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A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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Episode 1
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 the state. Benson's first escapade lands him into finding a way for a huge company to build their new bridge without killing beavers. His success in this idea seems to land him a ""trial offer"" for this new job.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Susan HarrisGuest stars Norman Bartold
Episode 2
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 get home in time? The Governor or Katie? Benson, afraid Katie will not come home in time applies for another job in the meantime.
Directed by Peter BaldwinWritten by Lee MadduxGuest stars René Enríquez
Episode 3
Governor Gatling goes with African president Ukassi to a dinner. The African president becomes a victim of an assasination attempt and while his wounds get worse, Benson plays the part of the African president. The problem is that the assasins want that president dead and they have their desires on killing him not knowing that it's Benson.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Mel Stewart
Episode 4
Benson meets an attrative woman in the mansion and asks her out, not knowing she is a senator.
Directed by Peter BaldwinGuest stars Beverly Todd
Episode 5
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 important political invitation that is scheduled for the same night? The Governor decides he has to attend the political meeting and Benson has to stand in.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Paul Wayne
Episode 6
Benson is forced to lay off some staff members when the Governor makes a campaign to cut ""unecessary"" spending. Katie resents Benson when he has to fire the sweet woman who lightens up everyone's day.
Directed by Peter BaldwinGuest stars Meg Wyllie, Larry Hankin
Episode 7
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 attend. Later Kraus changes her mind and Benson has to live with it. He has to live with it harder when the staff gets snowed in.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Susan HarrisGuest stars Jerry Houser
Episode 8
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. It's now up to Benson and Jessica to try to fool a crowd of media that he is still alive and departing the Hotel he's staying at without them knowing and connecting Jessica with the death.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Katherine Helmond
Episode 9
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 gets out.
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Episode 10
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 a married man and Benson didn't know that.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Michael WeinbergerGuest stars Mark Goddard
Episode 11
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 that the ghost was a goveror who was murdered a long time ago. The reason he is haunting the mansion is because the man who murdered that Governor was going to be honored by Gov. Gatling with a memorial street named after him.
Directed by Tony Mordente
Episode 12
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 can't manage his own political responsibilities.
Where to watch BensonEpisode 13
The domestic workers demand more money and Benson grants their requests to give them a raise. The blue-collar people go on strike after Governor Gatling refuses their plea. At the same time, very important people come to dinner and Benson has to do all the duties. He does all he can do, and with his smarts he turns it into a disaster so that they can get a taste of what it's like not to have them.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars René Enríquez, G.W. Bailey, Robert Karnes
Episode 14
Governor Gatling is trying to get Howard Walker, the entrepreneur to settle his new factory in his constituency. Benson on his own tries not to let this go through because him and Howard's wife had a love affair years ago.
Guest stars Denise Nicholas, Roscoe Lee Browne
Episode 15
The Governor gets sick and has to stay in bed. Ed, his younger replacement takes advantage of the position and responsibilities of Governor too far. Ed tries to become the permanent replacement for the Governor. Benson catches this and tries to stop it.
Directed by Asaad KeladaGuest stars David Ruprecht
Episode 16
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 mansion before, dispensed all equipment in the building.
Directed by Asaad KeladaWritten by Bernard DilbertGuest stars Joel Brooks, Richard Stahl
Episode 17
Kraus falls for the Butcher, but she loses her self-confidence asking him out.
Directed by Tony MordenteGuest stars Stephen Pearlman
Episode 18
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 public's eye, he sees Katie who hides him in her room. All hell breaks loose when the Soviets can't find him and accuses the US staff of kidnapping him. The Soviets then threaten war if the boy is not returned.
Directed by Tony MordenteGuest stars Meeno Peluce, Michael Bell
Episode 19
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 them. With minimal healthy air and a freezing temperature Benson and Kraus have to find themselves a way out. Benson risks it all when he starts a fire near an old heat duct and the mansion fills with smoke. That is the way the firemen tracked them.
Where to watch BensonEpisode 20
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 of the father breathing down his son's back that he traps him in the kitchen. Benson supervises him until the Governor's speech is over.
Guest stars David Huddleston
Episode 21
A load of dead fish and sludge is delivered to the Mansion by a conservationist.
Guest stars Art Metrano
Episode 22
Wanting to know how the ""little people"" really feel about politics and their real needs, Governor Gatling and Benson visit a mangy bar to talk to the constituents but land in trouble when a man picks a fight with Gatling at the bar, not knowing who he is.
Directed by Tony MordenteWritten by Wally Dalton, Shelley ZellmanGuest stars Kene Holliday, Ralph Manza, G.W. Bailey, Joy Garrett, Les Lannom, George Pentecost
Episode 23
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 Korean war, so treating Benson like some kind of a spy or something, the Fed's watch and follow his every move. Even the staff is trying to link spydom with his work habits.
Directed by Tony MordenteWritten by Paul RaleyGuest stars Marshall Thompson, Raymond Singer, Anthony Charnota
Episode 24
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.
Directed by Don BarnhartWritten by Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer
Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
Robert GuillaumeBenson DuBois
James NobleEugene Gatling
Inga SwensonGretchen Kraus
Caroline McWilliamsMarcy Hill
Missy GoldKatie Gatling
Ethan PhillipsPete Downey
Didi ConnDenise Stevens
Lewis J. StadlenJohn Taylor
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