I watch entirely too much TV and have to admit that I get sucked into courtroom and legal dramas. I read a blog post saying that CBS’s The Good Wife was stretching ethics a bit much. My first reaction was to agree, and I do understand that in the name of entertainment and getting the story told in the space of an hour, ethics may seem dangerously stretched in order to make a point. Then I watched a couple more episodes (I really like this show) and was struck with another thought.  We should be cognizant that some of these ethical breaches that seem so overly dramatic may just be realistic portrayals of what goes on behind closed doors – between attorneys, judges, clients, corporate big-wigs, anyone who may have a stake in the outcome of a case. It’s that whole concept of “the end justifies the means” that forms the basis for bad ethical behavior in the first place. You know, “I’m not a lawyer, I just play one on TV” – except for Fred Thompson and Oscar Goodman and all those politicians that are lawyers. I’m just saying.