The BEST Episodes of Benson

Robert Guillaume stars as Benson Dubois, assistant to his state's governor, in this "Soap" spinoff.

#1 - One Strike, You're Out

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired Dec 27, 1979

With the mansion's domestic workers on strike, the staff must take on all of the household duties.

8.94

36 votes

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#2 - Chain of Command

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired Jan 10, 1980

With the governor ill, the irritating lieutenant governor makes a play for power that the staff tries to thwart.

8.86

7 votes

Directors: Asaad Kelada

Writers: Tom Reeder

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#3 - Just Friends

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired Jan 3, 1980

The governor woos a powerful businessman whose wife is Benson's old flame.

8.81

36 votes

Directors: John Bowab

Writers: Bob Colleary

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#4 - Kraus Affair

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired Jan 31, 1980

Kraus has a crush on the butcher and needs help from Benson and Marcy to reel him in.

8.80

5 votes

Directors: Mitch Markowitz, Tony Mordente

Writers: Jeff Levin, Rick McCurdy

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#5 - No Sad Songs

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired Mar 6, 1981

Benson grieves the loss of his mother.

8.60

5 votes

Directors: John Rich

Writers: Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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#6 - First Lady

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Nov 28, 1980

Katie believes her father is going to remarry without having told her first.

8.50

2 votes

Directors: John Rich

Writers: Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman

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#7 - Easy Kid Stuff

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired Mar 20, 1981

Benson struggles with the challenge of being a substitute father for a needy boy.

8.50

2 votes

Directors: John Rich

Writers: Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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#8 - The President's Double

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Sep 27, 1979

When a visiting African president is incapacitated, Benson steps into the role and is targeted by assassins.

8.44

63 votes

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#9 - Fool's Gold

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Nov 14, 1980

The staff goes on a frantic search for gold that may be hidden in the mansion.

8.33

3 votes

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#10 - Change (Pilot)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired Sep 13, 1979

Benson comes to work for Governor Gatling and helps find a way for a bridge to be built without killing beavers.

8.32

91 votes

Directors: Jay Sandrich

Writers: Susan Harris

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#11 - Trust Me

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Sep 20, 1979

Katie sneaks off to a rock concert while under Benson's watch.

8.31

65 votes

Directors: Lee Maddux, Peter Baldwin

Writers: Lee Maddux, Tom Reeder

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#12 - Bugging the Governor

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired Jan 24, 1980

When hidden microphones are found in the mansion, the staff plots to find the perpetrators.

8.25

8 votes

Directors: Asaad Kelada

Writers: Bernard Dilbert

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#13 - Conflict of Interest

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired Oct 18, 1979

Governor Gatling is torn between attending Katie's school play and accepting an important political invitation.

8.24

21 votes

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#14 - Ghost Story

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Dec 6, 1979

Thinking the mansion is haunted, the staff holds a seance.

8.18

11 votes

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#15 - The Army Wants You

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired May 1, 1980

Benson learns that his military unit was the subject of germ warfare testing.

8.13

8 votes

Directors: Tony Mordente

Writers: Paul J. Raley

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#16 - Checkmate

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired Feb 7, 1980

A young Soviet chess prodigy hides in Katie's room and nearly causes an international incident.

8.00

8 votes

Directors: Louis Coppola, Mark Barkan, Tony Mordente

Writers: Bob Colleary, Tom Reeder

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#17 - Citizen Kraus

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired Dec 12, 1980

Miss Kraus seeks to become an American citizen.

8.00

3 votes

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#18 - In High Places

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Jan 9, 1981

The governor must take the reins of a plane when the pilot dies during the flight.

8.00

2 votes

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#19 - The Party's Over

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired Apr 30, 1982

The governor learns his party won't support his renomination.

8.00

1 votes

Directors: John Rich

Writers:

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#20 - Black Tuesday

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired May 14, 1982

The governor's reelection campaign appears to have ended in failure.

8.00

2 votes

Directors: John Rich

Writers: Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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#21 - Death in a Funny Position (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired Oct 22, 1982

A yacht cruise becomes a murder mystery when the owner of the boat is stabbed to death.

8.00

1 votes

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#22 - What a Revoltin' Development

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 29, 1982

While attending a conference in Latin America, Benson and Pete are kidnapped by revolutionaries.

8.00

1 votes

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#23 - Teacher's Pest

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired Nov 19, 1982

Benson tutors Kraus in economics to prepare her for a test.

8.00

1 votes

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#24 - The Royal Painting

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired Jan 28, 1983

A former street gang is hired to paint the mansion for the visiting Queen of England.

8.00

1 votes

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#25 - Kraus Sings the Blues

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired Mar 4, 1983

Benson hosts a telethon and lets Kraus sing when other acts cancel out.

8.00

1 votes

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