Soap & Benson The Story of Benson & Jessica's Friendship
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00:00Good morning, Benson.
00:03Isn't it a glorious morning?
00:05Oh, I just love mornings like this.
00:07Birds sing, flowers grow, all's right with the Benson.
00:10What are you cooking?
00:11What does it look like I'm cooking?
00:13Oh.
00:15It looks like eggs.
00:16Good.
00:17Then it's eggs.
00:18Benson, the doctor said no eggs.
00:30Mr. Tate's cholesterol level is quite high.
00:32Eggs could kill him.
00:36Therefore, we don't want to cook eggs, do we?
00:38We do.
00:41Benson, Benson, Benson, what am I going to do with you?
00:44Such a mind of your own.
00:49Well, I suppose just this morning it won't hurt.
00:52In fact, let's make something really special for the whole...
00:54Let's make eggs benedict.
00:56Eggs benedict?
00:57Get out of here.
01:00We'll surprise everyone.
01:02I'll help.
01:04Oh, for the dinner party tonight,
01:06I think I'd like for you to make beef wellington.
01:09Forget it.
01:10Why?
01:11I don't like it.
01:14But it's very good.
01:16It's Mr. Tate's favorite.
01:17It ain't mine.
01:19I don't like it, so I ain't making it.
01:23I'm making fish.
01:24Mr. Tate hates fish.
01:26I know.
01:29Well, then, why are you making it?
01:32Because I like fish more than I like Mr. Tate.
01:36Morning, Benson.
01:37No, thank you.
01:38Just coffee, Benson.
01:39Uh, dear, it's eggs benedict.
01:44Jessica, do you know the cholesterol count of that?
01:47You might just as well get a gun and put it to my head.
01:50Now you're talking.
01:57Benson, did you put sugar in this?
02:00Is it sweet?
02:01Very.
02:02Then I guess I did.
02:04Benson, how many times do I have to tell you?
02:06I am a diabetic.
02:07I can't have sugar.
02:09Oh, I keep thinking it's salt you can't have.
02:13I can't have salt, either.
02:15Ain't no salt in there.
02:19Just get me another cup, please,
02:21and this time don't put anything in it.
02:28Okay, Babette, you're out of bail, Mr. Tate.
02:30Your lawyer's here.
02:31Oh.
02:35Benson?
02:45Well, Benson, you're not a lawyer.
02:47Shh.
02:48They wouldn't let me in to see you,
02:49so I told them I was your lawyer.
02:51You didn't.
02:52Yeah, I'm with the firm of Honeycutt, Pringle, Kaplan, and Black.
02:55I'm Black.
02:59Well, you look like a lawyer.
03:01Actually, you look very nice as a lawyer.
03:03I'll bet you could be one.
03:05I smell bacon.
03:06That's because I brought breakfast.
03:08Oh, Benson, look at this.
03:12Blueberry muffins and Canadian bacon.
03:15Grapefruit.
03:16Well, I know you couldn't eat the food in here.
03:19What do you want for dinner?
03:20Oh, you know what I would love for dinner?
03:22What?
03:23Meatballs and spaghetti.
03:24Well, that's a problem, see,
03:25because the sauce will run in the case.
03:27Oh, right.
03:29And then you couldn't explain that.
03:30Yeah, especially to Mr. Tate.
03:32The briefcase is his.
03:35Morning, darling.
03:37Hello, dear.
03:39What are you doing here?
03:40Well, I, uh.
03:41He's my lawyer, Chester.
03:42Yes, Honeycutt, Pringle, Kaplan, and Black.
03:45He's Black.
03:47Well, I guess you won't be needing me.
03:49No, no, no, no.
03:50He's a lawyer.
03:51He's a butler.
03:52Benson, why are you pausing as a lawyer?
03:54Because I couldn't get in to see her as a butler.
03:58Carry on, counselor.
04:01So I remember that night very well.
04:03I ate chili and had gas.
04:06I couldn't get to sleep,
04:07so I stayed up and watched all the late movies.
04:09Then, at the crack of dawn,
04:11I heard Mr. Tate trip over the extension cord
04:14that I forgot to fix,
04:15and his cursing kept me up the whole rest of the night.
04:18So I know Mrs. Tate never went out.
04:21My goodness, we have the incredible Kreskin here.
04:25We do?
04:26Where?
04:28Amazing recall, Mr. Benson.
04:30Absolutely amazing retention of detail.
04:33Thank you.
04:35Tell me, is this some sort of voodoo way of knowing
04:39that you people have?
04:40For what?
04:41I object.
04:42I do, too.
04:43All right.
04:45Very well, Mr. Benson, keeping your eyes on me now,
04:48you would please demonstrate some more of this amazing talent.
04:52What color tie is the foreman wearing?
04:56Green with red stripes.
04:59The woman seated directly behind him, what is she wearing?
05:02Yellow blouse with a blue skirt.
05:05And the man seated next to her?
05:08Three-piece blue suit with a blue shirt
05:11and a blue tie that clashes.
05:13And...
05:16And then the other guy...
05:18All right, all right, all right.
05:21You have a wonderful memory,
05:23but that doesn't prove that Mrs. Tate didn't tiptoe out
05:27and you didn't hear her.
05:29You may step down.
05:30What?
05:31Aha! I said you may step down,
05:33but you didn't hear me.
05:35Wonderful memory, rotten hearing.
05:37I call Mr. Chester Tate to the stand.
05:39No further questions.
05:40I have no questions.
05:42You may step down.
05:45No further questions.
05:46I have no questions.
05:48You may step down.
05:51The man mumbled, I hear great.
05:56You swear to tell the truth, whole truth, nothing but the truth,
05:58so help you God?
05:59Of course I do, Tinkler.
06:01Benson, that was terrific.
06:02How did you remember what the jury was wearing?
06:04I could see the reflection in the window.
06:08No.
06:12Well, I've said goodbye to everyone but you.
06:16Mm.
06:18What are you doing?
06:19Oh, well, I'm practicing.
06:23I've had to do this ever since you've been gone.
06:27Here. Here, Benson, taste.
06:29Oh, no, no, no, no, Mrs. Tate.
06:30Come on.
06:31No, I'm full.
06:32Come on, Mr. Tate.
06:33Come on.
06:38That's awful.
06:43Well, that's what the family's going to have to eat.
06:47You're not making this any easier, you know.
06:51Benson, please, sit down.
06:53Come on, sit down right here.
06:54I've got a surprise for you.
06:56What?
06:58A goodbye cake.
07:02Did you make it?
07:03Well, of course.
07:04Do I have to eat it?
07:08You're my best friend, Benson.
07:10And why are you trying to poison me?
07:14And you're my best friend, too, Mrs. Tate.
07:17That doesn't have to stop, huh?
07:19No.
07:30Well?
07:35Different.
07:37I knew you'd like it.
07:41Um, you know,
07:44I didn't take that job at the governor's mansion
07:47because I'm unhappy here.
07:49Oh, Benson, I know that.
07:51I mean, my goodness, running the governor's mansion
07:54is a wonderful opportunity for you,
07:56and they need you.
07:58I mean, this side of the family has a minor snafu once in a while,
08:02but they have problems.
08:05Oh, I'm glad you understand.
08:08There always was the screwy side of the family, the Gatlins.
08:12Very screwy and very rich.
08:15You know my great-great-great-grandfather?
08:18He made a killing in haberdashery.
08:21He invented those tall hats that the Pilgrims wore.
08:28Come.
08:30Don't do that, Mrs. Tate.
08:33No, I won't.
08:35Because if you do, I will.
08:37Oh, gosh, you mustn't.
08:39I'm not.
08:43Well, me neither.
08:49Oh, Benson.
09:04Bye-bye.
09:06Goodbye.
09:23It's really very good.
09:34Hi.
09:36Hi.
09:37I'm hiding.
09:39I see.
09:41There's a strange woman out there.
09:43She's after me.
09:45Tall blonde.
09:47That's Gretchen Krause, the head housekeeper.
09:50I didn't stop to get her name.
09:53You.
09:54Who?
09:56You are leaving Muddy Tracks alone.
09:59You.
10:00Who?
10:01You are leaving Muddy Tracks all over the place.
10:05Well, that's because I got muddy feet.
10:08I want your shoes.
10:11They'll be too small.
10:15You are tracking up the governor's mansion,
10:17and it is disgusting.
10:19Fine, I'll walk on my hands.
10:22Katie?
10:24Oh, Dad, I'm sorry.
10:25I'm so sorry.
10:26Can you ever forgive me, please?
10:27I'm so sorry.
10:28What did she break?
10:31No, I won't tell me to.
10:33And you went and saved the beavers.
10:35I didn't save the beavers.
10:37Benson saved the beavers.
10:39No, he did.
10:40He's just modest.
10:41No, he did.
10:42It was his plan.
10:43Well, we both did.
10:44Then I love you both.
10:46You have homework.
10:47I didn't.
10:48It needs some fixing.
10:50You finish it up, and I'll come tuck you in.
10:54Good night, Benson.
10:55Good night, sweetheart.
10:59Thank you, Benson.
11:00Oh, hey.
11:14Benson, I've always been a late starter in things.
11:19I married late.
11:20I was 37 before I married my late wife.
11:24I had a child late.
11:26I was 40 when Katie was born.
11:28Boy, even my mother used to say I always did everything late.
11:31I crawled late.
11:32I walked late, talked late.
11:34When I was about three and a half, she asked me in utter
11:37exasperation if I ever intended to use the toilet,
11:40and I said later.
11:42But, uh, see, now I'm the governor.
11:45I can't afford to be a late starter here.
11:48I can't afford to be a late starter here for the people.
11:51I don't even know if I can handle it.
11:54But, uh, if you'd stay with us, Benson,
11:58at least I'd know my home was OK.
12:01Would you stay with us, Benson?
12:06Well, I'll give it a try.
12:11We'll see what happens.
12:13Oh, well, wonderful.
12:16Thank you.
12:21I owe you a lot, Benson.
12:26The Beavers owe me more.
12:29Oh, my goodness.
12:32Look at this.
12:34Oh, Benson, this is a mansion.
12:38Yeah, that's why they don't call it the governor's hut.
12:42Look, I'll go get the rest of your luggage as soon as I get
12:44some feeling back in my arms.
12:46What's with all this luggage anyway?
12:48You're only staying overnight.
12:49Well, it's for the banquet tonight.
12:51Well, by the time you unpack, it'll be over.
12:55Well, I just couldn't decide what to bring.
12:57So you brought everything.
12:58Yes.
12:59Jessica!
13:00Oh, Gene.
13:02Oh.
13:04You look just the same.
13:06How long has it been?
13:07And you look just the same, too, only better.
13:11So good, in fact, I wouldn't have recognized you
13:13if you didn't look just the same.
13:16Of course, you know, even if you didn't look just the same,
13:20I would have assumed it is you because, I mean, you are here,
13:23and you did know who I was.
13:26I'm glad we solved this.
13:28Well, let's go.
13:31Benson, now you know that it's hard enough for me
13:34to say goodbye to you at all.
13:36But, I mean, to say goodbye to you in an airport
13:39is absolutely impossible.
13:40I mean, we'd hug, and I'd cry, and my mascara would run,
13:43and I'd think of a thousand things to say.
13:45I'll probably miss the plane,
13:46then we'll have to say goodbye all over again.
13:50Mrs. Tate.
13:52You know, we've been through a lot together.
13:56Mm-hmm.
13:57But I think this just about tops it.
14:02I certainly hope so.
14:04You know, you are the most remarkable man I ever met.
14:07Oh, come on.
14:08Well, I mean, there is nothing you can't do.
14:11Well, there is one thing I can't do.
14:14What's that?
14:16Stop missing you.
14:27Goodbye, Benson.
14:29Goodbye, Jessica.
14:39Give the woman some air, for God's sake.
14:42Benson.
14:45You're still around.
14:48You're back.
14:50Hello, Benson.
14:52May I have a few minutes along with Benson?
14:57Oh.
15:00So you got here.
15:03Of course I got here.
15:06I'm glad.
15:08Because, you see, I really missed you.
15:13And if I had died and I hadn't seen you,
15:16then it would be really a long time before I would see you.
15:19But now, this way, since you're back,
15:21I'm sure I'll be able to see you again.
15:25I guess it never leaves you.
15:27I still understand you when you talk.
15:33I missed you.
15:35I've missed you, too.
15:39You were my best friend, Benson.
15:43And you were the best person that's ever been in my life.
15:47You were my best friend.
15:52And you were the best person that's ever been in my life.
15:58Really?
16:01In spite of all the trouble I caused you?
16:05What trouble?
16:07Well, you know, the way I used to mess things up
16:13and I got in jams and...
16:18You were always there to get me out.
16:23I wish I could get you out of this one.
16:32I'm afraid you can't this time, Benson.
16:37You know, I keep thinking that I should say something important.
16:43I mean, after all, this is my deathbed.
16:51But I don't have anything important to say.
16:56You don't have to.
16:58Your whole life's been important.
17:04It's been a nice life.
17:07I know.
17:09I hate to leave it.
17:12Benson, would you look in on them from time to time?
17:19Don't worry about a thing.
17:27Benson...
17:32You'll be happy.
17:35Be happy.
17:38You'll be happy because...
17:42That's all there really is.
17:53No. Jessica.
18:02Poor Jessica.
18:04Why poor Jessica?
18:13Oh, Benson, I've never been poor in my life.
18:18What?
18:20Jessica, what are you doing here?
18:23We were just talking about you. Where'd you come from?
18:26You won't believe where I came from.
18:29First of all, you see, I was kidnapped by revolutionaries
18:32and taken to South America, and then I went to Connecticut,
18:35and then I was taken to New York.
18:38I was kidnapped by revolutionaries and taken to South America,
18:41and then I went to Connecticut, and then I was kidnapped again
18:43and taken to South America.
18:45Then I went to heaven, then I came here.
18:47Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. When you say heaven,
18:49do you mean heaven or some little town in Georgia?
18:52Oh, heaven. You know, the real thing.
18:55God, angels, the whole ball of wax.
18:58Oh, Benson, you should see heaven.
19:02It's really a lovely place.
19:04Jessica, you haven't changed a bit.
19:08Well, congratulate me. I did my good deed.
19:13Congratulations.
19:15Well, it seems like things worked out for the best for both of us.
19:18What was your good deed?
19:20Amazingly enough, something very small.
19:23You see, I was in a park,
19:25and I helped this little kitten out of a tree.
19:29Hey, you know...
19:31You know, that's the first time I've laughed in weeks.
19:35Thank you, Jessica.
19:37Well, what are friends for?
19:41Oh, I've got to fly.
19:44Fly?
19:46Yes.
19:48This is good-bye.
19:50Good-bye.
19:52Good-bye.
19:54Good-bye.
19:57This is good-bye, Benson.
19:59Already?
20:01Seems you just got here.
20:03I still don't understand any of this.
20:07You know, your being here, your not being here.
20:11I don't understand it myself,
20:14but I did learn one thing.
20:16I am positively not dead.
20:19I'm in a coma somewhere in South America.
20:24But don't worry, I'll get out of it all right.
20:28I always knew you'd find a loophole.
20:33I've missed you, Benson.
20:36I wish we didn't have to say good-bye.
20:39Will I ever see you again?
20:41Oh, sure.
20:43It's a small cosmos.
20:45We'll have lunch.
20:49Then let us not say good-bye.
20:53Okay.
20:57I love you.
21:00And I love you.
21:23You