Friends with Benefits Season 1

Friends with Benefits Season 1 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. With 30 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Ryan Hansen — stay for everyone else around them. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Friends with Benefits Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Friends with Benefits Season 1 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 1 of Friends with Benefits includes 12 episodes. It aired from August 2011 to September 2011. This season stars Ryan Hansen, Danneel Ackles and Zach Cregger. Ryan Hansen and Danneel Ackles lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2011. Friends with Benefits Season 1 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Friends with Benefits Season 1 respects your intelligence. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Ryan Hansen anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

🎬 Friends with Benefits Season 1 — Episode Guide

Pilot

2011-08-05

When Ben is confronted with needing a date to his sister's wedding, Sarah begins to worry that their arrangement is becoming too serious. Their friend Aaron Greenway, a successful tech genius, is not quite sure what to make of Ben and Sara's complicated friendship, but he, along with the smooth lady...

The Benefit of the Mute Button

2011-08-05

Ben and Sarah choose to bring their physical relationship to a halt when Sarah begins dating a co-worker who she thinks might be boyfriend material. Elsewhere, Aaron takes his relationship with Riley more seriously than she does and shows up to meet her for what he believes to be a dinner date, but ...

The Benefit of the Unspoken Dynamic

2011-08-12

When Aaron becomes depressed over an ex-girlfriend getting engaged, Ben and Fitz decide to take him out for a night on the town, only to end up arguing over a girl. Meanwhile, Sarah tries to befriend Riley and her wild lifestyle by hesitantly attending a party that makes her question her conservativ...

The Benefit of Forgetting

2011-08-12

Ben runs into an ex and reaps the benefits of her short-term memory loss. Meanwhile, Fitz fears his lesbian mother is lonely and tries to find her a girlfriend, but is surprised to find that she is already in a relationship. Elsewhere, Riley dates a man with a breast-feeding fetish.

The Benefit of the Right Track

2011-08-19

Sarah struggles to get off the "Booty Call Track" and onto the "Relationship Track" with paramedic Evan, while Ben works toward the opposite with a girl he met over the weekend. Back at the loft, Fitz, humiliated by Aaron's extravagant gift on their "Roommate-aversary," tries to take Aaron on a fun,...

The Benefit of Keeping Your Ego in Check

2011-08-19

In an attempt to avoid a date with a nerdy co-worker, Sarah asks Aaron to bid on her at a charity bachelorette auction. Meanwhile, Ben accidentally uses a suggestive phrase with a co-worker getting himself accused of sexual harassment. Elsewhere, Fitz thinks he's in the clear to spend one last night...

The Benefit of Mardi Gras

2011-08-26

After fighting with her sister, Sara wants to skip a trip to visit her family; Aaron gets drunk and loses his friends.

The Benefit of Mentors

2011-08-26

Aaron learns a girl he mentored in junior high has become a porn star; a doctor bribes Sara for help impressing Riley; Fitz and Ben visit a friend at the hospital.

The Benefit of Being Shallow

2011-09-02

Sara misses compliments about her appearance when she starts dating a blind man; Ben dates a girl with an affinity for large hats; Aaron spends time with an older woman

E10

The Benefit of Avoiding the Mindbanger

2011-09-02

Sara and Ben start losing themselves when they fall back into relationships with their exes; Riley is surprised by Aaron's efforts to impress a woman with his money.

E11

The Benefit of Putting in the Work

2011-09-09

Ben asks Aaron to invest in a new business venture; Sarah encounters some obstacles while dating a cute journalist; Riley tries to help Fitz become Chicago's number one bachelor.

E12

The Benefit of Friends

2011-09-09

Ben realizes he misses the relationship he had with Sarah; Sarah lies to her boyfriend; Riley falls for a guy she just met.

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🎬 Friends with Benefits Season 1 — Episode Guide

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