7.9/1040 votes#1 - Thick as Thieves
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1980
Benson and Kraus are held hostage during a market robbery.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 7.8/1043 votes
#2 - Benson in the Hospital
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/1980
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1050 votes
#3 - Fool's Gold
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/1980
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Tom Whedon, Bob Colleary
- 7.6/1037 votes
#4 - Masquerade
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1980
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1040 votes
#5 - First Lady
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/1980
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer
- 7.6/1049 votes
#6 - Citizen Kraus
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1980
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Bud Slocomb, Len Riley
- 6.6/1051 votes
#7 - Benson's Groupie
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1980
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 7.9/1040 votes
#8 - In High Places
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/9/1981
The pilot of the Governor's charter plane becomes ill and there is no co-pilot, so Benson tries to fly the plane himself.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1039 votes
#9 - Old School Ties
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/16/1981
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 6.7/1037 votes
#10 - The Apartment
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/23/1981
Wanting to be alone, Benson rents an apartment. Everybody though manages to know where he is.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer
- 7.6/1040 votes
#11 - Big Buddy
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/1981
The press secretary hatches a new scheme and it involves Benson in a ""Big Buddy"" program.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 6.8/1043 votes
#12 - Fireside Chat
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/1981
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.1/1046 votes
#13 - Marcy's Wedding
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1981
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1043 votes
#14 - Rivals
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1981
Kraus' childhood enemy comes from Germany to visit her.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer
- 8.8/1053 votes
#15 - No Sad Songs
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/1981
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""
Director: John Rich
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 8.1/1032 votes
#16 - Clayton, Go Home
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/1981
After receiving death threats, the Governor's new advisor, Clayton Endicott the 3rd moves into the mansion.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.2/1038 votes
#17 - Easy Kid Stuff
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/1981
After a boy breaks his arm by falling out of a tree, Benson has different feelings about becoming the boy's surrogate father.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 7.1/1037 votes
#18 - Homework
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1981
Katie tries to ""paint a picture"" of everyone in her household through an essay.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer
- 7.3/1032 votes
#19 - Handwriting on the Wall
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/1981
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1042 votes
#20 - The Governor's House Call
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1981
The Governor, Benson and Clayton are trapped in a bordello with a muckraking columnist.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.4/1039 votes
#21 - All Shook Up
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/1981
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.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 7.5/1035 votes
#22 - Lifesaver
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1981
Benson saves Kraus' life but wonders if he did the right thing when Kraus' appreciation goes way too far.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
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A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Thick as Thieves" is the best rated episode of "Benson" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Rob Dames, Bob Fraser, it aired on 10/31/1980. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Benson in the Hospital".