Benched

2014

Benched

7.1 | TV-14 | en | 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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Pilot

Oct. 28,2014

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.

EP2 Downsizing

Nov. 04,2014

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

EP3 Hooked & Booked

Nov. 11,2014

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.

EP4 Sell It

Nov. 18,2014

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

EP5 Shark, Actually

Nov. 25,2014

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

EP6 Rights and Wrongs

Dec. 02,2014

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

EP7 Curry Favor

Dec. 09,2014

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.

EP8 Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend

Dec. 16,2014

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.

EP9 A New Development

Dec. 23,2014

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

EP10 Solitary Refinement

Dec. 23,2014

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.

EP11 Campaign Contributions

Dec. 30,2014

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

EP12 Brief Encounters

Dec. 30,2014

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

7.1 | TV-14 | en | Comedy | More Info

Released: 2014-10-28 | Released Producted By: The Mark Gordon Company , ABC Signature Studios Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.usanetwork.com/benched

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Cast

Eliza Coupe , Jay Harrington , Carter MacIntyre , Oscar Nuñez , Jolene Purdy

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The Mark Gordon Company , ABC Signature Studios

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Benched Audience Reviews

Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

willz187 This is supposed to be a review of Benched but it can't be reviewed without mentioning Eliza Coupe's past character Jane Kerkovich from Happy Endings - a show prematurely cancelled. Benched is watchable. However, it's no Happy Endings NOR Better Off Ted (which Eliza's counterpart Jay Harrington in Benched starred in (2009)) - 2 shows that were edgier and wittier than Benched.Eliza holds this show together in an otherwise blasé cast.But I could be still comparing it to Happy Endings, where every character was a hilarious wacko. Since this is a show about being a public defender-which is a court appointed lawyer for those who can't afford one-I found myself a little depressed by Benched, constantly being reminded of societies disadvantaged and under privileged. Hard to laugh at some of these situations. Reminded me a little of a long gone hit show, Night Court (1984). But mostly made me miss the antics in Happy Endings.Went over and watched another Happy Endings alum's new show, Marry Me, and same thing, missing Casey Wilsons character, Penny Hartz, from H.E.Put Kate Walsh's character from Bad Judge, Rachel Harris, add Judah Friedlander, Kryten Ritter, Kyle Mooney from Saturday Night Live, and Peter Dante from Happy Madison productions into Benched, and now we have a cast!

asdf ghjk Benched is something special, IMHO. The characters are flawed but are fighting the good fight. The supporting cast is excellent and create a quirky and rich environment. I've had real laughs watching this show and that's the highest praise I can give. Thumbs up, way up!Let me add that for a show to be great, like this one is, it has to hit on all cylinders. From writing to acting to directing, this show has what it takes. If it doesn't get renewed for another season it's a TV travesty.If it were up to me I'd give this show two Golden Globes, so Nina could have a matching set.

bkoganbing Here's one show I hope will last. Benched is a really good half hour comedy show about a woman attorney who leaves her white shoe law firm for the public defender's office. Not that Eliza Coupe did that willingly, she threw a hissy fit when another female lawyer made partner. After that she burned her bridges in corporate law.So there's no sense of obligation that Coupe has in terms of her job, but a girl has to eat and the scene she made leaving her old firm has not exactly enhanced her resume. The comedy of this show centers around Coupe learning a whole different world than what she's used to. Eliza Coupe has a nice sense of comedy timing, she reminds me a whole lot of Jennifer Aniston. One wonders if Anniston was offered the series before Coupe. Never mind because Coupe is really good in the lead. I do hope this show finds an audience.

catpurdy I don't know what's wrong with these other reviewers.This is way better than "Bad Judge", which I really wanted to like.The lead has great comic timing and the rest of the cast shoes promise.Just the fact that the stand-up comic Maria Bamford is in the cast makes it worth watching.I laughed a lot during the first episode, and there are signs that there will be some heart along with the laughs.Good comedies are hard to come by - give it a chance.I don't know why IMDb request ten lines of text for a review! It's just not necessary!