Benson (1982)
Jessica Tate's sharp-tongued former butler, Benson DuBois, moves up in the world, becoming first the governor's "director of household affairs," then the state's budget director, then lieutenant governor and candidate for the executive mansion.
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Episode 1 - Band of Gold
Release Date: 16 Sep. 1983Denise and Pete have their dream wedding in a forest. Everything goes as planned, until it is time to leave the forest.
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Episode 2 - Human Element
Release Date: 23 Sep. 1983A robot is brought in to help the staff. Eventually everyone feels threatened. And it isn't long before it starts taking over and advising the Governor to make decisions based on logic without any regard for how it affects people.
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Episode 3 - God, I Need This Job
Release Date: 30 Sep. 1983Benson's working hard working with the public utilities office and everyone is worried about him, especially when he claims he has visions of his former boss's ghost. Jessica Tate needs to do a good deed in order to get into heaven.
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Episode 4 - Who's Arnold?
Release Date: 7 Oct. 1983While Benson is on vacation, Kraus house-sits for him. Kraus' mother visits and wants to see her husband. When Benson returns home early, he has to pretend to be Arnold. Then, Kraus pretends to be pregnant.
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Episode 5 - Full Court Press
Release Date: 21 Oct. 1983Katie interviews Benson for her school paper and overhears Benson and Clayton arguing about expenses. Benson tells Clayton he is a crook. Katie's story is printed and spreads to the main press papers. Denise finds out she is pregnant.
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Episode 6 - Down the Drain
Release Date: 28 Oct. 1983The plumber who fixes the plumbing problems at the Governor's Mansion is a crotchety old man. Benson asks him to fix the sink at his own place that day before a party. When people show up for the party, the plumber is still there - but dead
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Episode 7 - It Ain't Sheik
Release Date: 4 Nov. 1983Kraus has her hands full when a visiting sheik is infatuated with her. The sheik says he will provide financial help to the state but wants Kraus to return with him to his country.
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Episode 8 - You Can't Give It Away
Release Date: 11 Nov. 1983Pete gets Benson an interview on a talk show to discuss some of his political stands. It is a cooking show with a bubbly host. They talk about the state lottery and she gets him to say if he won, he would give away the money. He wins.
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Episode 9 - Katie's Cookies
Release Date: 18 Nov. 1983Benson has to testify in court against some rough criminals who threaten anyone who speaks out against them. Also, Katie has to sell cookies for a fund raiser for her group.
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Episode 10 - Labor Pains
Release Date: 25 Nov. 1983Benson meets with union management to work on a new contract. That night a friend asks Benson to babysit for a few hours. Due to a snow storm, the parents cannot pick up the baby; Benson has to take the baby to work and the contract signing
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Episode 11 - Unlisted Love
Release Date: 2 Dec. 1983The governor and his team are upset that Senator Tyler is appointed to an appropriations committee. Trying to make the best of it, they meet at a dinner party. When Tyler makes a pass at the governor's date, she dumps her drink on him.
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Episode 12 - The Governor's Brain Is Missing
Release Date: 16 Dec. 1983A man from the government tells the Governor he has to go to a important and confidential meeting. After he leaves, the man brings in a man who's a dead ringer for the Governor and he assumes the Governor's duties. Eventually some of the staff notices some changes in the Governor, especially Krauss. So when the double learns of this, he tells the man who then tells him to fire Krauss which he does. That's when Krauss and Benson work together to find out what's going on. And when the real Governor returns, things get complicated.
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Episode 13 - A Real Gone Daddy
Release Date: 23 Dec. 1983Pete's alma mater is giving Benson an honorary degree, so they travel to Florida with the governor. While there, Pete has memories of his carefree days of bachelorhood and begins to think he won't make a good father.
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Episode 14 - Too Pooped to Pip
Release Date: 6 Jan. 1984Gladys Knight and the Pips are in town, and Benson tells everyone he will get them to sing at a telethon the governor is holding for a fund raiser. The governor is getting the Rats and Cats act.
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Episode 15 - In All the Wrong Places
Release Date: 13 Jan. 1984Katie and her friend Winston are planning the upcoming school dance. Winston gets the idea that Benson would be a perfect match for his widowed mother. Meanwhile, Kraus is on edge, thinking Clayton wants to kill her.
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Episode 16 - Embarrassing Moments
Release Date: 20 Jan. 1984Pete arranges for a photo shoot for Benson who has been voted Bachelor of the Month. At first reluctant, when Benson sees the photographer, he wants to spend more time with her.
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Episode 17 - Take My Life, Please
Release Date: 27 Jan. 1984Benson is surprised when he is declared a security risk when the president is scheduled to visit the governor.
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Episode 18 - Beauty and the Beef
Release Date: 3 Feb. 1984Pete gets Benson a job as a judge for a local beauty pageant. Will he be influenced by others to pick a winner?
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Episode 19 - We Deliver
Release Date: 24 Feb. 1984Denise goes into labor while Pete is out of the office. Benson and the governor get Denise to the hospital, but only as far as the elevator.
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Episode 20 - The Endicott Dynasty
Release Date: 2 Mar. 1984Clayton brags that his father is going to name him as the new manager of the family business. While his father is looking for a successor, it is not Clayton that he wants.
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Episode 21 - The Little Hotel That Could
Release Date: 9 Mar. 1984Kraus talks Benson into helping her save an old historic hotel from destruction.
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Episode 22 - Let's Play Doctor
Release Date: 4 May 1984Benson tries to get a doctor who works in an inner city clinic honored for his work but the man refuses. However Benson pushes and learns why he doesn't want it.