Weekend at Benson's

Weekend at Benson's is the name of the twelfth season three episode (and fifty-second episode overall) of Regular Show.

The transcript of this episode can be viewed here.

Plot
Mordecai and Rigby are changing a lightbulb for a lampost, a task even they cannot handle. Benson begrudgingly steps in to do it himself, in an obvious rush. The duo try to ask Benson what's the big rush, but get into an argument which causes Benson to fall off a ladder and lose consciousness. Wanting to avoid being fired, the duo place shades on Benson and drive him back to his apartment, hoping he won't remember anything that happened.

Right before they reach his home, Audrey, Benson's neighbor, comes out and tells Benson to come party with her. At first, the duo refuses to go, leaving Audrey disappointed, but then Mordecai feels bad and tells Rigby that they will go to the party and when Benson wakes up, he will think that he partied too hard. They go to the party and they still manage to conceal the fact that Benson is unconscious.

During the party, Audrey's ex-boyfriend, Chuck, walks up and ridicules Benson by poking him. Then Mordecai moves Benson's hand making Chuck's drink spill all over him. Angred by this, he challes him to a eat-off. Luckily Benson's unconciousness allows him to easily win against Chuck, who admits defeat. However, Chuck offers Benson a victory drink called the "Mississippi Queen". It was right then that Benson regains consciousness.

Benson at first becomes outraged at Mordecai and Rigby, but then less so once he finds out that Audrey is cheering him on. As a result, Benson agrees to drink the Mississippi Queen, on the condition that Mordecai and Rigby drink it too or be fired. Surprisingly, the drink was not spicy at all, but instead brought up wild hallucinations that left the three back at the Park on the ground. Mordecai and Rigby would have been fired, had it not been for the "call me" note from Audrey taped to Benson.

Characters

 * MordecaiWeekend_at_Benson's_Credits.png


 * Rigby


 * Benson
 * Muscle Man
 * Margaret (Cameo)
 * Eileen (Cameo)

Minor Characters

 * Audrey


 * Chuck (Antagonist)
 * Dude (Cameo)
 * Starla (mentioned)
 * The Bus Driver (Cameo)
 * Sandles Girl

Trivia

 * This is the only episode (so far) to start with a W.
 * On Benton Connor's formspring, he said this episode is going to be more like Ernest Goes to Camp than it is like Weekend At Bernie's. He also confirmed that he and Hilary Flordio are the storyboarders of this episode.
 * Although in Weekend at Bernie's, Bernie (Benson) died and the two other guys (Mordecai and Rigby) want to party at his house. They put sunglasses on him and tape him to the seat car, and move his hands as if he were actually doing it.
 * This episode premiered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
 * Pops, Skips and High-Five Ghost didn't appear in this episode.
 * This is the first episode where Benson made a threat to fire Mordecai and Rigby in season three. But it was the second time Benson fires Mordecai and Rigby (again, technically) the first time was in Really Real Wrestling.
 * This is also the first episode to premiere in the new year 2012. Regular Show has now aired for nearly 2 years since September 2010.
 * Margaret and Eileen appear in this episode, but didn't have any lines.
 * Audrey's phone number is 555-0155.
 * Her phone number is the same number that's on the card in the episode "A Bunch of Baby Ducks"
 * Chuck's shirt reads FE for iron. Although technically correctly abbreviated, iron is usually abbreviated as Fe. It is number 11 on the periodic table of elements.
 * One of the girls that help Party Pete from Party Pete appears in this episode during Benson's and Chuck's food challenge.
 * This title is a reference to the 1980s movie, Weekend at Bernie's. The plot element of Benson being unconscious is also a reference to the movie.
 * Starla is mentioned in this episode as she and Muscle Man are still dating. She seems to like jazz music as she was pumped up about going to the smooth jazz music.
 * Benson seems to be good with girls as he helped Muscle Man with his date.
 * Early versions of the heat-trip portion of the episode played an instrumental segment of Gucci Gucci by Kreayshawn but subequent airs have it replaced with a more neutral song, Missisippi Queen by Mountain.
 * Mordecai says in the episode "It feels like rush hour in my lower intestines". There is no such thing as a "lower intestine", but rather a "small intestine" and a "large intestine"
 * The flame-headed taxi driver seemed to strongly resemble Ghost Rider from the Marvel series.
 * This is the first time that anybody in Regular Show has been knocked out.
 * There may be a sequel to this episode.
 * This is the second to the Hell Red Title screen has been seen.
 * There is an unnamed blind (or so they appear, because of their dark glasses) couple who seem to befriend Mordecai, Rigby, and a unconcious Benson.
 * Mordecai and Rigby keep on putting hot stuff in Benson's mouth.

Gallery


The gallery for Weekend at Benson's can be viewed here.