All language subtitles for benson_s07e19_hi_society

In other words, if I sign this form, I'm
giving away all my vital organs?

Well, the way it works is, you get this
little sticker for the back of your

driver's license. That lets the doctor
know that when you die, you want parts

your body to live on in others.

How do you get involved in these causes?

Well, when you... are part of the inner
circle of the capital city social zine

you hang out with a lot of people who
care inner circle last month you were

president of the bowling league it seems
like a lifetime ago since i met

bonnie van gorder i am a Totally
different Gretchen Krause. I feel just

Cinderella. All the best parties, all
the best restaurants, all the best

So do I get your organs or not?

Sure, why not?

Oh, one thing.

I can't guarantee my liver.

Thank you. Now all I have to get are
Benson and Clayton.

Clayton? His organs won't make good
gravy.

Ah, Benson, have you been thinking about
your organs?

Yes.

Just this morning, I had an amusing
thought about my spleen.

Oh, come on, Benson. This is serious.
Are you going to join the donor program

not? Yes, I am. Oh, good. Here is the
form. Just leave it right there on the

desk. I have something I need you to do
for me right away. Yeah?

Now, I have a Dr. Richard Wilcox flying
in on the 18th.

I want hotel accommodations for him from
the 18th through the 21st. And on the

morning of the 19th, I need a car to
pick him up and take him to the Senate

testify. I'll get right on it. All
right.

Oh, Governor, I was wondering... Oh, if
this is about my organs, look on your

desk.

Bill Benson, how was the staff meeting?
Any progress on that chemical dumping

bill? Yes, as a matter of fact, I found
an expert who was willing to support our

position on the dangers of continued
chemical dumping. Is he credible?

He's got to be credible, and he's got to
be as knowledgeable as this guy that

wrote that book, Toxic Suicide. You
know, what's his name? Yeah, Dr. Richard

Wilcox. Dr. Richard Wilcox. We need
somebody like him.

We have him.

You have Wilcox?

Wait a minute!

Easy on that heart. You don't own it
anymore.

Listen, Gunson, I think we could use a
little strategy here.

What do you mean?

Let's just keep Dr.

Wilcox a surprise.

We tell nobody.

We spring him on the committee.

Huh? Agreed? Sounds like a good plan to
me. So, mum's the word. We keep it a

secret, huh?

Secret? What are we keeping a secret?

Not we, Clayton.

We. Oh, I see. I dedicate my entire
professional career to this

and this is the respect I am afforded.
Oh, Clayton, now this is a very delicate

situation. It's obviously more delicate
than my feelings. It is apparent to me

that we don't need to know the secret.

Only we...

Therefore, we will just take our
insignificant self back to our office.

Oh, right.

Right. We are smuggling a witness in to
testify before the anti -dumping bill.

Uh -huh.

Dr. Richard Wilcox.

Wilcox! This is big. This is really big.

It is hush -hush, right, Benson?

Well, it wasn't until a moment ago.

Hush. Hush, hush, hush.

My lips are sealed.

I saw Dr. Wilcox on one of those talk
shows.

He's good.

And good looking.

Mrs. Cassidy, what were you doing in the
bathroom?

Putting those little blue crystals in
the water.

You don't think it helps, does it, do
you?

Mrs. Cassidy!

I... I hope you understand that what you
overheard was strictly confidential.

Don't sweat it, Chief.

I don't tell tales out of school.

Oh, well, she won't tell anybody.

You have unflowered underwear.

How do you know that?

I rest my case.

you'll do it. Say you'll be Grand
Marshal of the parade.

Ah, Mrs. Van Gorder.

It's very flattering, but I'm afraid my
Palomino riding days are over.

Oh, uh, Benson.

Oh, Bonnie.

Oh, Clayton. Oh, brother.

You look stunning. And you look so trim.

You must run.

No, I must run. You two deserve to be
alone.

Bonnie, please excuse me. I'll be right
back.

Benson, what is Bonnie Van Gorder doing
at a staff party for Mrs.

Cassidy if she's hardly the type to
hobnob with the kitchen help?

Well, Krause must have invited her.
They've been hanging out together

Well, well, well. Oh, there's a little
bit of social climber in all of us, eh?

Could you let go of me now?

Oh, sorry. Listen, I just got off the
phone with the governor. He's caught in

traffic. He'd like you to make the
speech and give Mrs. Cassidy the gift.

you'll have to give me a couple of
minutes to make some notes. Yeah, well,

hurry up. We're running out of punch.

Well, Bonnie, I'm back.

Not now, Clayton.

Gretch. Gretch. Oh, Bonnie, I'm so
sorry. Sorry I wasn't here when you were

right. I've just been swamped. Don't
think a thing of it. I've been having a

lovely time. These are charming people.

Yeah, yeah. What's the matter? You seem
frazzled.

Well, I've been running around all day
trying to find a decent hotel room for

this VIP we've got coming in.

VIPs? Yeah, yeah, but all the hotels are
booked solid.

Well, maybe I can help. Max at the
Royale is an old friend.

What's your VIP's name?

It's a Dr. Richard Wilcock.

Uh -huh.

Let's go to your office. I'll make a
phone call, and you can give Max all the

information. You are such a good friend.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your
attention, please?

As you know, we are here this evening to
honor a woman who has honored us with

35 years of dedicated, demented public
service.

Ladies and gentlemen, the inimitable
Mrs. Rose Cassidy.

Thank you. You're quite welcome,
sweetheart. I was just kidding you a

bit. On behalf of the administration,
it's my extreme pleasure to present to

this small token of our esteem, our
appreciation, and our friendship.

Oh, thank you.

Well, it's not a Ferrari.

But seriously, folks, 35 years and eight
administrations have

all been worth it for this moment to
look at this lovely...

What the hell is this thing?

Why, it's a stick pin, Rose.

A stick pin? Mm -hmm.

35 years of cleaning up after a bunch of
sloppy politicians and that's what I

get?

It's made of sterling silver.

Wonderful.

I'll melt it down and have a tooth
filled.

All right, where is she?

Who? That witch.

ghoul, that hyena. Oh, Kraus, she's in
the kitchen.

Do you know what I've done?

I've allowed that vulture to trick me
into donating my heart, my kidneys, my

liver, my eyes.

What are you worried about, Clayton?
It's a wonderful program. It'll help

people. I don't care about that. I don't
want to give away my organs.

God knows where they'll end up.

Well, wherever they end up, it'll be a
better place.

What if they use them to keep some
monkey alive?

Like I said, a better place.

But once in your life, you're doing
something worthwhile.

Well, that's true.

But I better call my accountant and see
if I can write this off.

Clayton, you're such a loophole.

Good morning, Clayton. Don't touch me,
you body snatcher.

Assume, Benson, I don't have much time.

Bonnie is taking me to lunch. Now,
everything else is taken care of. The

picked up Dr.

Wilcox. It got him to the committee
hearing.

He is testifying even as we speak.

Okay, well, thanks for your help, Cross.

Oh, hi, Miss Cross. Get out.

Excuse me? I have a bone to pick with
Benson.

That's different. No apology necessary.

Benson, we are losing support for our
bill in the committee.

What? With Dr. Wilcox's testimony, I
thought it'd be a lock. The waste

lobby brought in three of their own so
-called experts, and they did a hatchet

job on Wilcox's testimony. We've been
sabotaged.

How can that be? You and I were the only
ones who knew about it. And Clayton.

And Mrs. Cassidy.

And Krauss set up the arrangements for
Dr. Wilcox. One of our close personal.

Trusted confidence is a mole, a spy, a
Judas.

Benson, I want you to conduct an
investigation.

Why do I have to conduct an
investigation?

Well, I'd do it, but I can't be
impartial.

Oh, yes, you can. You're a very fair
man. Oh, no, I'm not fair at all.

I know it's Clayton.

All right, all right, I'll look into it.
But if I'm right...

I want you to nail his hide to the barn
door.

Well, his hide is all he'll have left.

The medical college has dibs on his
giblets.

Did you get the fink yet? No, but I have
appointments with several potential

finks all afternoon.

I know that it's Clayton.

That man has no self -control. He's such
a blabbermouth.

He is a self -serving, sneaky little
twerp.

Hello there.

Oh, hi, Clayton.

Nice suit.

Well, got to run.

Well,

he's in a good mood today.

So what do you want to see me about?

Have a seat, Clayton.

I won't beat around the bush.

We're trying to find out who leaked the
information on the chemical dumping

bill.

And you think I did it?

I didn't say that. Now, you don't have
to say it. I can see it in your eyes.

want Clayton Endicott to take the fall.
Clayton. Oh, sure. It's always Endicott

that springs to mind when you need a
scapegoat. Well, let me tell you

my friend.

If heads are gonna roll, they aren't
gonna be my heads.

I mean head.

Your head can't roll. It's too flat.

Oh, yeah.

Now, trust me on this. Your head can't
roll.

Your nose alone would be enough to stop
it.

You want to know who the leak is?

I'll tell you who the leak is. It's Mrs.

Cassidy. She's your stool pigeon. She is
your spy.

And you want to know why? I'll tell you
why.

Because she is a bitter old scrub woman.

Oh, hi, Rose.

One day that prune face is going to go
too far.

Then I'm going to punch out his pit.

Mrs. Cassidy, what I wanted to ask you
was... I know, I know, I know. It's

this Wilcox thing. You want to know who
leaked it? Well, it wasn't me.

I mean, I didn't make 35 years in this
joint by flapping my gums.

So go bark up somebody else's tree,
Buster.

Well, thank you for your help, Mrs.
Buster.

All right, Benson.

Let's get started with the
interrogation. Clayton told me what this

about. Oh, I just want to ask you a
couple of questions, Krause. Sure.

There is a straight back chair and a
bare light bulb. Or perhaps you would

prefer the rubber hose method.

I see you've done this kind of thing
before.

Clayton's getting away. I just saw him
in the parking lot.

Governor, please. I am trying to conduct
this investigation. I just can't

believe you suspect me of this. I have
given this administration the best years

of my life. I thought I was your most
trusted employee.

You didn't hear that from me.

Miss Krause, now, you mustn't take this
personally.

We're simply trying to find out who told
the opposition about Dr.

Wilcox. Now, we're not singling you out.
Right.

It could be anybody.

Right. It could be Benson. Wrong.

Well, come on. You could have said
something to somebody.

I did not. Benson, at Mrs.

Cassidy's party, you spent half the
night with Bonnie Van Gorder.

I spent half the night trying to get
away from Bonnie Van Gorder.

Bonnie? What did Bonnie got to do with
all this?

Well, she was asking a lot of questions
at the party. And she's a well -known

gossip. Just what are you getting at?

Yeah, what are you getting at?

Aren't you and Bonnie friends?

Now, you just wait a minute here.

You leave Bonnie out of this. She would
never do anything sneaky and

underhanded. She is my friend.

Oh, come on, Kraus. What did you two
talk about? Nothing. Just girl talk.

You sure you never told her anything
about your work? I told her what a rough

week I was having because of having to
arrange for Dr.

Wilcox and all.

She helped me out.

Well, there's nothing there.

Nothing there.

Governor, don't you see? It's obvious
what happened.

Kraus gave Bonnie the information and
Bonnie passed it to Senator Fulton. Oh,

Benson, you're really reaching.

Oh, Benson.

That must be exactly what happened.

There's your leak.

I just don't understand. I mean, how
could Bonnie do this to me?

No, she didn't just do it to you. She
does it to everybody.

But why?

Why? Because that's her game. She
exchanges political information for

I guess I just never saw that side of
her because I was so caught up in all

fancy parties and all those things.

Well, it's okay. You didn't know what
you were doing.

I sold us down the water.

Don't worry about her. She'll be all
right.

Oh, I know that. I just wanted it to be
Clayton.

I wanted to nail his hide to the barn
door.

I know whose hide should be nailed to
the barn door.

Bonnie Von Gorder, huh?

Yeah, someone should have a talk with
that woman.

Why don't you handle that?

I'd be happy to.

Anybody home?

Mrs. Van Gorder, come in.

Lieutenant Governor, I received a phone
call that said you wanted to see me

immediately. Bonnie, I am not a happy
man.

No, did I leave you off the cotillion
list?

It's not about me. It's about you and
Krause.

Gretchen? Have a seat.

You received a piece of information
about Dr.

Wilcox from Krause and you passed it on
to Senator Fulton.

I'm still not seeing the problem.

But you do admit you did that.

Oh, it's common knowledge that I'm a
prime source of information in this

It wasn't common knowledge to Krause.

Well, if Gretchen didn't know, then
Gretchen's terribly naive.

I may be naive, but I'm not a sneak in
the grass.

That snake in the grass.

She knows what she is.

Really, I don't want to be a part of a
scene.

I'm not through with you yet. Lit down.

I beg your pardon?

Pocket tooth!

You know what, really?

Guess me about all this.

I really liked you.

Come on, Gretchen, grow up.

I don't be like you. No, thank you, Mrs.
Van Gorder. I'll just be myself.

Plain old Kraus.

Captain of the Pinblaster's bowling
team. I'm proud of it.

Any one of those ladies would make ten
of you.

What can I say?

How about goodbye?

Goodbye.

Lieutenant Governor.

Oh, I should have punched her.

What, to spend the night in jail?

I think you handled it just right.

Boy, it doesn't feel so good.

You know what my problem is, Benson? I
let people walk all over me. I'm such a

rug. I'm a sidewalk.

I'm a hardwood floor.

Well, Cross, if I were you, I wouldn't
worry about the Bonnie Van Gorders of

world. You're better off without them.

I know.

It's just that I don't have that many
friends.

Well, Cross, people like you never have
many friends.

No, what I mean is that you care more
about quality than quantity.

Oh, yeah?

Well, right now, I don't have diddly.

Well, it's her loss. You have some
wonderful qualities.

Oh, don't start in with the soft dope.

No, I was simply trying to... Yeah, I
know what you're trying to do. You're

trying to be my buddy. Pat me on the
back and tell me everything is going to

okay. Well, not... Well, it's not okay.

I got taken. I got zuckered. I went to
the tree of friendship and picked a

lemon.

So what? It's not the end of the world.

That's very catchy. Tree of friendship.

I'm not going to let one lemon make me a
sourpuss.

No, no, no. You can handle that all by
yourself.

Damn right anybody's gonna foul up my
life. It's gonna be me. Well, you're

a good job of it. Thank you. You're
welcome.

Good night.

Good night.

Benson? What?

I love you for caring.