Picket Fences: Season 1
Episodes
Picket Fences
Sep 18, 1992 · 87 min
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 aff
The Green Bay Chopper
Sep 25, 1992 · 42 min
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
Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
Oct 2, 1992 · 42 min
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
The Autumn of Rome
Oct 16, 1992 · 42 min
The candidates in the upcoming mayoral election are using such outrageous smear campaigns that Sheriff Brock considers running for Mayor himself.
Frank the Potato Man
Oct 23, 1992 · 42 min
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 ra
Remembering Rosemary
Oct 26, 1992 · 42 min
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 a
The Contenders
Oct 30, 1992 · 42 min
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 arrest
Sacred Hearts
Nov 6, 1992 · 42 min
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.
Thanksgiving
Nov 13, 1992 · 42 min
Jill's father arrives in Rome with his new 26-year-old girlfriend. Wambaugh finds his wife in bed with another man.
The Snake Lady
Dec 4, 1992 · 42 min
Max, Brock, and Kenny investigate the mysterious death of a woman who may or may not have committed suicide.
Pageantry
Dec 11, 1992 · 42 min
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 t
High Tidings
Dec 18, 1992 · 42 min
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
Frog Man
Jan 8, 1993 · 42 min
Kenny is seriously wounded by the Frog Man, a burglar who leaves live frogs at the site of his crimes.
Bad Moons Rising
Jan 15, 1993 · 42 min
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 experie
Nuclear Meltdowns
Jan 22, 1993 · 42 min
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 p
The Body Politic
Feb 5, 1993 · 42 min
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 ref
Be My Valentine
Feb 12, 1993 · 42 min
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."
Fetal Attraction
Apr 1, 1993 · 42 min
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
Sightings
Apr 8, 1993 · 42 min
Carter believes a sheriff who mysteriously disappeared 38 years earlier may have been killed by radiation emitted by an Unidentified Flying Object.
Rights of Passage
Apr 15, 1993 · 42 min
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 sh
Sugar and Spice
Apr 29, 1993 · 42 min
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
The Lullaby League
May 6, 1993 · 42 min
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. Gues