Season 7 • Episode 22
LatestAs 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......
Acting
Robert Guillaume's impeccable timing and side-eye mastery.
Writing
Susan Harris's sharp class commentary disguised as fluff.
Production
Evolved from Soap side character to standalone star vehicle.
Creator
Susan Harris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Guillaume won an Emmy for this role in 1985, making him one of few actors to win for both a sitcom and its dramatic parent series (Soap).
Benson was rare 80s television: a Black lead in a workplace comedy where his competence, not his Blackness, was the punchline.
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