Butler Benson DuBois is the smartest (and possibly only sane) member of widowed Gov. Eugene Gatling's household staff. Benson always manages to keep his head, no matter what the staffers or the governor's family members throw at him. He begins his post on loan from his employer, Jessica Tate on the show "Soap," but soon wins a permanent place in the governor's staff and heart. His cool head and keen intellect are a perfect complement for the constant craziness that surrounds Gov. Gatling and his entourage.
Clayton's father selects Benson to run his business empire.
Denise goes into labor while trapped in an elevator with Benson and the governor.
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The governor woos a powerful businessman whose wife is Benson's old flame.
Kraus has a crush on the butcher and needs help from Benson and Marcy to reel him in.
With the governor ill, the irritating lieutenant governor makes a play for power that the staff tries to thwart.
When a visiting African president is incapacitated, Benson steps into the role and is targeted by assassins.
A young Soviet chess prodigy hides in Katie's room and nearly causes an international incident.
Katie believes her father is going to remarry without having told her first.
The governor must take the reins of a plane when the pilot dies during the flight.
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Benson comes to work for Governor Gatling and helps find a way for a bridge to be built without killing beavers.
Katie sneaks off to a rock concert while under Benson's watch.
Benson grieves the loss of his mother.
Thinking the mansion is haunted, the staff holds a seance.
Governor Gatling is torn between attending Katie's school play and accepting an important political invitation.
When hidden microphones are found in the mansion, the staff plots to find the perpetrators.
Benson judges a beauty pageant and must resist the persuasive pleas of both Clayton and Governor Gatling.
Benson is pronounced "Bachelor of the Month" by a magazine.
When a ladder falls, Benson and the governor are trapped on the roof of the mansion.
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