The Best Episodes of Benson Season 6
Every episode of Benson Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Benson Season 6!
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
Season 6 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Benson" season 6 is "The Scandal", rated 7.7/10 from 28 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro. "The Scandal" aired on 9/21/1984 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Inheritance".
7.7/10 28 votes#1 - The Scandal
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1984
While going undercover, Benson learns that the Lieutenant Governor is accepting bribes from a construction company.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro
- 7.5/10 25 votes
#2 - The Inheritance
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1984
Benson finds it hard to believe that he is the sole heir to the Playbird magazine empire.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer
- 7.3/10 26 votes
#3 - Let's Get Physical
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1984
Benson's pleasure turns to panic when the attractive doctor who conducted his physical wants to meet him to discuss the results.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 27 votes
#4 - The Campaign
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1984
After Benson decides to run for Lieutenant Governor, he learns that the man who offers money to his campaign will have to benefit from Benson by doing him special political ""favors.""
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 26 votes
#5 - The Election
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1984
When Benson runs out of his campaign money, a benefactor arrives when things look darkest.
Director: N/A
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.1/10 39 votes
#6 - Made in Hong Kong (1)
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1984
Benson, the Governor, Clayton, and Kraus go off to Hong Kong where Clayton is mistaken for a famous designer and kinapped by a fashion tycoon and her henchmen.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 6.7/10 33 votes
#7 - Made in Hong Kong (2)
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1984
Benson, in help from the Police, is persued while trying to rescue the captured Governor and Kraus, who earlier attempted to rescue Clayton from Lady Van Dyne.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 7.8/10 28 votes
#8 - Hello, We Must Be Going
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1984
Benson plans to have Kraus become Lieuteant Governor Benson's assistant. But things get screwed up when a nebbish with political clout is hired instead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 26 votes
#9 - Double Date
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1984
Benson fixes Clayton up with a date, but the date is disgusted with Clayton's romance ploys and ""manners"".
Director: Gilbert Moses
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 7.1/10 23 votes
#10 - Taking it to the Max
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1984
Benson is shocked when he tells his sister to be cautious with her ex boyfriend and doesn't listen.
Director: Rob Dames
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 6.6/10 26 votes
#11 - The Reunion
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1984
Benson visits with his brother and Uncle who he hasn't seen in years.
Director: Gilbert Moses
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 6.9/10 24 votes
#12 - Make War, Not Love
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1984
A Declaration of War is brought out among two fighting nations after Benson attends a Trade conference.
Director: Katherine Helmond
Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro
- 7.3/10 26 votes
#13 - Home for Christmas
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1984
As he is walking on the sidewalk during a Christmas rush, he trips and falls. While he is unconscious, he dreams about Christmas with his mother (Beah Richards).
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 7.6/10 23 votes
#14 - On the Road
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1985
Benson tries to investigate Kraus when she doesn't show up for a while. Kraus returns to acting and Benson disguises himelf as a limo driver to try and get her back.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 25 votes
#15 - Take This Job and Love It
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1985
Benson gets surrounded in red tape when he takes on the city mayor who pans to outlaw breakdancing in public places.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro
- 7.1/10 27 votes
#16 - Making Change
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1985
Benson, the Governor, Kraus, and Clayton talk about people from their past who influenced their lives greatly.
Director: Rob Dames
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 8.0/10 37 votes
#17 - Solid Gold
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1985
On a trip to Las Vegas, Benson meets the comic duo The Smothers Brothers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 23 votes
#18 - The Oval Office
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1985
While being called in from President Reagan on account of a remark Benson made, Benson and the Governor reach The Oval Office, and while waiting for the President, the two get trapped in there.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 6.9/10 28 votes
#19 - Mid-life Cowboy
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1985
An exhausted Governor Gatling decides to play cowboy at a dude ranch to unwind.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 30 votes
#20 - Scenario
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1985
Benson, the Governor, and everyone in the mansion go to the bomb cellar to try and prepare for a nuclear attack against the United States.
Director: Rob Dames
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 6.6/10 25 votes
#21 - Dubois: Portrait of a Politician
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 3/15/1985
While the Governor is away on business, Benson is responsible for the work that needs to get done. In this particular case, Benson vetoes a bill that the Governor agreed to sign.
Director: Rob Dames
Writer: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser
- 7.2/10 25 votes
#22 - Katie's Cousin
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/22/1985
Katie's wild and undisciplined cousin Laura persuades Katie to lie to her father about sleeping at a friends and really go to a bar to pick up College men. You know what really flies when Benson and Clayton go to the same bar to get a drink and see them. Benson confronts Katie that he won't tell on her, it's up to her to decide whether or not to tell her dad or not.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 7.1/10 25 votes
#23 - The Bookburner
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 3/29/1985
Benson's tie-breaking vote on a school bill leads to a major conflict with a powerful senator and a book-burning incident.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 6.3/10 20 votes
#24 - Jung at Heart
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 4/5/1985
When Clayton's name is passed over at the table of the Man of the Year Award, an award given by the Press, Clayton tries to capture Benson's personality so that he can win the award.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro