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First Aired: October 28th, 2014

Status: Ended

Genre: Comedy

Summary: 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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# of Episodes: 12

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# of Episodes I haven't watched: 12

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Season 1

Episode 1: Pilot

Air Date: October 28th, 2014

Summary: 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 2: Downsizing

Air Date: November 4th, 2014

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

Episode 3: Hooked & Booked

Air Date: November 11st, 2014

Summary: 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 4: Sell It

Air Date: November 18th, 2014

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

Episode 5: Shark, Actually

Air Date: November 25th, 2014

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

Episode 6: Rights and Wrongs

Air Date: December 2nd, 2014

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

Episode 7: Curry Favor

Air Date: December 9th, 2014

Summary: 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.

Episode 8: Diamond Is a Girl's Worst Friend

Air Date: December 16th, 2014

Summary: 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.

Episode 9: A New Development

Air Date: December 23rd, 2014

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

Episode 10: Solitary Refinement

Air Date: December 23rd, 2014

Summary: 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.

Episode 11: Campaign Contributions

Air Date: December 30th, 2014

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

Episode 12: Brief Encounters

Air Date: December 30th, 2014

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

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