Benched

22min

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.

Production Companies

The Mark Gordon Company

ABC Signature Studios

Episodes

Cast

Pilot

1. Pilot

28th Oct 2014

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.

Downsizing

2. Downsizing

4th Nov 2014

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

Hooked & Booked

3. Hooked & Booked

11th Nov 2014

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 It

4. Sell It

18th Nov 2014

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

Shark, Actually

5. Shark, Actually

25th Nov 2014

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 Wrongs

6. Rights and Wrongs

2nd Dec 2014

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 Favor

7. Curry Favor

9th Dec 2014

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 Friend

8. Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend

16th Dec 2014

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 Development

9. A New Development

23rd Dec 2014

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

Solitary Refinement

10. Solitary Refinement

23rd Dec 2014

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 Contributions

11. Campaign Contributions

30th Dec 2014

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

Brief Encounters

12. Brief Encounters

30th Dec 2014

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

First air date

28th Oct 2014

Last air date

30th Dec 2014

Status

Canceled

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks