Benson
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1979-09-13
Synopsis
Benson comes to work for Governor Gatling and helps find a way for a bridge to be built without killing beavers.
In the series
This episode is part of Benson (1979–1986) on ABC.
Soap's butler takes the statehouse — deadpan competence vs. political chaos.
Key cast
- Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois
- James Noble as Governor Eugene Gatling
- Inga Swenson as Gretchen Kraus
- Missy Gold as Katie Gatling
- René Auberjonois as Clayton Endicott III