Benson: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Benson Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Benson the Hero
Oct 4, 1985 · 30 min
While Governor Gatling is away, Benson and Clayton are depended upon to spend an 8 million dollar budget surplus before the next fiscal year, which is only a matter of several hour
Love and Politics
Oct 11, 1985 · 30 min
When Benson revisits a relationship with Senator Hartford, the Senator changes her position on Clayton's commercial-development-of-state-parks bill. When Benson calls her on it, sh
Uncle Jack
Oct 18, 1985 · 30 min
Benson tries to bring the Governor and his brother Jack together after 25 years of not seeing each other.
The Stranger
Oct 25, 1985 · 30 min
A mysterious stranger lurks around the Governor's mansion on Haloween night.
We Spy
Nov 8, 1985 · 30 min
While Benson and Kraus go to East Germany on official business, the two are accused of being spies and get arrested.
Flight of the Dodo: Part 1
Nov 29, 1985 · 30 min
Despite warnings, on their way to fly a helicopter to play golf, Benson, the Governor, and Clayton run into disasterous problems with Clayton as their pilot.
Flight of the Dodo: Part 2
Dec 6, 1985 · 30 min
After crash landing the helicopter in the desert, Benson, the Governor, and Clayton all struggle to survive on account of them being stranded.
Two Boys and Their Dog
Dec 13, 1985 · 30 min
Benson becomes involved in one of Clayton's wacky investment schemes. This one is investing in a weiner-dog to breed for puppies, but Benson grows too attached to the dog, as does
Last Man on Earth
Jan 3, 1986 · 30 min
After talk about Halley's comet, Karus dreams that she and Benson are the only ones left on earth.
Secret Love
Jan 18, 1986 · 30 min
Clayton's nomination of the Governor's budget director has a problem after it is found out that Clayton lives with a Soviet defector.
Summer of Discontent
Jan 25, 1986 · 30 min
Benson and the Governor seek advice from a conservationist in helping them pass some environmental legislation.
Parade Rest
Feb 1, 1986 · 30 min
A veteran is hired to retile the bathroom, but happens to disappear. Benson now has to investigate what happened and where his wherabouts are.
Reel Murder: Part 1
Feb 8, 1986 · 30 min
Actor George Kennedy's plan to film a movie in the Goveror's mansion runs into deadly problems, and turns into a lethal murder mystery.
Reel Murder: Part 2
Feb 15, 1986 · 30 min
With everyone's lives in danger and not much time left, they try to crack the case and survive.
The Hat and the Ring
Feb 22, 1986 · 30 min
Benson, convinced that the question Senator Hartford has for him is ""the"" question, runs quickly to initiate a proposal.
The Bucks Stop Here
Mar 1, 1986 · 30 min
Clayton has his sights on running the family fortune, until he meets his father's new, young, and pretty fiancee. Then he realizes that inheriting the fortune will be pretty challe
Pardon Me
Mar 15, 1986 · 30 min
Benson persuades to pardon a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years.
Hi, Society
Mar 22, 1986 · 30 min
A conservation expert may help Benson and the Governor pass an inportant bill, but when Kraus hears of the strategy, she leaks it out to a friend who turs out to be a columnist and
Three on a Mismatch
Mar 29, 1986 · 30 min
The Governor answers an ad from a personal's column from a magazine.
Friends and Enemies
Apr 12, 1986 · 30 min
With Governor Gatling's term about to close and Benson up to run for Governor, the Governor learns that he can run for yet one more term and decides to grab it. This leads to a fin
And the Winner is . . .
Apr 19, 1986 · 30 min
As time is running out, Benson, the Governor, or the crooked senator will soon be out of a job. Which one? As the details come to a close we find that the winner of the election is