Series
Benched
Comedy
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1Pilot28 Oct 2014 · ★ 7.5Corporate 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.
2Downsizing4 Nov 2014 · ★ 7.5Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.
3Hooked & Booked11 Nov 2014 · ★ 7.5Phil 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.
4Sell It18 Nov 2014 · ★ 9.0Nina discovers that she needs a refresher on influencing jurors and winning friends. Phil and Trent have to deal with a curmudgeonly judge.
5Shark, Actually25 Nov 2014 · ★ 7.5Nina is concerned that she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to help her. Phil attempts to impress a pretty stenographer.
6Rights and Wrongs2 Dec 2014 · ★ 7.0Nina must accept that losing cases to Trent is a fact of life. Carlos gives up smoking, which worries the rest of the gang.
7Curry Favor9 Dec 2014 · ★ 3.3Nina 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.
8Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend16 Dec 2014Nina 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.
9A New Development23 Dec 2014Nina discovers the D.A.'s plans to arrest the city's homeless and faces a crisis of conscience.
10Solitary Refinement23 Dec 2014An 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.
11Campaign Contributions30 Dec 2014Phil is on the shortlist for Public Defender of the Year; Trent brings a young boy to court.
12Brief Encounters30 Dec 2014Nina faces a difficult choice after reuniting with Trent; Phil examines his own relationships.
Details
- Created by
- Damon Jones, Michaela Watkins
- First aired
- 28 Oct 2014
- Last aired
- 30 Dec 2014
- Status
- Canceled
- Language
- English
- Network
- USA Network
- Episodes
- 12
- Votes
- 25 on TMDB
Cast
Eliza CoupeNina
Jay HarringtonPhil
Carter MacIntyreTrent
Oscar NuñezCarlos
Jolene PurdyMicah
