7.7/1050 votes#1 - Survival of the Fittest
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1994
A local girl disappears and Sherriff Brock suspects her boyfriend, Brian Latham, is involved. Meanwhile, Jill opposes a grade school teacher who is teaching creationism.
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7.9/1055 votes#2 - Systematic Abuse
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1994
District Attorney Littleton and defense lawyer Douglas Wambaugh prepare for the upcoming murder trial of Brian Latham. Littleton is concerned that his case will be hampered by the absence of hard evidence.
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7.6/1061 votes#3 - The Bus Stops Here (1)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1994
A Wisconsin Federal judge orders that 400 black students from the Green Bay ghetto be bused to Rome's schools, prompting panic among Sheriff Brock and the parents, knowing that a good number of them are lowlifes and drug dealers that come from that neighborhood. Meanwhile, Wambaugh gets a surprising response to his appeal of the Brian Latham murder conviction to go the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington DC. Also, Maxine makes a mess of her relationship with Littleton.
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7.4/1057 votes#4 - Enemy Lines (2)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1994
Jill and Judge Nance air their feelings in a heated face-to-face exchange after she is arrested when she reveals that she performed surgery on the Christian Science man. Meanwhile, Kimberly has a run-in with one of Green Bay's transfer students, named Aisha, who initially responds with hostility. Also, Littleton asks Maxine out on a date.
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7.5/1051 votes#5 - Cold Spell
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1994
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).
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7.3/1050 votes#6 - Elective Conduct
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1994
Jill's mayoral campaign is damaged when Zach writes a school report filled with racist content, which he copied from an out-of-date book. Kimberly befriends Aisha when her classmate is bullied over good grades.
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7.7/1050 votes#7 - Rebels with Causes
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1994
Wambaugh accompanies Jill Brock to Chicago where he receives a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at Chicago Hope Hospital in this series crossover episode. Jill clashes with Dr. Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin) who, she feels, looks down on her as a small-town doctor.
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8.0/1053 votes#8 - May It Please the Court
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1994
Wambaugh realizes the dream of a lifetime when he presents oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
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8.1/1055 votes#9 - For Whom the Wind Blows
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1994
While Brian Latham continues to proclaim his innocence, Kenny and Max review the evidence of the case and begin to believe he is telling the truth. Jimmy turns 55 and suffers a midlife crisis.
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7.4/1055 votes#10 - Away in the Manger
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1994
Carter Pike suspects that bizarre genetic experiments are being carried out on cows at a remote farm. This episode was originally planned as a crossover with The X-Files.
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7.8/1066 votes#11 - Freezer Burn
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1995
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.
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7.8/1049 votes#12 - Frog Man Returns
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1995
The Frog Man's son tires of his father and goes to court for emancipation. Meanwhile, Zach is injured in a terrible accident and Jill overreacts, striking Matthew for accidentally hurting Zach.
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7.2/1049 votes#13 - Mr. Seed Goes to Town
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1995
Jimmy Brock's ex-wife, Lydia, visits unexpectedly and brings with her an unusual request — she wants to have another baby, and she wants Jimmy to father it.
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7.1/1050 votes#14 - Close Encounters
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1995
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.
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7.8/1060 votes#15 - When in Rome
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1995
When a child molester moves to Rome after spending 16 years in prison it causes big problems for the local residents, especially with Jill and Jimmy, who are struggling to reconcile parental concerns with their professional duties.
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8.2/1089 votes#16 - Heroes and Villains
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1995
The hearing impaired Dancing Bandit is arrested when she visits Zach on his birthday. Federal authorities want her trial to be set in Rome, where the jury reaches a surprising verdict.
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8.1/1085 votes#17 - Changing of the Guard
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/1995
Jimmy goes outside of his department to get the help he needs to find Ed Lawson, who is wanted for murder. Meanwhile, the town launches its own search to find a new mayor, and Kenny and Max are caught kissing on the job.
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7.7/1050 votes#18 - Without Mercy
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1995
Jimmy consults Jill when a terminal cancer patient dies of a morphine overdose.
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8.1/1054 votes#19 - Final Judgement
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1995
When Jill is found guilty of physician-assisted suicide, Wambaugh insists that Judge Bone put the issue of euthanasia on trial. Meanwhile, Kenny and Carter discover that Zack has been killing swans in a nearby pond.
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7.6/1082 votes#20 - Saint Zach
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1995
When Zach develops stigmata-like sores on his hands, his friends believe he has healing powers, and a classmate asks him to cure his brother of leukemia.
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7.4/1047 votes#21 - Upbringings
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1995
Jimmy's father, Walter Brock (played by James Coburn), pays an unexpected visit and asks Jimmy to take over his law firm. This offer provokes long-standing father-son animosities, with Jimmy finally admitting that he dropped out of law school because he believed he would never measure up to his father's expectations of him.
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8.3/1094 votes#22 - The Song of Rome
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1995
After Father Gary Barrett is shot and killed during a robbery at the church, Mayor Bey proposes holding a spring musical pageant to help pull the community out of its somber mood
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The Best Episodes of Picket Fences Season 3
Every episode of Picket Fences Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Picket Fences Season 3!
An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:CBS
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Survival of the Fittest" is the best rated episode of "Picket Fences" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Systematic Abuse".