The BEST episodes of Picket Fences
Every episode of Picket Fences ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Picket Fences!
Before Ally and The Practice, David E. Kelley was behind this superlative series. Picket Fences followed the lives of the residents of the small town of Rome, Wisconsin, where weird things happened. Cows giving birth to human babies, a spate of people turning up dead in freezers, sex change teachers, a revolving door of mayors who never lasted very long - and one who even spontaneously combusted! Struggling to maintain order in this Twin Peaksesque environment is Sheriff Jimmy Brock. Married to the town doctor, Jill, they are attempting to bring up their three kids Kimberly, Matthew and Zachary against the odds.
#1 - Cold Spell
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1994
Brock investigates the home life of a girl who spray-painted a pentacle on a school wall. Max and Kenny are horrified to find Ginny, frozen to death after falling into her freezer.
#2 - Enemy Lines (2)
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1994
A judge jails Jill for interfering with the busing order. Littleton and Max consider dating.
#3 - The Song of Rome
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1995
Judge Bone struggles to be objective with a youth who shot Father Barrett during confession.
#4 - Upbringings
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1995
A troubled relationship resurfaces when Jimmy's father wants him to take over the law practice.
#5 - Saint Zach
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1995
All of Rome is in an uproar after stigmata appear on Zach's hands.
#6 - Final Judgement
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1995
While Jill awaits sentencing, her lawyers ask Bone to put the euthanasia law on trial. Kenny and Carter investigate an attack on swans.
#7 - Without Mercy
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1995
Jimmy arrests Jill for euthanizing a cancer patient.
#8 - Changing of the Guard
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/1995
Jimmy asks the Dancing Bandit to investigate the mayor's murder. Max and Kenny are caught kissing on the job.
#9 - Heroes and Villains
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1995
The Dancing Bandit returns to Rome to help Zack celebrate his birthday but finds federal agents waiting for her.
#10 - When in Rome
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1995
After 26 years in prison, a child molester moves to Rome, stirring controversy.
#11 - Mr. Seed Goes to Town
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1995
Wanting another baby, Lydia Brock wants to use Jimmy's frozen sperm.
#12 - Away in the Manger
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1994
Jimmy investigates cows that are suspected to have been injected with alien DNA, but the Sheriff's department soon finds that the truth is even stranger than fiction and that the cows are being used to help breed human babies.
#13 - For Whom the Wind Blows
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1994
Jimmy experiences a mid-life crisis on his 55th birthday. Max and Kenny re-open the Latham case.
#14 - May It Please the Court
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1994
Wambaugh and Littleton argue their case in the Supreme Court.
#15 - Rebels with Causes
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1994
Jill takes an ailing Wambaugh to Chicago Hope Hospital for tests and locks horns with Geiger over how to practice medicine.
#16 - Pal Joey
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1995
A talk-show-host/physician tries to take over Jill's practice. An Asian man's courting ritual leads to his arrest and Kenny uses a dating-service.
#17 - Terms of Estrangement
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1994
Sheriff Brock tries to remain professional when Kimberly is kidnapped---and his onetime partner, who he once testified against, is the prime suspect.
#18 - Reap the Whirlwind
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1995
A tornado threatens Rome and Zach is so worried for Kimberly's safety that he sets out on his bike to warn her. Kenny's hooker is arrested in a sting operation organised by Max, who ends up commiting a felony by covering for him. Wambaugh's wife leaves him after he embarrasses her at their anniversary party.
#19 - A Change of Season
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1995
Following Carter's narrow escape from a house fire, Jill fears he tried to commit suicide. Kimberly makes a career decision: she's not going to be a lawyer after all, she's going to be a doctor. Jill is both shocked and a little delighted.
#20 - Close Encounters
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1995
Littleton copes with his attraction to an 18-year-old assistant. Max and Kenny decide to put an end to their sexual tension.
#21 - Frogman Returns
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1995
The embarrassed son of the Frogman sues for emancipation. Jill strikes Matthew for accidentally injuring Zack.
#22 - Freezer Burn
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1995
The probe of a masseur's murder uncovers a scandal among his women clientele.
#23 - Elective Conduct
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1994
Racial tensions escalate as the mayoral campaign progresses. Zach pens a report that gets him suspended from school and hurts Jill's chances of being elected mayor. Meanwhile Kimberly gives Aisha a vote of confidence when the teen is mocked for getting good grades.
#24 - The Bus Stops Here (1)
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1994
As temporary co-mayor, Jill copes with racial tensions from a judge's decision to bus tough black students from Green Bay to Rome's schools.
#25 - Systematic Abuse
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1994
Littleton feels Brock's department is hampering the investigation of a girl's murder.