Alcohol consumption

Yeah. I am a real ass lawyer. It has to do with a high stress high power job with lots of monies involved there is always boozxe to be passed around good

I'm glad to see it's not just me. I never drink alcohol myself (everything tastes awful and makes me throw up almost immediately), but I've never been comfortable with the way they were all boozing it up constantly, on the show.

Alicia's huge glasses of wine were no doubt to anaesthetize her brain so she could forget what a depressing mess her life was. She should have just done something to fix it instead.

Kalinda's tequila was supposed to make her seem tough and badass, when if she drank too much of it, it would sure make her less effective.

Will and Diane were always "celebrating" with more booze -- but I tell ya, if I was in the reception area waiting for an appointment with my lawyer, and saw him/her hoisting a glass of booze during office hours, I'd sure be wondering how effective my representation was going to be.

It's sad that people are so casual and accepting of alcohol, though, when it poisons brain cells and dulls senses. It does nobody any good, and often does a lot of harm.

I used to work in court, and there was hardly ever a divorce or an assault or just some stupid misdemeanour in which someone had not impaired their common sense with booze at some point. Not a good idea at all......

I always thought that this is an American or British thing, this coming home and first thing to do drinking some booze. I am from Europe and you don't see this casual drinking in our films or series (not that alcohol consumption is better or worse here).
Good that someone mentions this here because it is really over the top in this show, makes no sense because no one seems to have a health issue with it or other kind of problem, just this casual way like a life-style thing.
Not o.k. in my opinion.

I felt the alcohol consumption was pronounced, too, though not anywhere near Mad Men levels (i.e. no pregnant drinkers, liquid lunches, or blackouts). I think the writers and producers meant us to notice it as a form of abuse. ***SPOILER**Alicia even confesses to Jason in Season 7 that she is drinking too much and Jason gently helps her to ease off.

At the same time, as other posters have said, the law is a stressful occupation (way more stressful, I imagine, than advertising), and people drink to relieve stress. It would have been unrealistic to show only people sipping champagne at a holiday party. Also, these are highly competent, competitive, and focused people who would mostly limit their consumption to what would allow them to still have their wits about them if needed. There was at least one episode early on when Alicia had had one too many at a bar with someone and was called in on a case late at night and embarrassed herself. You never see that happen with Will or Diane, though they like their scotch.

There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people. – G.K. Chesterton

I think ou are drastically overstating the amount of booze they drink. I have 2 more episodes in season 1 and there is nothing close to Kalinda (who I dislike btw) downing tequila lime there is no tomorrow. You seem to have a biased or immature ideal of alchohol intake. Adults drink- there is abusive levels and addiction levels of drinking I have not witnessed that in the show.

I just started watching and noticed how thirsty these lawyers seem to be. Their livers should be hard as a rock by the time this series ends.

It's not just this show.

A lot of shows have characters drinking but being functional.

Just think of Modern Family's Claire, her husband and kids make fun of her wine consumption yet she is a functional adult able to be a productive driving parent, although pretty sure she completes a bottle a night.