Episode
Benson: Mid-life Cowboy
Overview
An exhausted Governor Gatling decides to play cowboy at a dude ranch to unwind.
Details
- Series
- Benson
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1985-02-15
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Mid-life Cowboy is Episode 19 in Season 6 of Benson. It aired on 1985-02-15. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 18: The Oval Office
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.
Episode 20: Scenario
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.
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Episode 17: Solid Gold
On a trip to Las Vegas, Benson meets the comic duo The Smothers Brothers.
Episode 21: Dubois: Portrait of a Politician
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.
Episode 16: Making Change
Benson, the Governor, Kraus, and Clayton talk about people from their past who influenced their lives greatly.
Episode 22: Katie's Cousin
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.
Episode 15: Take This Job and Love It
Benson gets surrounded in red tape when he takes on the city mayor who pans to outlaw breakdancing in public places.
Episode 23: The Bookburner
Benson's tie-breaking vote on a school bill leads to a major conflict with a powerful senator and a book-burning incident.
Episode 14: On the Road
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.
Episode 24: Jung at Heart
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.
Episode 13: Home for Christmas
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).
Episode 12: Make War, Not Love
A Declaration of War is brought out among two fighting nations after Benson attends a Trade conference.