Season 1 - Episode Guide

Benson comes to work for Governor Gatling and helps find a way for a bridge to be built without killing beavers.

Katie sneaks off to a rock concert while under Benson's watch.

When a visiting African president is incapacitated, Benson steps into the role and is targeted by assassins.

Benson falls for an attractive senator he meets in the mansion.

Governor Gatling is torn between attending Katie's school play and accepting an important political invitation.

To cut spending, Benson must lay off a sweet old woman, which upsets Katie.

Heavy snowfall leaves the staff stuck in a cottage in the woods.

When the visiting Jessica Tate's elderly companion suddenly dies, Benson must help move the corpse to avoid a political scandal.

The staff tries to discover who made a disparaging comment about a state senator that has the governor on the defensive.

Benson introduces Marcy to an old army buddy, unaware his friend is married.

Thinking the mansion is haunted, the staff holds a séance.

Taylor quits to run for public office, but the governor finds he can't do without him.

With the mansion's domestic workers on strike, the staff must take on all of the household duties.

The governor woos a powerful businessman whose wife is Benson's old flame.

With the governor ill, the irritating lieutenant governor makes a play for power that the staff tries to thwart.

When hidden microphones are found in the mansion, the staff plots to find the perpetrators.

Kraus has a crush on the butcher and needs help from Benson and Marcy to reel him in.

A young Soviet chess prodigy hides in Katie's room and nearly causes an international incident.

Benson and Kraus become trapped in a freezing storage room.

When the governor's loudmouth father visits, it's up to Benson to keep him in check during an important speech.

A mysterious environmental activist causes trouble for the governor and his staff.

To connect with constituents, Governor Gatling and Benson visit a mangy bar.

Benson learns that his military unit was the subject of germ warfare testing.

When Marcy plans her vacation, she worries her replacement may take her job.