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

Benched Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Downsizing
• s01e03 - Hooked & Booked
• s01e04 - Sell It
• s01e05 - Shark, Actually
• s01e06 - Rights and Wrongs
• s01e07 - Curry Favor
• s01e08 - Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend
• s01e09 - A New Development
• s01e10 - Solitary Refinement
• s01e11 - Campaign Contributions
• s01e12 - Brief Encounters

Benched Show Summary

A single-camera courtroom comedy that focuses on Nina, a dedicated, career-driven corporate attorney who has a very public nervous breakdown after getting passed up for an expected promotion, and 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. Nina's new colleague is Phil, a tall, dark and handsome, if not a little scruffy, public defender and avid gambler.