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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Benson Season 6 Episode 1 - The Scandal
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #1 - The Scandal

    S6:E1

    While going undercover, Benson learns that the Lieutenant Governor is accepting bribes from a construction company.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

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  2. Benson Season 6 Episode 2 - The Inheritance
    7.9/10(28 votes)

    #2 - The Inheritance

    S6:E2

    Benson finds it hard to believe that he is the sole heir to the Playbird magazine empire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Terry Grossman, Kathy Speer

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  3. Benson Season 6 Episode 3 - Let's Get Physical
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Let's Get Physical

    S6:E3

    Benson's pleasure turns to panic when the attractive doctor who conducted his physical wants to meet him to discuss the results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Benson Season 6 Episode 4 - The Campaign
    7.9/10(29 votes)

    #4 - The Campaign

    S6:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Benson Season 6 Episode 5 - The Election
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #5 - The Election

    S6:E5

    When Benson runs out of his campaign money, a benefactor arrives when things look darkest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Winifred Hervey

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  6. Benson Season 6 Episode 6 - Made in Hong Kong (1)
    7.1/10(44 votes)

    #6 - Made in Hong Kong (1)

    S6:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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  7. Benson Season 6 Episode 7 - Made in Hong Kong (2)
    6.7/10(39 votes)

    #7 - Made in Hong Kong (2)

    S6:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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  8. Benson Season 6 Episode 8 - Hello, We Must Be Going
    8.1/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Hello, We Must Be Going

    S6:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Benson Season 6 Episode 9 - Double Date
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Double Date

    S6:E9

    Benson fixes Clayton up with a date, but the date is disgusted with Clayton's romance ploys and ""manners"".

    Director:Gilbert Moses
    Writers:Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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  10. Benson Season 6 Episode 10 - Taking it to the Max
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #10 - Taking it to the Max

    S6:E10

    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

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  11. Benson Season 6 Episode 11 - The Reunion
    6.8/10(29 votes)

    #11 - The Reunion

    S6:E11

    Benson visits with his brother and Uncle who he hasn't seen in years.

    Director:Gilbert Moses
    Writer:Winifred Hervey

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  12. Benson Season 6 Episode 12 - Make War, Not Love
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Make War, Not Love

    S6:E12

    A Declaration of War is brought out among two fighting nations after Benson attends a Trade conference.

    Director:Katherine Helmond
    Writers:Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

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  13. Benson Season 6 Episode 13 - Home for Christmas
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #13 - Home for Christmas

    S6:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  14. Benson Season 6 Episode 14 - On the Road
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #14 - On the Road

    S6:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Benson Season 6 Episode 15 - Take This Job and Love It
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Take This Job and Love It

    S6:E15

    Benson gets surrounded in red tape when he takes on the city mayor who pans to outlaw breakdancing in public places.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

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  16. Benson Season 6 Episode 16 - Making Change
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Making Change

    S6:E16

    Benson, the Governor, Kraus, and Clayton talk about people from their past who influenced their lives greatly.

    Director:Rob Dames
    Writer:Winifred Hervey

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  17. Benson Season 6 Episode 17 - Solid Gold
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #17 - Solid Gold

    S6:E17

    On a trip to Las Vegas, Benson meets the comic duo The Smothers Brothers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Benson Season 6 Episode 18 - The Oval Office
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    #18 - The Oval Office

    S6:E18

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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  19. Benson Season 6 Episode 19 - Mid-life Cowboy
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Mid-life Cowboy

    S6:E19

    An exhausted Governor Gatling decides to play cowboy at a dude ranch to unwind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Benson Season 6 Episode 20 - Scenario
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    #20 - Scenario

    S6:E20

    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
    Writers:Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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  21. Benson Season 6 Episode 21 - Dubois: Portrait of a Politician
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #21 - Dubois: Portrait of a Politician

    S6:E21

    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
    Writers:Bob Fraser, Rob Dames

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  22. Benson Season 6 Episode 22 - Katie's Cousin
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #22 - Katie's Cousin

    S6:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  23. Benson Season 6 Episode 23 - The Bookburner
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #23 - The Bookburner

    S6:E23

    Benson's tie-breaking vote on a school bill leads to a major conflict with a powerful senator and a book-burning incident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  24. Benson Season 6 Episode 24 - Jung at Heart
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #24 - Jung at Heart

    S6:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"The Scandal" is the best rated episode of "Benson" season 6. It scored 8.1/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro, it aired on 9/21/1984. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Inheritance".