
Benched
S1 · E1IMDB:
6.9
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.

Benched
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
6.9Released
10/28/2014
Genre
Comedy
Cast
Eliza Coupe, Jay Harrington, Carter MacIntyre
Duration
0h 0m
Country
United States of America
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
EP 1AvailablePilot
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.

Pilot
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.
EP 2AvailableDownsizing
Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.

Downsizing
Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.
EP 3AvailableHooked & Booked
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.

Hooked & Booked
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.
EP 4AvailableSell It
Nina discovers that she needs a refresher on influencing jurors and winning friends. Phil and Trent have to deal with a curmudgeonly judge.

Sell It
Nina discovers that she needs a refresher on influencing jurors and winning friends. Phil and Trent have to deal with a curmudgeonly judge.
EP 5AvailableShark, Actually
Nina is concerned that she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to help her. Phil attempts to impress a pretty stenographer.

Shark, Actually
Nina is concerned that she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to help her. Phil attempts to impress a pretty stenographer.
EP 6AvailableRights and Wrongs
Nina must accept that losing cases to Trent is a fact of life. Carlos gives up smoking, which worries the rest of the gang.

Rights and Wrongs
Nina must accept that losing cases to Trent is a fact of life. Carlos gives up smoking, which worries the rest of the gang.
EP 7AvailableCurry Favor
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.

Curry Favor
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.
EP 8AvailableDiamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend
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.

Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend
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.
EP 9AvailableA New Development
Nina discovers the D.A.'s plans to arrest the city's homeless and faces a crisis of conscience.

A New Development
Nina discovers the D.A.'s plans to arrest the city's homeless and faces a crisis of conscience.
EP 10AvailableSolitary Refinement
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.

Solitary Refinement
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.
EP 11AvailableCampaign Contributions
Phil is on the shortlist for Public Defender of the Year; Trent brings a young boy to court.

Campaign Contributions
Phil is on the shortlist for Public Defender of the Year; Trent brings a young boy to court.
EP 12AvailableBrief Encounters
Nina faces a difficult choice after reuniting with Trent; Phil examines his own relationships.

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

Nina
Eliza Coupe

Phil
Jay Harrington

Trent
Carter MacIntyre

Carlos
Oscar Nuñez

Micah









