Benched

6.9(25)|2014-10-28|1 seasons, 12 episodes

Comedy

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

Season 1(12)

S1E1 · 2014-10-28

Pilot

7.5

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.

S1E2 · 2014-11-04

Downsizing

7.5

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

S1E3 · 2014-11-11

Hooked & Booked

7.5

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.