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TV-14
USA
Nov 25, 2014
22 m

TV-14
USA
Nov 25, 2014
22 m

Benched

Summary Former corporate attorney Nina Whitley (Eliza Coupe) tries to adjust to her new job at the underfunded and understaffed Public Defender’s office that includes Phil (Jay Harrington), Cheryl (Maria Bamford), and Micah (Jolene Purdy) as well as facing her ex-fiancé, Trent, (Carter MacIntyre) at the District Attorney’s office.

Comedy

Directed By: Tristram Shapeero

Written By: Michaela Watkins, Damon Jones, Joanna Calo

TV-14
USA
Nov 25, 2014
22 m

TV-14
USA
Nov 25, 2014
22 m

S1 • Episode 5

Shark, Actually

Air Date: Nov 25, 2014

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Summary Former corporate attorney Nina Whitley (Eliza Coupe) tries to adjust to her new job at the underfunded and understaffed Public Defender’s office that includes Phil (Jay Harrington), Cheryl (Maria Bamford), and Micah (Jolene Purdy) as well as facing her ex-fiancé, Trent, (Carter MacIntyre) at the District Attorney’s office.

Comedy

Created By: Damon Jones, Michaela Watkins

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 28, 2014 • 23 m

Episode 2 • Nov 4, 2014 • 22 m

Hoping to be accepted back into the corporate world, Nina gives a speech, but it goes awry; the gang struggles to fit in.

Episode 3 • Nov 11, 2014 • 22 m

Hooked & Booked

Phil tricks Nina into believing that public defenders voluntarily go to jail; Phil and Boring Larry take Carlos out for a night on the town.

Episode 4 • Nov 18, 2014 • 21 m

Nina realizes she may need help influencing jurors; Phil and Trent face off in front of a grumpy judge.

Episode 5 • Nov 25, 2014 • 22 m

Shark, Actually

Nina is worried she is being played by a private defense lawyer assigned to her case; Phil tries to impress a cute stenographer.

Episode 6 • Dec 2, 2014 • 22 m

Rights & Wrongs

Nina is forced to compromise when her refusal to lose cases to Trent begins to clog up the court system; Carlos quits smoking.

Episode 7 • Dec 9, 2014 • 22 m

Nina finds a new friend in a forensics analyst; Nina's new friend takes the meaning of loyalty too far; Carlos is forced to stay with Phil for a few days.

Episode 8 • Dec 16, 2014 • 22 m

Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend

Nina makes a bet when she is assigned one of Phil's former defendants; Micah criticizes Phil's and Carlos' behavior in court.

Episode 9 • Dec 23, 2014 • 22 m

A New Development

Nina discovers that Trent and the district attorney's office are involved in a plot to arrest the city's homeless; Cheryl turns to Nina for help.

Episode 10 • Dec 23, 2014 • 22 m

Solitary Refinement

An old friend asks Nina to set her up with Phil; Nina goes on an ill-fated double date; a female judge begins paying attention to Carlos.

Episode 11 • Dec 30, 2014 • 22 m

Campaign Contributions

Nina insists on helping Phil win an award; Trent brings his 10-year-old "little brother" to court for one week.

Episode 12 • Dec 30, 2014 • 22 m

Brief Encounters

Nina must make some hard choices after secretly reuniting with Trent; Morris calls out Phil for being glib.

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