Benched
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 JonesMichaela Watkins
- First Aired on
Oct 28, 2014
- Popularity: 13.9421
- 25 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
The Mark Gordon Company (US)ABC Signature Studios (US)
- Status: Canceled
Show Canceled
1 seaons till Dec 30, 2014
Last episode: Brief Encounters
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 12 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Pilot min
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 2Downsizing min
Nina attends a gala honoring public defenders; however, her former colleagues are unimpressed.
Episode 3Hooked & Booked min
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.
Episode 4Sell It min
Nina discovers that she needs a refresher on influencing jurors and winning friends. Phil and Trent have to deal with a curmudgeonly judge.
Episode 5Shark, Actually min
Nina is concerned that she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to help her. Phil attempts to impress a pretty stenographer.
