I know this is an old thread, and I'm catching up so I can watch season 3 but I had to document my thoughts real quick. I love this show but the dialog makes EVERYONE seem wayyyy smarter than they'd realistically be. There's no way the US attorney, his psychiatrist wife, Axe, Axes' top employees, the internal affairs guy, etc. are all that smart/strategic and witty.
Hell it's annoying how Chuck's wife is on some Professor X shyt. Someone will say a couple of sentences to her and she'll go, "You didn't eat breakfast today did you? That's because your father used to deny you Cinnamon Toast Crunch when you were 6."