Benson (1979)

In the pilot of this spinoff series of Soap, Benson, the Butler of Jessica Tate helps out her cousin Gene Gatling, who is the Governor of t…

Katie attends a controversial rock concert, even though her father forbid her to go and had Benson watch her. Now the question is, who will…

Governor Gatling goes with African president Ukassi to a dinner. The African president becomes a victim of an assasination attempt and whil…

Benson meets an attrative woman in the mansion and asks her out, not knowing she is a senator.

The Governor is faced with a family problem. Should he go see his daughter in her school play as he promised, or should he accept a very im…

Benson is forced to lay off some staff members when the Governor makes a campaign to cut ""unecessary"" spending. Katie resents Benson when…

Governor Gatling wants the staff to join him on his little vacation to a snow cottage. Benson agrees when he learns that Kraus will not att…

Jessica Tate visits and she gets involved in a scandal. She falls in love with the French Baron who is visiting and all of a sudden he dies…

A bad remark about a senator gets aired out and the staff is in trouble. They have to find who blabbed before more damaging information get…

Benson's old army buddy Eddie visits and him and Marcy hit it off after Benson introduces him to single Marcy. The problem is that Eddie is…

Very mysterious things happen in the Governor's mansion. Kraus panicks and says that the house is haunted. They have a seance and find out…

Taylor quits being the advisor to Governor Gatling and decides to run for a public office. The Governor starts to need Taylor back when he…

The domestic workers demand more money and Benson grants their requests to give them a raise. The blue-collar people go on strike after Gov…

Governor Gatling is trying to get Howard Walker, the entrepreneur to settle his new factory in his constituency. Benson on his own tries no…

The Governor gets sick and has to stay in bed. Ed, his younger replacement takes advantage of the position and responsibilities of Governor…

Somebody bugged the mansion and Benson tries to find out who by trapping them inside. It turned out that Taylor's lover, who was inside the…

Kraus falls for the Butcher, but she loses her self-confidence asking him out.

An 11 year old Soviet is brought to the mansion for a professional chess tournament. While the boy is homesick and wanting to be out of the…

Just before a very important banquet with guests, Benson and Kraus go in the old storage room to look for something and the door shuts on t…

The Governor's loudmouth father comes to visit and wreaks havoc among the staff. Benson then gets so fed up with the arrogance and the idea…

A load of dead fish and sludge is delivered to the Mansion by a conservationist.

Wanting to know how the ""little people"" really feel about politics and their real needs, Governor Gatling and Benson visit a mangy bar to…

Benson, a war veteran suspicious when he is told to report for an ""evaluation."" It seems that on their record, Benson Dubois died in the…

Marcy is going on vacation and she gets worried that Lorraine, her replacement may do a better job than she does and get dismissed for good.