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  • CBS
  • Sep 18, 1992
  • CBS
  • Sep 18, 1992
Picket Fences

Summary From award winning producer David E. Kelley ("Ally McBeal", "The Practice" and "Boston Legal") comes Picket Fences, a story of a small town sherrif trying to maintain the town & his family.Sherrif James Brock (Tom Skerrit) is trying to maintain the small town of Rome, Wisconin. His wife Jill (Kathy Baker) is the doctor of the town, daugh...

Created By: David E. Kelley

  • CBS
  • Sep 18, 1992
  • CBS
  • Sep 18, 1992
Picket Fences
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 18, 1992
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 6 User Ratings
8.2
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Summary From award winning producer David E. Kelley ("Ally McBeal", "The Practice" and "Boston Legal") comes Picket Fences, a story of a small town sherrif trying to maintain the town & his family.Sherrif James Brock (Tom Skerrit) is trying to maintain the small town of Rome, Wisconin. His wife Jill (Kathy Baker) is the doctor of the town, daugh...

Created By: David E. Kelley

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 18, 1992 • 1 h
Pilot
Episode 2 • Sep 25, 1992 • 44 m
The Green Bay Chopper
Episode 3 • Oct 2, 1992 • 45 m
Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
Episode 4 • Oct 16, 1992 • 46 m
The Autumn of Rome
The Mayor investigates a crooked citizen and crashes with his car just before elections start. Wambaugh runs for mayor with brass band and drums and is shot at.
Episode 5 • Oct 23, 1992 • 46 m
Frank the Potato Man
The 'Serial Bather' strikes again, leaving a plastic duck in the bathtub. Suspicion falls on Frank the Potato Man who is homeless.
Episode 6 • Oct 26, 1992 • 47 m
Remembering Rosemary
Episode 7 • Oct 30, 1992 • 45 m
The Contenders
Episode 8 • Nov 6, 1992 • 47 m
Sacred Hearts
A woman who is terminally ill dies at the nursing home with an orange in her mouth. 'The singing Nun' is suspected as a serial mercy killer. Judge Bone declares that assisted suicide is under constitutional protection.
Episode 9 • Nov 13, 1992 • 1 h
Thanksgiving
Episode 10 • Dec 4, 1992 • 45 m
The Snake Lady
A woman is found dead after an apparent suicide, and suspicion falls on both her husband and her sister, the 'Snake Lady'.
Episode 11 • Dec 11, 1992 • 47 m
Pageantry
Episode 12 • Dec 18, 1992 • 47 m
High Tidings
Episode 13 • Jan 8, 1993 • 46 m
Frog Man
The Frogman strikes again with a fake bomb, and apparently shoots at Kenny in a jewelery store.
Episode 14 • Jan 15, 1993 • 46 m
Bad Moons Rising
Episode 15 • Jan 22, 1993 • 47 m
Nuclear Meltdowns
Episode 16 • Feb 5, 1993 • 47 m
The Body Politic
Episode 17 • Feb 12, 1993 • 47 m
Be My Valentine
Sheriff Brock is shot with an arrow in his buttock. Maxine suspects the serial killer called Cupid and places a personal ad to meet him.
Episode 18 • Apr 1, 1993 • 47 m
Fetal Attraction
A citizen gets worse from Parkinson's disease, and the whole town gets engaged in discussions about transplants from aborted fetus organs.
Episode 19 • Apr 8, 1993 • 45 m
Sightings
Episode 20 • Apr 15, 1993 • 47 m
Rights of Passage
Episode 21 • Apr 29, 1993 • 47 m
Sugar and Spice
Episode 22 • May 6, 1993 • 1 h
The Lullaby League

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
61
44% Positive
7 Reviews
50% Mixed
8 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
61
44% Positive
7 Reviews
50% Mixed
8 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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100
Jul 12, 2013
With the mix of bizarre cases and believably goofy characters, I found already I never wanted the show to end. It's great stuff working on three levels at once. [17 Sep 1992]
By Marvin Kitman FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 19, 2013
The tone can be darkly comic, even nasty, also sweetly sentimental, even corny. Picket Fences is idiosyncratic, unpredictable and fun fun fun to watch. Our Town gone ga-ga. Put it this way: When in Rome ... sit back and enjoy. [18 Sept 1992, p.1D]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 18, 2013
I'll cautiously recommend the series because I have faith in the talents of Kelley, Skerritt and Baker. [18 Sept 1992, p.63]
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50
Jun 19, 2013
Often engaging, inventive, well acted and wickedly funny, Picket Fences keeps shooting itself in the foot with tastelessness disguised as daring. Irritating as it may frequently be, however, Picket Fences also seems the new fall drama most likely to become habit-forming. You may love it, you may hate it, but you're liable to be hooked. [18 Sept 1992, p.D1]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 18, 2013
Unfortunately, Skerritt sleepwalks through most of the show, Baker allows her bemused mom role to settle into an assembly-line dog trot, and the Brock children take precocity to a new level of annoyance. [18 Sept 1992]
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42
Jun 18, 2013
From the creator of "L.A.Law," Picket Fences has all the oddball characters and eccentric behavior that made "L.A. Law" the hit it has been. But in this setting, they ring a false note that's more grating than ingratiating. [18 Sept 1992, p.1]
By Ann Hodges FULL REVIEW
20
Jun 19, 2013
This is the most loathsome, repugnantly ugly piece of television I've seen in a long time - cynical, cheap, tawdry, pretentious and manipulative. [18 Sept 1992, p.E1]
By Greg Dawson FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 6 User Ratings
8.2
83% Positive
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0% Mixed
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17% Negative
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