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Benson

Season 2 1980 - 1981

  • 1980-11-01T00:30:00Z on ABC
  • 30m
  • 11h (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1980-11-01T00:30:00Z

2x01 Thick as Thieves

Season Premiere

2x01 Thick as Thieves

  • 1980-11-01T00:30:00Z30m

Benson and Kraus are held hostage during a market robbery.

1980-11-08T00:30:00Z

2x02 Benson in the Hospital

2x02 Benson in the Hospital

  • 1980-11-08T00:30:00Z30m

Humor swipes the Governor's Mansion when Benson is hospitalized. Benson turns out to be their funniest patient ever. They realize that he has a strange malady that has all the doctors in question.

1980-11-15T00:30:00Z

2x03 Fool's Gold

2x03 Fool's Gold

  • 1980-11-15T00:30:00Z30m

After a press conference, Benson notices a strange difference in one side of the fire place. He tries to twist it so it is similar with the other side. When he twists the knob a secret map comes out which gives the staff gold fever. They go to the shed in back and frantically look for the gold.

1980-11-22T00:30:00Z

2x04 Masquerade

2x04 Masquerade

  • 1980-11-22T00:30:00Z30m

A priceless gold statue is brought to the mansion and some revolutionaries are after it. They replace the statue with a replica and they find out so they have to find a way to get the real statue back. They end up having to hide it in the bowl of punch.

1980-11-29T00:30:00Z

2x05 First Lady

2x05 First Lady

  • 1980-11-29T00:30:00Z30m

Katie is jealous when her father gives special treatment to a very important hostess which he calls Pretty Lilly. Katie fears that she may be losing him to her.

1980-12-13T00:30:00Z

2x06 Citizen Kraus

2x06 Citizen Kraus

  • 1980-12-13T00:30:00Z30m

Gretchen attends night classes in order to win her American citizenship. With a lot of hard work and achievement she fails the test. It seems that she remembers more when she's angry, so Benson and Marcy come with her. Benson then uses the anger strategy when she is failing. She gets angry and spews out answers that eventually win her her citizenship.

1980-12-20T00:30:00Z

2x07 Benson's Groupie

2x07 Benson's Groupie

  • 1980-12-20T00:30:00Z30m

Benson's summer romance follows him home at the same time important religious leaders visit the mansion. The main problem in this episode ia that she likes Benson so much, she'll try anything to ""win"" him over to her. She even threatens to disrupt the religious conference and get Benson fired.

1981-01-10T00:30:00Z

2x08 In High Places

2x08 In High Places

  • 1981-01-10T00:30:00Z30m

The pilot of the Governor's charter plane becomes ill and there is no co-pilot, so Benson tries to fly the plane himself.

1981-01-17T00:30:00Z

2x09 Old School Ties

2x09 Old School Ties

  • 1981-01-17T00:30:00Z30m

Libby, The Governor's sister thinks that Katie should be sent to a boarding school and the Governor sends her to one. The staff is crushed with the Governor taking his sister's advice.

1981-01-24T00:30:00Z

2x10 The Apartment

2x10 The Apartment

  • 1981-01-24T00:30:00Z30m

Wanting to be alone, Benson rents an apartment. Everybody though manages to know where he is.

1981-02-07T00:30:00Z

2x11 Big Buddy

2x11 Big Buddy

  • 1981-02-07T00:30:00Z30m

The press secretary hatches a new scheme and it involves Benson in a ""Big Buddy"" program.

1981-02-14T00:30:00Z

2x12 Fireside Chat

2x12 Fireside Chat

  • 1981-02-14T00:30:00Z30m

The Governor is scheduled to be on television, but a lover's quarrel between Marcy and Dan, (the producer of the Governor's telecast) end up bleeding to his telecast, ruining it as one can say. Benson himself has to get into this.

1981-02-21T00:30:00Z

2x13 Marcy's Wedding

2x13 Marcy's Wedding

  • 1981-02-21T00:30:00Z30m

Marcy is marrying Dan, a producer and Benson is responsible for the wedding plans. That is until Marcy's mother disrupts Benson's plans by butting in.

1981-02-28T00:30:00Z

2x14 Rivals

2x14 Rivals

  • 1981-02-28T00:30:00Z30m

Kraus' childhood enemy comes from Germany to visit her.

1981-03-07T00:30:00Z

2x15 No Sad Songs

2x15 No Sad Songs

  • 1981-03-07T00:30:00Z30m

Benson's mother comes to visit and everyone makes her feel welcome. Tender moments stir in this episode between Benson and his mother. Unfortunately Benson's mom passes away which leaves Benson very upset. The only thing that gives comfort to Benson was the faith his mother had in Jesus and when he asks the Lord to give him a sign, the taxicab driver recites the same words his mother taught him for so long. ""You've got to have faith""

1981-03-14T00:30:00Z

2x16 Clayton, Go Home

2x16 Clayton, Go Home

  • 1981-03-14T00:30:00Z30m

After receiving death threats, the Governor's new advisor, Clayton Endicott the 3rd moves into the mansion.

1981-03-21T00:30:00Z

2x17 Easy Kid Stuff

2x17 Easy Kid Stuff

  • 1981-03-21T00:30:00Z30m

After a boy breaks his arm by falling out of a tree, Benson has different feelings about becoming the boy's surrogate father.

1981-04-04T00:30:00Z

2x18 Homework

2x18 Homework

  • 1981-04-04T00:30:00Z30m

Katie tries to ""paint a picture"" of everyone in her household through an essay.

1981-04-11T00:30:00Z

2x19 Handwriting on the Wall

2x19 Handwriting on the Wall

  • 1981-04-11T00:30:00Z30m

Katie is suppose to write a school paper on her family, so she writes about certain situations that Benson, The Governor, Marcy, Pete, and Gretchen Kraus have all been in.

1981-05-08T23:30:00Z

2x20 The Governor's House Call

2x20 The Governor's House Call

  • 1981-05-08T23:30:00Z30m

The Governor, Benson and Clayton are trapped in a bordello with a muckraking columnist.

1981-05-15T23:30:00Z

2x21 All Shook Up

2x21 All Shook Up

  • 1981-05-15T23:30:00Z30m

An earthquake occurs and the Governor demmands strict rescue orders. One of those orders include Benson and Clayton hiding in the cellar which actually brings them to get along a little bit.

Season Finale

1981-05-22T23:30:00Z

2x22 Lifesaver

Season Finale

2x22 Lifesaver

  • 1981-05-22T23:30:00Z30m

Benson saves Kraus' life but wonders if he did the right thing when Kraus' appreciation goes way too far.

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