6.8/1049 votesLoading...#1 - Bottled
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1996
Jill's emotions take control as the family celebrates Zack's 13th birthday.
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6.8/1050 votesLoading...#2 - Liver Let Die
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 6/26/1996
Jimmy learns he might have a cancerous growth on his liver. At the same time, he investigates the murder of a homeless man found behind Reverend Novotny's church. The murder suspect grabs Jimmy's gun and holds him hostage at the sheriff's office, but Jimmy and Kenny convince the man to give up the weapon. Later that day, Jimmy learns that the growth on his liver is benign.
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6.9/1042 votesLoading...#3 - Pal Joey
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1995
A former talk show host, Dr. Joanna "Joey" Diamond (Amy Aquino) joins Jill's medical practice. Kenny begins using a dating service.
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6.9/1050 votesLoading...#4 - Dog Eat Dog
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1995
Maxine is in trouble after she shoots a man wearing a bratwurst costume. Meanwhile, Jill assumes Kimberly is pregnant when she learns her daughter saw Dr. Joey and concealed the office visit from Jill.
Director: N/A
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7.1/1061 votesLoading...#5 - Supreme Courting
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1994
Valentine's Day brings romance to many members of the community. Maxine helps Carter woo Stacy Halford, a local widow. Kimberly and her boyfriend find they have different attitudes regarding sexual-consent guidelines, and Zack takes a dare and kisses his girlfriend only to find himself in trouble.
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7.1/1050 votesLoading...#6 - 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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7.2/1049 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
Director: N/A
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7.2/1069 votesLoading...#8 - Witness for the Prosecution
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1995
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.
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7.2/1052 votesLoading...#9 - Snow Exit
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1996
A blizzard hits town, stranding Jill and Kimberly in a bar where Lydia is making her singing debut. Likewise, Jimmy is snowed in at the sheriff's office and is the only person available to deliver the Mayor's baby when she goes into labor.
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7.3/1049 votesLoading...#10 - Frosted Flakes
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1994
The parents of a boy dying of leukemia seek a court order to allow them to place the child in cryonic suspension.
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7.3/1050 votesLoading...#11 - 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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7.3/1052 votesLoading...#12 - This Little Piggy
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1995
Kimberly is arrested for protesting pig-wrestling at the town fair.
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7.3/1044 votesLoading...#13 - Bloodlines
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1996
Matthew is deeply depressed after a friend commits suicide and Jimmy takes him on a trip in order to help him overcome his grief.
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7.3/1046 votesLoading...#14 - My Romance
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/1996
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.
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7.3/1054 votesLoading...#15 - Winner Takes All
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 6/5/1996
Jill fills in as the school's interim basketball coach when the regular coach collapses during a game. Under pressure from the parents, she becomes obsessed with winning, leading Zack and his teammates to obtain an injunction to remove her. Matthew develops a gambling addiction.
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7.4/1094 votesLoading...#16 - Sugar and Spice
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1993
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.
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7.4/1057 votesLoading...#17 - Unlawful Entries
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1993
Kenny and Max respond to a report of a rape and find a man and woman fighting. Under pressure from Kenny, the man says that it was she who raped him. Following a probable cause hearing, Judge Bone advises the district attorney and Wambaugh to reach a plea bargain. The woman gets a year sentence, suspended, after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault. Local businesswoman Rachel Harris is sworn in as mayor and she and Jimmy clash over her plans for his office. Max's former therapist manipulates her into dropping charges and they enter into a sexual relationship.
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7.4/1057 votesLoading...#18 - 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.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1055 votesLoading...#19 - 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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7.4/1047 votesLoading...#20 - 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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7.4/1056 votesLoading...#21 - A Change of Season
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1995
Kimberly surprises her parents with her plans to attend medical school out of state. Carter Pike's house catches fire after he had taken some sedatives, leaving Jill Brock to suspect a suicide attempt.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1046 votesLoading...#22 - Reap the Whirlwind
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1995
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: N/A
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7.4/1051 votesLoading...#23 - Down the Tubes
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1995
Jill considers tubal ligation. Brock must dance the polka with the Mayor for charity. Haunted by the death of his brother, Littleton returns to Chicago.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1055 votesLoading...#24 - Dem Bones
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1996
The skeleton of a Nazi sympathizer is found and suspicion falls on Jacob Levine, the son of a Jewish butcher who was persecuted by the dead man. Wambaugh rises to Levine's defense only to find himself facing an unexpected prosecuting attorney — his son David, from whom he has been estranged for many years.
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7.4/1050 votesLoading...#25 - The Z Files
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1996
Zack inserts his teacher's face in a pornographic video and his friend uploads it to the Internet. Maxine meets an online friend in person.
Director: N/A
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The Worst Episodes of Picket Fences
Every episode of Picket Fences ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Picket Fences!
An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Bottled" is the worst rated episode of "Picket Fences". It scored 6.8/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/16/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Liver Let Die".