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An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 2 - The Green Bay Chopper
    6.0/10(143 votes)

    #1 - The Green Bay Chopper

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 1 - Picket Fences
    3.5/10(213 votes)

    #2 - Picket Fences

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 5 - Cold Spell
    2.0/10(56 votes)

    #3 - Cold Spell

    S3:E5

    After a young girl spray paints a pentacle on a wall at school, Sheriff Brock removes her from the custody of her mother, a practicing Wiccan, and a court custody battle ensues. Max and Kenny discover Ginny frozen to death in her own freezer. Her brother (played by Paul Williams) holds a memorial service at which he sings "The Rainbow Connection" (a song written by Williams for The Muppet Movie).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 14 - Close Encounters
    2.0/10(56 votes)

    #4 - Close Encounters

    S3:E14

    Carter pronounces a woman dead after she collapses while singing, but she later "wakes up" in the morgue and sees Carter as her soulmate. Meanwhile, Kenny and Max take their relationship to the next level.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 13 - My Romance
    2.0/10(51 votes)

    #5 - My Romance

    S4:E13

    After being struck by a falling power line, Carter sees his deceased grandfather Bob while he is clinically dead for three minutes. This experience causes him to reevaluate his relationship with God and with his girlfriend Sue. Judge Bone meets an old flame of 50 years ago while Zack gets a crush on a young cello prodigy who is visiting for a musical competition. Unfortunately, the girl only has eyes for Matthew.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 20 - Forget Selma
    2.0/10(56 votes)

    #6 - Forget Selma

    S4:E20

    When Wambaugh learns that Miriam has a new man in her life, he suspects that the man must have an ulterior motive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 9 - Thanksgiving
    1.0/10(121 votes)

    #7 - Thanksgiving

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 16 - The Body Politic
    1.0/10(104 votes)

    #8 - The Body Politic

    S1:E16

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 21 - Sugar and Spice
    1.0/10(103 votes)

    #9 - Sugar and Spice

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 8 - Strangers
    1.0/10(67 votes)

    #10 - Strangers

    S2:E8

    Jill testifies for a man suffering from a rare neurological disorder that distorts vision after he is arrested for the shooting death of his brother. Dr. Vernon Leaky, a specialist on the condition, shows a romantic interest in Ginny. Maxine learns that Kenny and Rachel are having an affair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 11 - Freezer Burn
    1.0/10(71 votes)

    #11 - Freezer Burn

    S3:E11

    A masseur known for giving erotic massages to many female residents of the town is found dead in his freezer. Jimmy Brock is upset when he learns that his wife, Jill, was one of the masseur's clients.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writers:Nick Harding, David E. Kelley

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  12. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 2 - Reap the Whirlwind
    1.0/10(51 votes)

    #12 - Reap the Whirlwind

    S4:E2

    The Wambaughs have an argument on their 50th anniversary as a tornado threatens the town. Jimmy and Jill worry about Kimberly who is away at college. Meanwhile, Carter meets an interesting new woman while buying quilting supplies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 9 - Witness for the Prosecution
    1.0/10(58 votes)

    #13 - Witness for the Prosecution

    S4:E9

    During a celebration welcoming the Pope to town, someone opens fire, and a man is killed. The victim's gay lover says the man committed suicide, but the Pope says he saw the whole thing and that it was murder. The Pope, therefore, becomes the chief witness in a murder case in Rome, Wisconsin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 17 - Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey
    1.0/10(62 votes)

    #14 - Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey

    S4:E17

    It is the christening of Mayor Bey's baby, Michael, but the Rome residents are flabbergasted when Laurie announces that she had the baby for her brother Jerry and his lover Gordy, who plan to raise the baby in the town. The Beys' estranged mother Christine, who turned her back on her children because she was deaf and he was gay, turns up and announces she is taking them all to court to get custody of her grandson. Tension brews in Rome as the people take sides on the issue and a campaign begins to have Laurie removed as Mayor, resulting in Jerry and Gordy being attacked at the supermarket by a vicious homophobic gang. Despite attempts by the prosecution to discredit the men and prove their lifestyle is unsuitable to raise a child in, Judge Bone ultimately rules in their favor and allows them to keep baby Michael, saying he does not feel they pose a threat to the boy.

    Director:David Hugh Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 3 - Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
    0.0/10(123 votes)

    #15 - Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 4 - The Autumn of Rome
    0.0/10(107 votes)

    #16 - The Autumn of Rome

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 5 - Frank the Potato Man
    0.0/10(114 votes)

    #17 - Frank the Potato Man

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 6 - Remembering Rosemary
    0.0/10(110 votes)

    #18 - Remembering Rosemary

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 7 - The Contenders
    0.0/10(97 votes)

    #19 - The Contenders

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 8 - Sacred Hearts
    0.0/10(107 votes)

    #20 - Sacred Hearts

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 10 - The Snake Lady
    0.0/10(89 votes)

    #21 - The Snake Lady

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 11 - Pageantry
    0.0/10(105 votes)

    #22 - Pageantry

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 12 - High Tidings
    0.0/10(100 votes)

    #23 - High Tidings

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 13 - Frog Man
    0.0/10(93 votes)

    #24 - Frog Man

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 14 - Bad Moons Rising
    0.0/10(118 votes)

    #25 - Bad Moons Rising

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Green Bay Chopper" is the best rated episode of "Picket Fences". It scored 6/10 based on 143 votes. Directed by Michael Pressman and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/1992. This episode scored 2.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Picket Fences".