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Benched

201422m6.9 / 101 seasons

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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Season guide

Season 1

12 episodes available

Episode 1: Pilot

Unknown runtime

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.

Episode 2: Downsizing

Unknown runtime

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

Episode 3: Hooked & Booked

Unknown runtime

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.

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Cast & Characters

Eliza Coupe

Nina

Jay Harrington

Phil

Carter MacIntyre

Trent

Oscar Nuñez

Carlos

Jolene Purdy

Micah

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Episode 4: Sell It

Unknown runtime

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

Episode 5: Shark, Actually

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

Episode 6: Rights and Wrongs

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

Episode 7: Curry Favor

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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.

Episode 8: Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend

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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.

Episode 9: A New Development

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

Episode 10: Solitary Refinement

Unknown runtime

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.

Episode 11: Campaign Contributions

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

Episode 12: Brief Encounters

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