6.9/1042 votes#1 - Death in a Funny Position (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/1982
A yacht cruise becomes a murder mystery when the owner of the boat is stabbed to death.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 6.5/1039 votes
#2 - Death in a Funny Position (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1982
Murders abound on a working vacation aboard a yacht, but Benson saves the day.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 6.8/1033 votes
#3 - What a Revoltin' Development
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1031 votes
#4 - Thy Brother's Keeper
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1982
Benson's younger brother visits him at the same time an important report is due.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1030 votes
#5 - Quest for Retire
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1982
Charlie, the mansion's gardener, is about to retire. Charlie wants to still work, so he tries to get Benson's help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1030 votes
#6 - Teacher's Pest
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1039 votes
#7 - Benson's Army Reunion
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1031 votes
#8 - Benson's New Home
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1026 votes
#9 - Crimes of the Hearth
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1982
When Benson's condo is robbed, he finds out that it won't be easy to catch the crooks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1038 votes
#10 - Mary and Her Lambs
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1982
It's Christmas time and Benson helps an assistant cook keep her foster children.
Director: Rob Dames
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1031 votes
#11 - Pen Pal
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1982
Kraus' pen pal, who is an Ex-convict, visits her hoping for a job, which disrupts the execitive mansion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1035 votes
#12 - The Honeymooners
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1032 votes
#13 - Close Encounters on the Third Hole
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1983
While Benson and the Governor are playing golf, a UFO shows up.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#14 - Katie's Boyfriend
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1983
The Governor allows Katie to go on her 1st date aside from the rise of an ecomonic crisis.
Director: Mark Warren
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1027 votes
#15 - The Royal Painting
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1983
A former street gang is hired to paint the mansion for the visiting Queen of England.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1033 votes
#16 - Boy's Night Out
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1031 votes
#17 - Family Tree
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1983
When an aunt dies, Benson and Clayton, learn that they might be related to each other.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1030 votes
#18 - Calamity Kraus
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1983
Kraus pretends to be a wealthy heiress to keep a manufacturing plant in the state.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1029 votes
#19 - Kraus Sings the Blues
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1983
Benson hosts a telethon and lets Kraus sing when other acts cancel out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1032 votes
#20 - Half-Court Trap
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1983
Benson learns that his nephew, a basketball star, can hardly reador write.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1032 votes
#21 - A View From the Roof
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1983
Benson and the Governor try putting an antenna on the roof, but the ladder falls and the two get trapped up there.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1031 votes
#22 - Love in a Funny Phase
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1983
Benson is upset when his girlfriend Jennifer, decides to date other men.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
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A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Death in a Funny Position (1)" is the best rated episode of "Benson" season 4. It scored 6.9/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Rob Dames, Bob Fraser, it aired on 10/22/1982. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Death in a Funny Position (2)".