Benson
Checkmate
Season 1, Episode 18 · Aired 1980-02-07
Synopsis
A young Soviet chess prodigy hides in Katie's room and nearly causes an international incident.
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