Benched

All Episodes 2014
TV-14

  • Canceled
  • #<Network:0x00007f93a365ce60>
  • 2014-10-29T02:30:00Z
  • 22m
  • 4h 16m (12 episodes)
  • Damon Jones + 1 more, Michaela Watkins
  • United States
  • English
  • The Mark Gordon Company + 1 more, ABC Signature
  • 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.

12 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-10-29T02:30:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 2014-10-29T02:30:00Z22m

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.

2014-11-05T03:30:00Z

1x02 Downsizing

1x02 Downsizing

  • 2014-11-05T03:30:00Z21m

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

2014-11-12T03:30:00Z

1x03 Hooked & Booked

1x03 Hooked & Booked

  • 2014-11-12T03:30:00Z21m

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.

2014-11-19T03:30:00Z

1x04 Sell It

1x04 Sell It

  • 2014-11-19T03:30:00Z20m

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

2014-11-26T03:30:00Z

1x05 Shark, Actually

1x05 Shark, Actually

  • 2014-11-26T03:30:00Z21m

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

2014-12-03T03:30:00Z

1x06 Rights and Wrongs

1x06 Rights and Wrongs

  • 2014-12-03T03:30:00Z21m

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

2014-12-10T03:30:00Z

1x07 Curry Favor

1x07 Curry Favor

  • 2014-12-10T03:30:00Z22m

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.

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.

2014-12-24T03:30:00Z

1x09 A New Development

1x09 A New Development

  • 2014-12-24T03:30:00Z21m

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

2014-12-24T03:30:00Z

1x10 Solitary Refinement

1x10 Solitary Refinement

  • 2014-12-24T03:30:00Z21m

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.

2014-12-31T03:30:00Z

1x11 Campaign Contributions

1x11 Campaign Contributions

  • 2014-12-31T03:30:00Z22m

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

Season Finale

2014-12-31T03:30:00Z

1x12 Brief Encounters

Season Finale

1x12 Brief Encounters

  • 2014-12-31T03:30:00Z22m

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

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