DAVID E. KELLEY STRIKES AGAIN

Sure it's easy to poke holes at the myriad of ways that Girls Club glamorizes the thankless existence of "high-powered" lawyers right out of law school. You know, how some female lawyers aren't drop-dead gorgeous, that prestigious big firms don't do exciting criminal defense and plaintiff litigation, but instead do defense work for faceless corporate clients and put together large corporate deals. Still, any show that accurately portrays associates scheming for work, partners referring to their underlings as "keepers," kvetching about being kept on the back, back benches and a conversation that includes the words "billables, lateral and headhunter" is about as real as TV is going to get. Well, as real until NBC picks up my idea for a "Scrubs-like" take on the Legal world.