Benson
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Episode 12
The Fireside Chat
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
When the governor goes on the air live, a lover's quarrel erupts in the studio, and even Benson gets into the act when the cameras roll.
Episode 11
Big Buddy
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
One of the governor's press secretary's gambits involves a reluctant Benson in the Big Buddy program for kids from broken homes, and Katie, the governor's daughter, nearly faces a shoplifting rap as a result.
Episode 10
The Apartment
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson's attempt to conduct a romantic interlude in his new apartment becomes a comical disaster when Pete has a terrible confrontation with his ex-wife and comes knocking on Benson's door, seeking shelter and constant attention.
Episode 9
Old School Ties
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Everyone is brokenhearted at the governor's mansion when the boss decides to send his daughter Katie away to boarding school and Benson is powerless to intervene.
Episode 8
In High Places
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson hates air travel, even the safe kind, which doesn't help much when the governor has to take over the controls of their private jet after the pilot has a heart attack.
Episode 7
Benson's Groupie
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
A summer romance turns into a nightmare for Benson when the lady follows him home and threatens to disrupt a religious conference at the Governor's mansion.
Episode 6
Citizen Kraus
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson agrees to a short truce in his feud with Gretchen Kraus, the cook, in order to help her achieve her dream of American citizenship.
Episode 5
First Lady
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Murphy's Law is operating full time when Benson tries to organize a reception for an important industrialist, and Katie is jealous of her father's hostess, pretty Lily.
Episode 4
Masquerade
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson dresses up as a soldier and finds himself in hilarious trouble at a wild costume party at the executive mansion -- an affair complicated by the presence of a priceless gold statue and a plot by foreign revolutionaries to steal it.
Episode 3
Fool's Gold
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson discovers a secret compartment in the woodwork, and an old letter infects Governor Gatling and his staff with gold fever.
Episode 2
Benson in the Hospital
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Comical bewilderment grips the executive mansion after Benson is hospitalized -- and he proves to be the most hilarious patient ever -- with a mysterious malady that has all the doctors stumped.
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Episode 25
25. Thick as Thieves
aired: Fri, Oct 31, 1980
Benson and Kraus are taken hostage during a market stickup, and it takes all his diplomacy to keep her from goading the gunmen into shooting them.
Episode 24
24. Marcy's Vacation
aired: Thu, May 8, 1980
When the governor's secretary, Marcy, plans her vacation cruise, she doesn't expect that her temporary replacement will do her job better than she does.
Episode 23
The Army Wants You
aired: Thu, May 1, 1980
Korean war veteran Benson gets a cryptic message from the Army, which shows an alarming interest in his present health.
Episode 22
Takin' It to the Streets
aired: Thu, Mar 27, 1980
Benson has to do some hilariously fancy footwork when the governor decides late one night to find out what's really on the minds of his constituents and takes Benson to a rough waterfront bar.
Episode 21
Power Play
aired: Thu, Mar 20, 1980
When a character calling himself El Gato leaves a pile of dead fish and a truckload of sludge in protest against a power project, the Governor reconsiders the matter.
Episode 20
Old Man Gatling
aired: Thu, Mar 6, 1980
The Governor's irascible father arrives for an extended visit during a big conference and spins around the mansion his electric wheelchair, leaving hilarious havoc in his wake.
Episode 19
Cold Storage
aired: Thu, Feb 28, 1980
Laughs abound when Benson and Kraus are trapped in a freezing storage room where their cold war rages on.
Episode 18
Checkmate
aired: Thu, Feb 7, 1980
Benson and visiting Russian officials move into a hilarious duel of wits when an 11-year-old Soviet chess genius disappears during a tournament at the governor's mansion.
Episode 17
The Kraus Affair
aired: Thu, Jan 31, 1980
Benson and Marcy act like the nervous parents of a teenager when Kraus falls for the butcher -- and they fear he won't ask her for a date unless she becomes more alluring.
Episode 16
16. Bugging the Governor
aired: Thu, Jan 24, 1980
Hilarity abounds and daily routines go awry when Benson discovers that the governor's mansion has been bugged -- and Benson devises a crazy scheme to smoke out the culprits.
Episode 15
Chain of Command
aired: Thu, Jan 10, 1980
Benson and the beleaguered staff face a hilarious problem when an overly ambitious lieutenant governor takes over for a dizzy Gov. Gatling, who is giddy from medication.
Episode 14
Just Friends
aired: Thu, Jan 3, 1980
Episode 13
Taylor's Bid
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
When Miss Kraus leads a mansion employees strike, Benson makes a frantic effort to save their jobs by cooking, cleaning, washing and serving a formal dinner like no other.
Episode 12
Ghost Story
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Taylor plays all his cards, including the ones up his sleeve, when he makes a disastrously funny attempt at running for office, and Benson decides to do some running of his own -- away from Taylor.
Episode 11
Jessica
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Miss Kraus informs an incredulous but nervous staff that a series of strange incidents are the work of the ghost of a governor who was murdered in the mansion 100 years ago.
Episode 10
Snowbound
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson is overjoyed when Marcy falls in love with his old war buddy, until he discovers that his pal is hiding a shocking secret.
Episode 9
Don't Quote Me
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
When a potentially damaging new leak upsets the governor's household, Benson does some detective work and restores peace by unmasking the culprit.
Episode 8
Jessica
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
The governor's mansion gets an extra dose of hilarity when Jessica Tate visits, promptly manages herself in a scandalous situation with a French playboy and calls on Benson to save the day.
Episode 7
Snowbound
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Cold, hunger and frazzled nerves are the order of the day when the governor and his staff are snowbound in a remote mountain lodge.
Episode 6
The Layoff
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson, known for being a softy, has to lay off staffers including the beloved pastry chef when an economy wave hits the Governor's mansion.
Episode 5
Conflict of Interest
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson is upset with the governor whose political obligations keep him away when his daughter Katie is counting on him to attend her school play.
Episode 4
Benson in Love
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
It's virtually love at first sight when Benson meets the lovely Francine, but the lady turns out to be a senator with priorities other than marriage to the governor's butler.
Episode 3
The President's Double
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
When assassins muff an attempt on African President Ukase's life, Benson is drafted as his double, but only Kraus' quick thinking saves Benson from being their next victim.
Episode 2
Don't Quote Me
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson relaxes his authority with young Katie for a brief moment and spends a long evening regretting it when she sneaks off to a rock concert against strictest orders from her father.
Episode 1
Changes (Pilot)
aired: Tue, Feb 15, 2011
Benson is searched by guards, soaked by sprinklers, attacked by vicious dogs, mistaken for the Rev. Jesse Jackson and has his life threatened by a tough German housekeeper when he gets a new job.
