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Benson

Season 3 1981 - 1982

  • 1981-11-07T00:30:00Z on ABC
  • 30m
  • 11h (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1981-11-07T00:30:00Z

3x01 Benson's Appointment

Season Premiere

3x01 Benson's Appointment

  • 1981-11-07T00:30:00Z30m

The Governor tries to work out the struggles to make Benson the State Budget Director.

1981-11-14T00:30:00Z

3x02 The Grass Ain't Greener

3x02 The Grass Ain't Greener

  • 1981-11-14T00:30:00Z30m

Benson goes undercover to investigate conditions in a Prison.

1981-11-28T00:30:00Z

3x03 Sit-In

3x03 Sit-In

  • 1981-11-28T00:30:00Z30m

In Benson's office, a conductor holds a concert in protest. He would like to point out the musician's plight with the culture's subsides. Meanwhile Mary has her last working day with Benson.

1981-12-05T00:30:00Z

3x04 Double Exposure

3x04 Double Exposure

  • 1981-12-05T00:30:00Z30m

Benson must help an FBI agent uncover a bribe scandal, but as the job becomes more complicated, the Attourney office jumps in to accuse the corrupt politicians.

1981-12-12T00:30:00Z

3x05 The Lobbyist

3x05 The Lobbyist

  • 1981-12-12T00:30:00Z30m

Benson's lobbyist girlfriend approaches Benson with a project he approves, but the project bring Benson a bunch of charges of corruption.

1981-12-19T00:30:00Z

3x06 Stress

3x06 Stress

  • 1981-12-19T00:30:00Z30m

The Governor hold an encounter session with the staff.

1981-12-26T00:30:00Z

3x07 Rainbow's End

3x07 Rainbow's End

  • 1981-12-26T00:30:00Z30m

While Benson learns that his old flame (Rosalind Cash) is confined to a wheelchair, Clayton is trying to celebrate his birthday.

1982-01-09T00:30:00Z

3x08 Once in a Blue Moon

3x08 Once in a Blue Moon

  • 1982-01-09T00:30:00Z30m

Clayton is assaulted and Benson approves of tighter security at his expense. Meanwhile a ""being"" is claiming that starships are coming.

1982-01-16T00:30:00Z

3x09 Kraus Falls in Love

3x09 Kraus Falls in Love

  • 1982-01-16T00:30:00Z30m

Kraus falls in love with a man who is ineligible for her.

1982-01-23T00:30:00Z

3x10 Stocks & Options

3x10 Stocks & Options

  • 1982-01-23T00:30:00Z30m

Benson accepts some stock from Pete as a debt payment. He tells Denise this information and tells her not to tell anyone. She accidentally slips and tells Gretchen and Clayton and they invest in the stock too. Unfortunately when Pete gets the idea that his stock went up, he buys back the stock from Benson and Clayton and Kraus get an unfortunate end of the deal. The stock they bought was in a rubber ball factory, but they thought they were buying in a satellite investment.

1982-02-06T00:30:00Z

3x11 Kraus's Deadly Mistake

3x11 Kraus's Deadly Mistake

  • 1982-02-06T00:30:00Z30m

Kraus tries to live life to the absolute fullest after she gets the idea that she only has 6 months to live.

1982-02-13T00:30:00Z

3x12 Wild Irish Rose

3x12 Wild Irish Rose

  • 1982-02-13T00:30:00Z30m

The former Governor Mulligan pays his successor a visit. He intoroduces his hot niece Rose to the astonished present. Clayton is striked by her beauty and tries to ingratiate himself with her.

1982-02-20T00:30:00Z

3x13 Street Gangs

3x13 Street Gangs

  • 1982-02-20T00:30:00Z30m

Benson tries to help a street gang stay out of trouble by trying to bid for a job in the city which requires a government contract.

1982-02-27T00:30:00Z

3x14 Katie's Romance

3x14 Katie's Romance

  • 1982-02-27T00:30:00Z30m

Katie starts to have romantic feelings for Pete after he accompanies her to a gymnastics meet.

1982-03-06T00:30:00Z

3x15 Clayton's Condo

3x15 Clayton's Condo

  • 1982-03-06T00:30:00Z30m

Clayton ends up buying into an apartment building and at the same time Benson tries to get the landlord to fix the problems in his apartment. Benson also learns that the apartment complex that he lives in, is the apartment building Clayton just bought, so when Benson asks Clayton what he should do to take measures against a landlord, Clayton gives Benson the ammunition that would soon turn against his new landlord. Suddenly, Benson and Clayton threaten each other with lawsuits and when Clayton decides to tear it down, he learns that the complex is historical and comes to terms that Benson and the tennants won and that it would be a goldmine to keep running.

1982-03-13T00:30:00Z

3x16 Getting Even

3x16 Getting Even

  • 1982-03-13T00:30:00Z30m

When a wealthy investor seeks sexual favors from Denise more than contributing to the state, Benson steps in by pretending that Denise was murdered by the man himself and a big ""witness"" act is brought up which eventually puts fear into the man.

1982-03-20T00:30:00Z

3x17 Pete the Hero

3x17 Pete the Hero

  • 1982-03-20T00:30:00Z30m

Pete Begs Benson to borrow his car and when Benson finally let him, Pete comes back with the car totaled. Pete stopped a van with a couple of armed robbers using Benson's car. Everything looks great for Pete on account of his good deed, but nothing looks good for Benson who is not only out of a car, but who's insurance will not even pay for the damages. Finally, it's up to Pete, Benson, and a televised conference which may give Benson a chance to broadcast his way into coverage for his totaled car.

1982-03-27T00:30:00Z

3x18 In the Red

3x18 In the Red

  • 1982-03-27T00:30:00Z30m

Pete and Benson are captured by guerrillas when they visit an island.

1982-04-03T00:30:00Z

3x19 Teed Off

3x19 Teed Off

  • 1982-04-03T00:30:00Z30m

Benson, the Governor, Clayton, and Pete are at each others throats after playing a round of golf together.

1982-04-30T23:30:00Z

3x20 The Party's Over

3x20 The Party's Over

  • 1982-04-30T23:30:00Z30m

The Governor learns a lot about dirty politics when his party won't support his renomination.

1982-05-07T23:30:00Z

3x21 The Lumber Mill

3x21 The Lumber Mill

  • 1982-05-07T23:30:00Z30m

After visiting his old Lumber Mill, the Governor decides to run for re-election as an independant.

Season Finale

1982-05-14T23:30:00Z

3x22 Black Tuesday

Season Finale

3x22 Black Tuesday

  • 1982-05-14T23:30:00Z30m

The Governor's campaign comes to a hectic close and the election results show that he has lost.

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