Benson - Season 7

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 hours away. When the surplus was found out by someone, The Governor and Clayton go through political embarassment.

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, she flip-flops again and ultimately abstains.

Benson tries to bring the Governor and his brother Jack together after 25 years of not seeing each other.

A mysterious stranger lurks around the Governor's mansion on Haloween night.

While Benson and Kraus go to East Germany on official business, the two are accused of being spies and get arrested.

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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.

After crash landing the helicopter in the desert, Benson, the Governor, and Clayton all struggle to survive on account of them being stranded.

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 also Clayton.

After talk about Halley's comet, Karus dreams that she and Benson are the only ones left on earth.

Clayton's nomination of the Governor's budget director has a problem after it is found out that Clayton lives with a Soviet defector.

Benson and the Governor seek advice from a conservationist in helping them pass some environmental legislation.

A veteran is hired to retile the bathroom, but happens to disappear. Benson now has to investigate what happened and where his wherabouts are.

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.

With everyone's lives in danger and not much time left, they try to crack the case and survive.

Benson, convinced that the question Senator Hartford has for him is ""the"" question, runs quickly to initiate a proposal.

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 challenging.

Benson persuades to pardon a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years.

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 a major gossip to people who can owe her a favor for information.

The Governor answers an ad from a personal's column from a magazine.

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 final competition, hurt, and quarrels between the Governor and Benson. (Part 1 of 2)

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......