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Picket Fences

Picket Fences
★ 7.4/10•1992•42m•Drama•Comedy•Crime
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An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.

StatusEnded
Runtime42m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 18, 1992

Episodes

Episode 1 - Picket FencesE187m

Picket Fences

A beloved local man is killed during a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. Suspicion initially falls on the town pharmacist when the sheriff learns the dead man was having an affair with the pharmacist's daughter. The dead man's wife confesses but her confession is suppressed in court. She is then murdered and the Sheriff's department discovers that she and the pharmacist conspired to kill her husband and then the pharmacist killed her.

Sep 18, 1992

Episode 2 - The Green Bay ChopperE242m

The Green Bay Chopper

After a child brings a severed human hand to school for show and tell, the Sheriff's department teams with the FBI to pursue a serial kidnapper, the "Green Bay Chopper", who severs the right hands of his victims.

Sep 25, 1992

Episode 3 - Mr. Dreeb Comes to TownE342m

Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town

Max falls for a dwarf who rides into town on an elephant, which the dwarf says was being abused at a circus. Jill tells Kimberly's favorite teacher, Mr. Pankow, that he has a brain tumor.

Oct 2, 1992

Episode 4 - The Autumn of RomeE442m

The Autumn of Rome

The candidates in the upcoming mayoral election are using such outrageous smear campaigns that Sheriff Brock considers running for Mayor himself.

Oct 16, 1992

Episode 5 - Frank the Potato ManE542m

Frank the Potato Man

A rash of break-ins leads to an investigation of a "serial bather". Suspicion initially centers on "Frank the Potato Man", a vagrant who, it is learned, was tried for aggravated rape 15 years earlier.

Oct 23, 1992

Episode 6 - Remembering RosemaryE642m

Remembering Rosemary

When a catatonic housemaid utters the word "murder" after a decade of not speaking, the Sheriff's department learns that the "suicide" of a beloved town figure a decade prior was actually a homicide.

Oct 26, 1992

Episode 7 - The ContendersE742m

The Contenders

Town doctor Jill Brock, fed up with the mayor's failure to address women's issues, declares herself a write-in candidate in the upcoming mayoral election. Deputy Kenny Lakos arrests a former boxing world champion and convinces him to engage in a charity match before extradition to New Jersey.

Oct 30, 1992

Episode 8 - Sacred HeartsE842m

Sacred Hearts

An elderly patient is murdered at a nursing home. A "singing serial mercy-killing" nun is arrested, sparking controversy over the ethics and legality of euthanasia.

Nov 6, 1992

Episode 9 - ThanksgivingE942m

Thanksgiving

Jill's father arrives in Rome with his new 26-year-old girlfriend. Wambaugh finds his wife in bed with another man.

Nov 13, 1992

Episode 10 - The Snake LadyE1042m

The Snake Lady

Max, Brock, and Kenny investigate the mysterious death of a woman who may or may not have committed suicide.

Dec 4, 1992

Episode 11 - PageantryE1142m

Pageantry

A rabbi seeks to block the town from staging a religiously-themed Christmas pageant on public property. The town is shocked to learn that beloved teacher Louise Talbot, scheduled to play the Virgin Mary in the pageant, is a post-operative transsexual.

Dec 11, 1992

Episode 12 - High TidingsE1242m

High Tidings

When the Brock family inadvertently finds Kimberly having sex with her 19-year-old boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Jimmy wants to prosecute him for statutory rape. A man claiming to be Santa Claus takes Max and dispatcher Ginny hostage and Jimmy tries to talk him down.

Dec 18, 1992

Episode 13 - Frog ManE1342m

Frog Man

Kenny is seriously wounded by the Frog Man, a burglar who leaves live frogs at the site of his crimes.

Jan 8, 1993

Episode 14 - Bad Moons RisingE1442m

Bad Moons Rising

When Alice Freeman is charged with murder in the death of her husband, Wambaugh defends her by claiming insanity as the result of menopause. Brock's son, Matthew, begins to experience puberty.

Jan 15, 1993

Episode 15 - Nuclear MeltdownsE1542m

Nuclear Meltdowns

When her friend becomes pregnant, Kimberly fears that she is the victim of incest. However, the man purporting to be her father is actually her husband and they are involved in a polygamous relationship. Max investigates a religious sect that engages in animal sacrifice. Guest Stars: Liz and Jean Sagal

Jan 22, 1993

Episode 16 - The Body PoliticE1642m

The Body Politic

A fugitive doctor seeks a court order to allow him to keep his brain-dead wife on life support to allow her to bring her pregnancy to term. The mayor fires the town dentist for refusing to disclose that he is HIV-positive. Guest Stars: Liz and Jean Sagal

Feb 5, 1993

Episode 17 - Be My ValentineE1742m

Be My Valentine

Deputy Max goes undercover when a response to her personal ad leads her to believe that she is being targeted by a serial killer known as "Cupid."

Feb 12, 1993

Episode 18 - Fetal AttractionE1842m

Fetal Attraction

Jill enlists her former fiancé to perform a fetal transplant on a patient with Parkinson's disease over the objections of the town hospital. Jimmy feels threatened when he catches Jill and her former fiancé exchanging a kiss

Apr 1, 1993

Episode 19 - SightingsE1942m

Sightings

Carter believes a sheriff who mysteriously disappeared 38 years earlier may have been killed by radiation emitted by an Unidentified Flying Object.

Apr 8, 1993

Episode 20 - Rights of PassageE2042m

Rights of Passage

A group of heavily armed Chippewa Indians declares war on Rome, seizes, and barricades the courthouse. Ginny stages a protest when Jill begins administering growth hormones to a short boy. Matthew takes on the school bully.

Apr 15, 1993

Episode 21 - Sugar and SpiceE2142m

Sugar and Spice

Kimberly and her best female friend exchange a few kisses during a sleepover, leading to rumors that Kimberly is a lesbian. She turns to her birth mother, who had a lesbian affair in college, for advice.

Apr 29, 1993

Episode 22 - The Lullaby LeagueE2242m

The Lullaby League

Max delivers a baby and begins adoption procedures when the natural mother disappears. Jill transplants a pig's liver into a blues vocalist after the woman collapses on stage. Guest star: Della Reese.

May 6, 1993

Actors

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Jimmy Brock

Kathy Baker

Kathy Baker

Jill Brock

Costas Mandylor

Costas Mandylor

Kenny Lacos

Lauren Holly

Lauren Holly

Maxine Stewart

Holly Marie Combs

Holly Marie Combs

Kimberly Brock

Justin Shenkarow

Justin Shenkarow

Matthew Brock

Adam Wylie

Adam Wylie

Zack Brock

Ray Walston

Ray Walston

Henry Bone

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

John Littleton

Fyvush Finkel

Fyvush Finkel

Douglas Wambaugh

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