Bentley Johnson

**Bentley Johnson**, a character in the *Big Sky Country* series, is one of the producers of the reality TV show, *Smalltown, USA!* Although he is first seen in *Book 2, Chapter 1*, his name is revealed in Chapter 2.

## Appearance

Bentley has short dark brown hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. He has a light beard. He wears a cream colored suit, with white dress shirt and maroon tie with a gold tie clip.

## Chapters

### Big Sky Country

#### Book 2

* Chapter 1: The New Normal
* Chapter 2: Sweetridge, USA
* Chapter 3: The Race Is On
* Chapter 4: This Ain't Your First Rodeo
* Chapter 5: The Sweetridge Derby
* Chapter 8: On the Block
* Chapter 9: Heavy Burden
* Chapter 10: Happy Birthday, Darlin'
* Chapter 11: Meet Me At The Festival
* Chapter 12: La La Land
* Chapter 13: The Great Debate
* Chapter 14: World Famous (Mentioned)
* Chapter 15: Get Out the Vote
* Chapter 16: And the Winner Is...

## Relationships

### Brooklynne

Brooklynne Shao-Oakley has him introduce himself to the town at the town meeting. She tells you if you ask that he is 32 years old, a Taurus, and likes acoustic alt-rock.

### Your Character

In premium scenes, you can encourage his relationship with Curly in various chapters, as well as help Dallas in his interview with Bentley to boost the chances that Sweetridge will be featured in *Smalltown, USA!* in Chapter 3.

### Curly Barnes

Curly first meets Bentley at the town meeting, and they get along very well. In Chapter 3, you can encourage Curly to give him a tour of the town in a premium scene to improve their relationship. Before the tour, Curly asks you to join as his wingwoman/wingman, to prevent him from telling Bentley every embarrassing and unattractive story that comes to mind (like the time Curly used his mom's sanitary products as earrings). If you choose a political place to visit, Curly takes Bentley to town hall - the site of Montana's longest slap flight wherein 1921, Mayor Buckalew and Hank Dickerson slapped each other for three whole days and nights; because Hank died of a heart attack on the fourth day, Mayor Buckalew technically won the fight.

In Chapter 5, you can convince him to invite Bentley to the bonfire in a premium scene. At the bonfire, Curly makes Bentley one of his famous s'mores. You can show Bentley how you and your friends drink and he will sample Curly's moonshine, or how you all dance.

In Chapter 15, after the town has become inflamed about their depiction in *Smalltown, USA!*, Bentley returns to Sweetridge in an attempt to apologize. If you decide to have Curly hear him out and forgive him, Bentley tells you two that *Smalltown, USA!*'s ratings have been dropping and it was the show's frontrunner who decided to change Sweetridge's image and dramatize it. He didn't know she was planning to do it and didn't find out until the premiere himself since she had sent him to scout another state and kept him out of the loop. She had gotten the idea from watching the animosity between your friends and Dick Mulligan, and if Bentley had known ahead of time what she was planning, he would have tried to convince you and your friends to give the show to Falconville instead. Curly accepts his apology and forgives him. At the end of Chapter 16, you imagine your life ahead of you and find Bentley and Curly engaged to be married.

In Chapter 15, if you ask Bentley to leave instead of giving him the chance to explain, Bentley obliges and that is the last you and Curly see of him.

### Jasper

In an effort to build up the "hype" of Sweetridge, he films Jasper at the rodeo in Chapter 4.

### Asha

He interviews Asha at the rodeo in Chapter 4. With your words of encouragement, you can have Asha talk to him about her vision for Sweetridge or her experience.

## Trivia

* He resembles Etienne Foulard from *Red Carpet Diaries, Book 2*.
* He reveals in Chapter 11 that this is his seventh season on *Smalltown, USA*, and his third as producer. Before that, he was a production assistant for a long time.
* He shares the same surname as Winona Johnson from *Perfect Match, Book 2*.