List of episodes of the series «Benched»
- Seasons count: 1
- Episodes count: 12
Release date: 10/28/2014
Pilot
- User score: 7
- Episode number: 1
- Episode description: 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.
Release date: 11/4/2014
Downsizing
- Episode number: 2
- Episode description: Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.
Release date: 11/11/2014
Hooked & Booked
- User score: 7
- Episode number: 3
- Episode description: 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.
Release date: 11/18/2014
Sell It
- User score: 8
- Episode number: 4
- Episode description: Nina discovers that she needs a refresher on influencing jurors and winning friends. Phil and Trent have to deal with a curmudgeonly judge.
Release date: 11/25/2014
Shark, Actually
- User score: 7
- Episode number: 5
- Episode description: Nina is concerned that she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to help her. Phil attempts to impress a pretty stenographer.
Release date: 12/2/2014
Rights and Wrongs
- User score: 7
- Episode number: 6
- Episode description: Nina must accept that losing cases to Trent is a fact of life. Carlos gives up smoking, which worries the rest of the gang.
Release date: 12/9/2014
Curry Favor
- User score: 1
- Episode number: 7
- Episode description: 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.
Release date: 12/16/2014
Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend
- Episode number: 8
- Episode description: 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.
Release date: 12/23/2014
A New Development
- Episode number: 9
- Episode description: Nina discovers the D.A.'s plans to arrest the city's homeless and faces a crisis of conscience.
Release date: 12/23/2014
Solitary Refinement
- Episode number: 10
- Episode description: 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.
Release date: 12/30/2014
Campaign Contributions
- Episode number: 11
- Episode description: Phil is on the shortlist for Public Defender of the Year; Trent brings a young boy to court.
Release date: 12/30/2014
Brief Encounters
- Episode number: 12
- Episode description: Nina faces a difficult choice after reuniting with Trent; Phil examines his own relationships.