Benson
Chain of Command
Season 1, Episode 15 · Aired 1980-01-10
Synopsis
With the governor ill, the irritating lieutenant governor makes a play for power that the staff tries to thwart.
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