Ethan Phillips as Pete Downey

Episodes 88

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Thick as Thieves

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October 31, 198030m
2x1

Benson and Kraus are held hostage during a market robbery.

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Benson in the Hospital

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November 7, 198030m
2x2

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.

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Fool's Gold

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November 14, 198030m
2x3

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.

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Masquerade

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November 21, 198030m
2x4

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.

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First Lady

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November 28, 198030m
2x5

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.

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Citizen Kraus

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December 12, 198030m
2x6

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.

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Benson's Groupie

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December 19, 198030m
2x7

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.

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In High Places

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January 9, 198130m
2x8

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

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Old School Ties

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January 16, 198130m
2x9

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.

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The Apartment

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January 23, 198130m
2x10

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

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Big Buddy

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February 6, 198130m
2x11

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

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Fireside Chat

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February 13, 198130m
2x12

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.

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Marcy's Wedding

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February 20, 198130m
2x13

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.

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Rivals

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February 27, 198130m
2x14

Kraus' childhood enemy comes from Germany to visit her.

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No Sad Songs

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March 6, 198130m
2x15

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""

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Clayton, Go Home

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March 13, 198130m
2x16

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

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Easy Kid Stuff

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March 20, 198130m
2x17

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

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Homework

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April 3, 198130m
2x18

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

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Handwriting on the Wall

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April 10, 198130m
2x19

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.

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The Governor's House Call

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May 8, 198130m
2x20

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

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All Shook Up

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May 15, 198130m
2x21

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.

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Lifesaver

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Season Finale
May 22, 198130m
2x22

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

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Benson's Appointment

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November 6, 198130m
3x1

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

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The Grass Ain't Greener

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November 13, 198130m
3x2

Benson goes undercover to investigate conditions in a Prison.

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Sit-In

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November 27, 198130m
3x3

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.

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Double Exposure

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December 4, 198130m
3x4

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.

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The Lobbyist

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December 11, 198130m
3x5

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

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Stress

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December 18, 198130m
3x6

The Governor hold an encounter session with the staff.

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Rainbow's End

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December 25, 198130m
3x7

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

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Once in a Blue Moon

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January 8, 198230m
3x8

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

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Kraus Falls in Love

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January 15, 198230m
3x9

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

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Stocks & Options

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January 22, 198230m
3x10

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.

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Kraus's Deadly Mistake

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February 5, 198230m
3x11

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

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Wild Irish Rose

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February 12, 198230m
3x12

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.

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Street Gangs

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February 19, 198230m
3x13

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.

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Katie's Romance

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February 26, 198230m
3x14

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

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Clayton's Condo

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March 5, 198230m
3x15

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.

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Getting Even

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March 12, 198230m
3x16

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.

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Pete the Hero

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March 19, 198230m
3x17

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.

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In the Red

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March 26, 198230m
3x18

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

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Teed Off

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April 2, 198230m
3x19

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

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The Party's Over

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April 30, 198230m
3x20

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

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The Lumber Mill

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May 7, 198230m
3x21

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

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Black Tuesday

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Season Finale
May 14, 198230m
3x22

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

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Death in a Funny Position (1)

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October 22, 198230m
4x1

A yacht cruise becomes a murder mystery when the owner of the boat is stabbed to death.

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Death in a Funny Position (2)

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October 22, 198230m
4x2

Murders abound on a working vacation aboard a yacht, but Benson saves the day.

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What a Revoltin' Development

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October 29, 198230m
4x3

While attending a conference in Latin America, Benson and Pete are kidnapped by revolutionaries. In exchange, they want 6 United States fighter jets in their possession.

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Thy Brother's Keeper

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November 5, 198230m
4x4

Benson's younger brother visits him at the same time an important report is due.

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Quest for Retire

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November 12, 198230m
4x5

Charlie, the mansion's gardener, is about to retire. Charlie wants to still work, so he tries to get Benson's help.

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Teacher's Pest

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November 19, 198230m
4x6

Benson must pass an economics test to keep her job, but when she finds out that Benson is going to be her teacher, she thinks that it's hopeless.

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Benson's Army Reunion

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November 26, 198230m
4x7

Benson holds an army reunion and hatred surfaces when Kim, a Korean kid they befriended during the war, turns out to me a successful mulit-millionaire.

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Benson's New Home

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December 3, 198230m
4x8

Benson buys a house from a shady real estate salesman and since the house has so many major problems, Benson tries to get him to renovate it.

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Crimes of the Hearth

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December 10, 198230m
4x9

When Benson's condo is robbed, he finds out that it won't be easy to catch the crooks.

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Mary and Her Lambs

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December 17, 198230m
4x10

It's Christmas time and Benson helps an assistant cook keep her foster children.

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Pen Pal

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December 31, 198230m
4x11

Kraus' pen pal, who is an Ex-convict, visits her hoping for a job, which disrupts the execitive mansion.

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The Honeymooners

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January 7, 198330m
4x12

Kraus is about to get married. But when he can't make it, Benson plays as a substitute and ends up really getting married to Kraus. What makes him married to Kraus is the fact that he signed the marriage license and didn't sign her real husband-to-be's name on the license.

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Close Encounters on the Third Hole

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January 14, 198330m
4x13

While Benson and the Governor are playing golf, a UFO shows up.

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Katie's Boyfriend

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January 21, 198330m
4x14

The Governor allows Katie to go on her 1st date aside from the rise of an ecomonic crisis.

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The Royal Painting

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January 28, 198330m
4x15

A former street gang is hired to paint the mansion for the visiting Queen of England.

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Boy's Night Out

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February 4, 198330m
4x16

The men come to Benson's house to swap stories, play cards, and watch tv. Also, the Governor is a little disappointed at Benson for vetoing a legislative bill he was for.

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Family Tree

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February 18, 198330m
4x17

When an aunt dies, Benson and Clayton, learn that they might be related to each other.

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Calamity Kraus

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February 25, 198330m
4x18

Kraus pretends to be a wealthy heiress to keep a manufacturing plant in the state.

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Kraus Sings the Blues

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March 4, 198330m
4x19

Benson hosts a telethon and lets Kraus sing when other acts cancel out.

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Half-Court Trap

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March 11, 198330m
4x20

Benson learns that his nephew, a basketball star, can hardly reador write.

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A View From the Roof

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March 18, 198330m
4x21

Benson and the Governor try putting an antenna on the roof, but the ladder falls and the two get trapped up there.

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Love in a Funny Phase

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Season Finale
March 31, 198330m
4x22

Benson is upset when his girlfriend Jennifer, decides to date other men.

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Band of Gold

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September 16, 198330m
5x1

In the 5th season opener, Denise and Pete are about to get married in the woods, but trouble arises when Pete forgets to put gasin the car and him, Benson, Denise and Kraus are are stranded. They then have to find a way to cicilization so they steal the minister's gasoline can and take off.

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Human Element

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September 23, 198330m
5x2

G.I. operatives replace Gene with a double.

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God, I Need This Job

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September 30, 198330m
5x3

Everyone thinks that Benson is out of it when he sees, hears, and talks to Jessica Tate's ghost.

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Who's Arnold?

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October 7, 198330m
5x4

Benson poses as Kraus' husband when her mother visits from Germany.

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Full Court Press

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October 21, 198330m
5x5

Katie is assigned to write a report about what goes on in the mansion and she starts to wrie about Benson and Clayton exchanging insults. Anyway Clayton feels that Benson has insulted him one last time and the case goes to court.

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Down the Drain

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October 28, 198330m
5x6

Plumbing problems at Benson's flat causes him to calling a crotchety old workman to fix his sink, but something unexpected happens to the plumber.

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It Ain't Sheik

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November 4, 198330m
5x7

Benson gets the annoyng assigment of convncing a sheik to act on a multi-million dollar headquarter complex and his passionate advances toward Kraus.

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You Can't Give It Away

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November 11, 198330m
5x8

Benson wins the state lottery but loses it all because he accidentally said that he would donate it to charity on a television program.

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Katie's Cookies

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November 18, 198330m
5x9

Benson helps Katie win a cookie contest while he's suppose to testify against the mob.

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Labor Pains

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November 25, 198330m
5x10

While Benson's neigbor is trapped in a snowstorm, Benson must take care of his baby for longer than he expected to.

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Unlisted Love

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December 2, 198330m
5x11

The Governor meets the woman he had a crush on in high school, so Benson tries to fix the two up.

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The Governor's Brain is Missing

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December 16, 198330m
5x12

G.I. operatives replece Governor Gatling with a double.

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A Real Gone Daddy

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December 23, 198330m
5x13

Winston, one of Katie's classmates tries to set Benson up with his widowed mother.

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Too Pooped to Pip

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January 6, 198430m
5x14

Benson tries hard toget Gladys Knight and the pips to perform at a telethon.

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In All the Wrong Places

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January 13, 198430m
5x15

Benson and Governor Gatling are surprised at Pete, who reverted back to his youth.

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Embarrassing Moments

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January 20, 198430m
5x16

Benson is named Citywide Magazine's ""Bachelor of the Month"", but the female response threatens his romnce with the photographer.

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Take My Life, Please

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January 27, 198430m
5x17

When the visiting President orders a security check of all the emloyees at the mansion, Benson is labeled as a spy.

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Beauty and the Beef

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February 3, 198430m
5x18

When Benson judges a beauty pageant, Clayton and Governor Gatling try to sway the vote in their direction.

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We Deliver

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February 24, 198430m
5x19

While Denise is about to give birth, Denise, Benson, and the Governor get stuck in an elevator.

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The Endicott Dynasty

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March 2, 198430m
5x20

Clayton gets upset when his father chooses Benson to run his empire after he dies.

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The Little Hotel That Could

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March 9, 198430m
5x21

Kraus nags Benson in joining her to save an old hotel from being torn down and when Kraus uses extreme measures that could be dangerous to their lives, Benson seems to have no choice in the matter.

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Let's Play Doctor

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Season Finale
May 4, 198430m
5x22

Benson learns that a crusty old medic does not have a medical license and when that man is up for the governor's Humanitarin Award, he wants none of the credit.

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