • Ep 19

    19.Cold Storage

    28-02-198030m

    Just before a very important banquet with guests, Benson and Kraus go in the old storage room to look for something and the door shuts on them. With minimal healthy air and a freez...

  • Ep 20

    20.Old Man Gatlin'

    06-03-198030m

    The Governor's loudmouth father comes to visit and wreaks havoc among the staff. Benson then gets so fed up with the arrogance and the idea of the father breathing down his son's b...

  • Ep 21

    21.Power Play

    20-03-198030m

    A load of dead fish and sludge is delivered to the Mansion by a conservationist.

  • Ep 22

    22.Takin' It to the Streets

    10.0
    27-03-198030m

    Wanting to know how the ""little people"" really feel about politics and their real needs, Governor Gatling and Benson visit a mangy bar to talk to the constituents but land in tro...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Army Wants You

    01-05-198030m

    Benson, a war veteran suspicious when he is told to report for an ""evaluation."" It seems that on their record, Benson Dubois died in the Korean war, so treating Benson like some...

  • Ep 24

    24.Marcy's Vacation

    08-05-198030m

    Marcy is going on vacation and she gets worried that Lorraine, her replacement may do a better job than she does and get dismissed for good.

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