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Benched
Benched

Benched

Season 1 · Episode 1
IMDb6.9
Released
10/28/2014
Duration
0h 0m
Genre
Comedy
Country
United States of America
Cast
Eliza Coupe, Jay Harrington, Carter MacIntyre

Overview

Nina is a dedicated, career driven corporate attorney who has a very public nervous breakdown after getting passed up for an expected promotion and now finds herself working as a public defender. Her personal and professional worlds are turned upside down when she joins the ranks of the legal world’s underdogs and very quickly realizes that the law isn't quite as fair as she once thought.

Episodes

PilotEP 1AvailableNow playing

Pilot

0m·10/28/2014·7.5

Corporate lawyer Nina Whitley has given up a lot in her climb to the top. However, when she's passed over for a promotion and her former fiance gets engaged to another woman, Nina has an epic meltdown.

DownsizingEP 2Available

Downsizing

0m·11/4/2014·7.5

Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.

Hooked & BookedEP 3Available

Hooked & Booked

0m·11/11/2014·7.5

Phil tricks Nina into believing that all of the public defenders voluntarily go to jail to better understand their clients. She learns what lengths she'll go to be a part of the gang.

Sell ItEP 4Available

Sell It

0m·11/18/2014·9.0

Nina discovers that she needs a refresher on influencing jurors and winning friends. Phil and Trent have to deal with a curmudgeonly judge.

Shark, ActuallyEP 5Available

Shark, Actually

0m·11/25/2014·7.5

Nina is concerned that she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to help her. Phil attempts to impress a pretty stenographer.

Rights and WrongsEP 6Available

Rights and Wrongs

0m·12/2/2014·7.0

Nina must accept that losing cases to Trent is a fact of life. Carlos gives up smoking, which worries the rest of the gang.

Curry FavorEP 7Available

Curry Favor

0m·12/9/2014·3.3

Nina makes friends with a spunky forensics analyst who takes the concept of loyalty a bit too seriously. Carlos gets worrisome glimpse into Phil's life.

Diamond Is a Girl's Worst FriendEP 8Available

Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend

0m·12/16/2014·0.0

Nina is assigned one of Phil's former defendants and lands herself in a bet with Phil. Meanwhile, Phil and Carlos decide to teach Micah a lesson.

A New DevelopmentEP 9Available

A New Development

0m·12/23/2014·0.0

Nina discovers the D.A.'s plans to arrest the city's homeless and faces a crisis of conscience.

Solitary RefinementEP 10Available

Solitary Refinement

0m·12/23/2014·0.0

An old friend asks Nina to set her up with Phil, a female judge takes a liking to Carlos, and Nina goes on an ill-fated date of her own.

Campaign ContributionsEP 11Available

Campaign Contributions

0m·12/30/2014·0.0

Phil is on the shortlist for Public Defender of the Year; Trent brings a young boy to court.

Brief EncountersEP 12Available

Brief Encounters

0m·12/30/2014·0.0

Nina faces a difficult choice after reuniting with Trent; Phil examines his own relationships.

Cast

Eliza Coupe

Nina

Eliza Coupe

Jay Harrington

Phil

Jay Harrington

Carter MacIntyre

Trent

Carter MacIntyre

Oscar Nuñez

Carlos

Oscar Nuñez

Jolene Purdy

Micah

Jolene Purdy

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