Benson (1979)
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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Episode 1 - The Scandal
Release Date: 1984-09-21While going undercover, Benson learns that the Lieutenant Governor is accepting bribes from a construction company.
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Episode 2 - The Inheritance
Release Date: 1984-09-28Benson finds it hard to believe that he is the sole heir to the Playbird magazine empire.
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Episode 3 - Let's Get Physical
Release Date: 1984-10-12Benson's pleasure turns to panic when the attractive doctor who conducted his physical wants to meet him to discuss the results.
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Episode 4 - The Campaign
Release Date: 1984-10-19After Benson decides to run for Lieutenant Governor, he learns that the man who offers money to his campaign will have to benefit from Benson by doing him special political ""favors.""
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Episode 5 - The Election
Release Date: 1984-10-26When Benson runs out of his campaign money, a benefactor arrives when things look darkest.
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Episode 6 - Made in Hong Kong (1)
Release Date: 1984-11-02Benson, the Governor, Clayton, and Kraus go off to Hong Kong where Clayton is mistaken for a famous designer and kinapped by a fashion tycoon and her henchmen.
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Episode 7 - Made in Hong Kong (2)
Release Date: 1984-11-09Benson, in help from the Police, is persued while trying to rescue the captured Governor and Kraus, who earlier attempted to rescue Clayton from Lady Van Dyne.
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Episode 8 - Hello, We Must Be Going
Release Date: 1984-11-16Benson plans to have Kraus become Lieuteant Governor Benson's assistant. But things get screwed up when a nebbish with political clout is hired instead.
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Episode 9 - Double Date
Release Date: 1984-11-23Benson fixes Clayton up with a date, but the date is disgusted with Clayton's romance ploys and ""manners"".
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Episode 10 - Taking it to the Max
Release Date: 1984-11-30Benson is shocked when he tells his sister to be cautious with her ex boyfriend and doesn't listen.
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Episode 11 - The Reunion
Release Date: 1984-12-07Benson visits with his brother and Uncle who he hasn't seen in years.
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Episode 12 - Make War, Not Love
Release Date: 1984-12-14A Declaration of War is brought out among two fighting nations after Benson attends a Trade conference.
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Episode 13 - Home for Christmas
Release Date: 1984-12-21As he is walking on the sidewalk during a Christmas rush, he trips and falls. While he is unconscious, he dreams about Christmas with his mother (Beah Richards).
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Episode 14 - On the Road
Release Date: 1985-01-11Benson tries to investigate Kraus when she doesn't show up for a while. Kraus returns to acting and Benson disguises himelf as a limo driver to try and get her back.
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Episode 15 - Take This Job and Love It
Release Date: 1985-01-18Benson gets surrounded in red tape when he takes on the city mayor who pans to outlaw breakdancing in public places.
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Episode 16 - Making Change
Release Date: 1985-01-25Benson, the Governor, Kraus, and Clayton talk about people from their past who influenced their lives greatly.
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Episode 17 - Solid Gold
Release Date: 1985-02-01On a trip to Las Vegas, Benson meets the comic duo The Smothers Brothers.
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Episode 18 - The Oval Office
Release Date: 1985-02-08While being called in from President Reagan on account of a remark Benson made, Benson and the Governor reach The Oval Office, and while waiting for the President, the two get trapped in there.
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Episode 19 - Mid-life Cowboy
Release Date: 1985-02-15An exhausted Governor Gatling decides to play cowboy at a dude ranch to unwind.
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Episode 20 - Scenario
Release Date: 1985-02-22Benson, the Governor, and everyone in the mansion go to the bomb cellar to try and prepare for a nuclear attack against the United States.
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Episode 21 - Dubois: Portrait of a Politician
Release Date: 1985-03-15While the Governor is away on business, Benson is responsible for the work that needs to get done. In this particular case, Benson vetoes a bill that the Governor agreed to sign.
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Episode 22 - Katie's Cousin
Release Date: 1985-03-22Katie's wild and undisciplined cousin Laura persuades Katie to lie to her father about sleeping at a friends and really go to a bar to pick up College men. You know what really flies when Benson and Clayton go to the same bar to get a drink and see them. Benson confronts Katie that he won't tell on her, it's up to her to decide whether or not to tell her dad or not.
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Episode 23 - The Bookburner
Release Date: 1985-03-29Benson's tie-breaking vote on a school bill leads to a major conflict with a powerful senator and a book-burning incident.
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Episode 24 - Jung at Heart
Release Date: 1985-04-05When Clayton's name is passed over at the table of the Man of the Year Award, an award given by the Press, Clayton tries to capture Benson's personality so that he can win the award.