Susan Harris
Director
Benson (1979)
Season 6
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
Released Sept. 13, 1979
Episode 30 min
10+
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Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, fuboTV
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - The Scandal
While going undercover, Benson learns that the Lieutenant Governor is accepting bribes from a construction company.
Sept. 21, 1984, midnight
S6E2 - The Inheritance
Benson finds it hard to believe that he is the sole heir to the Playbird magazine empire.
Sept. 28, 1984, midnight
S6E3 - Let's Get Physical
Benson's pleasure turns to panic when the attractive doctor who conducted his physical wants to meet him to discuss the results.
Oct. 12, 1984, midnight
S6E4 - The Campaign
After 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.""
Oct. 19, 1984, midnight
S6E5 - The Election
When Benson runs out of his campaign money, a benefactor arrives when things look darkest.
Oct. 26, 1984, midnight
S6E6 - Made in Hong Kong (1)
Benson, 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.
Nov. 2, 1984, midnight
S6E7 - Made in Hong Kong (2)
Benson, 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.
Nov. 9, 1984, midnight
S6E8 - Hello, We Must Be Going
Benson plans to have Kraus become Lieuteant Governor Benson's assistant. But things get screwed up when a nebbish with political clout is hired instead.
Nov. 16, 1984, midnight
S6E9 - Double Date
Benson fixes Clayton up with a date, but the date is disgusted with Clayton's romance ploys and ""manners"".
Nov. 23, 1984, midnight
S6E10 - Taking it to the Max
Benson is shocked when he tells his sister to be cautious with her ex boyfriend and doesn't listen.
Nov. 30, 1984, midnight
S6E11 - The Reunion
Benson visits with his brother and Uncle who he hasn't seen in years.
Dec. 7, 1984, midnight
S6E12 - Make War, Not Love
A Declaration of War is brought out among two fighting nations after Benson attends a Trade conference.
Dec. 14, 1984, midnight
S6E13 - Home for Christmas
As 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).
Dec. 21, 1984, midnight
S6E14 - On the Road
Benson 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.
Jan. 11, 1985, midnight
S6E15 - Take This Job and Love It
Benson gets surrounded in red tape when he takes on the city mayor who pans to outlaw breakdancing in public places.
Jan. 18, 1985, midnight
S6E16 - Making Change
Benson, the Governor, Kraus, and Clayton talk about people from their past who influenced their lives greatly.
Jan. 25, 1985, midnight
S6E17 - Solid Gold
On a trip to Las Vegas, Benson meets the comic duo The Smothers Brothers.
Feb. 1, 1985, midnight
S6E18 - The Oval Office
While 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.
Feb. 8, 1985, midnight
S6E19 - Mid-life Cowboy
An exhausted Governor Gatling decides to play cowboy at a dude ranch to unwind.
Feb. 15, 1985, midnight
S6E20 - Scenario
Benson, the Governor, and everyone in the mansion go to the bomb cellar to try and prepare for a nuclear attack against the United States.
Feb. 22, 1985, midnight
S6E21 - Dubois: Portrait of a Politician
While 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.
March 15, 1985, midnight
S6E22 - Katie's Cousin
Katie'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.
March 22, 1985, midnight
S6E23 - The Bookburner
Benson's tie-breaking vote on a school bill leads to a major conflict with a powerful senator and a book-burning incident.
March 29, 1985, midnight
S6E24 - Jung at Heart
When 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.
April 5, 1985, midnight
ABC
30 min/ep
4740 min
Sept. 13, 1979
April 19, 1986, midnight
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10+
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