Playback unavailable Playback is disabled.

Playback is currently unavailable for S1 E1 · Pilot. Episode details remain available below.

Benched

2014 Canceled 22m episodes

6.9/10 25 votes

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.

Created by:: Damon Jones, Michaela Watkins
Cast:: Eliza Coupe, Jay Harrington, Carter MacIntyre, Oscar Nuñez
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: USA Network

Episode guide

Seasons

1 available

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 1 selected

E01

Episode 1

★ 7.5

Pilot

2014-10-28

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.

Current episode

E02

Episode 2

★ 7.5

Downsizing

2014-11-04

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

Watch progress · Not tracked

E03

Episode 3

★ 7.5

Hooked & Booked

2014-11-11

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.

Watch progress · Not tracked

E04

Episode 4

★ 9.0

Sell It

2014-11-18

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

Watch progress · Not tracked

E05

Episode 5

★ 7.5

Shark, Actually

2014-11-25

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

Watch progress · Not tracked

E06

Episode 6

★ 7.0

Rights and Wrongs

2014-12-02

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

Watch progress · Not tracked

E07

Episode 7

★ 3.3

Curry Favor

2014-12-09

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.

Watch progress · Not tracked