Picket Fences Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Picket Fences: Season 4 (1995 - 1996)

  • Season 4 Episode 22: Liver Let Die

    The body of a murdered homeless man is found behind the church, and Jimmy undergoes tests for liver cancer

  • Season 4 Episode 21: To Forgive Is Divine

    An Amish girl is raped in the town, but her family refuse to press charges against the attacker because of their religious beliefs

  • Season 4 Episode 20: Forget Selma

    Wambaugh becomes suspicious of Myriam's new love interest, thinking he may have ulterior motives for being with her

  • Season 4 Episode 19: Winner Takes All

    Jill takes on the role of basketball coach for Zach's team, but she soon gets far too involved and the rest of the team demand an injunction be taken out against her

  • Season 4 Episode 18: Three Weddings and a Meltdown

    A triple wedding takes place for three happy couples in the town, while Selma is put on trial after human remains are found in her back garden

  • Season 4 Episode 17: Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey

    A revelation regarding Laurie Bey's baby boy is made during his christening - and the whole town is left shocked and divided on the issue

  • Season 4 Episode 16: Dante's Inferno

    Max temporarily takes over the role of mayor, but the changes she implements are rather unpopular with some residents, and shock jock Chuck Dante launches a campaign against her

  • Season 4 Episode 15: Bottled

    Jill reaches breaking point at Zach's 13th birthday party, while Kenny and Max confront their feelings for each other

  • Season 4 Episode 14: The Z Files

    Zach creates a fake pornographic photo of his teacher on his computer and it somehow ends up on the Internet, while Max meets her online dating partner

  • Season 4 Episode 13: My Romance

    After being struck down in a freak accident, Carter finds himself questioning his beliefs, and Judge Bone meets an old flame. Meanwhile, Zach develops a crush

  • Season 4 Episode 12: Snow Exit

    A major snow storm wreaks havoc across town, as Mayor Bey goes into labour while stranded at the police station, and Judge Bone suffers a heart attack

  • Season 4 Episode 11: Bloodlines

    One of Matthew's classmates suffers an unfortunate tragedy, and a bear is spotted roaming around town. Meanwhile, Kenny takes on the role of Mayor Bey's birthing partner

  • Season 4 Episode 10: Dem Bones

    A skeleton is found in the town and is later discovered to be that of a suspected Nazi, who was killed 50 years previously. Wambaugh's son arrives to prosecute the case

  • Season 4 Episode 9: Witness for the Prosecution

    The Pope arrives in town and chaos ensues when a shot is fired while he is on parade. A man is killed and, while his lover insists it was suicide, there is more to the case than meets the eye

  • Season 4 Episode 8: This Little Piggy

    Kimberly is arrested as a result of her animal rights campaigns, while a woman fails to receive the medical treatment she needs because of her daughter's religious beliefs

  • Season 4 Episode 7: Down the Tubes

    Mayor Bey refuses to disclose the identity of her baby's father, while Littleton makes some important decisions about his future

  • Season 4 Episode 6: Heart of Saturday Night

    Matthew cruises with his pals; Jill and Jimmy's attempt at romance leaves him in a painful position; the poker gang loses a player.

  • Season 4 Episode 5: Dog Eat Dog

    Max faces suspension for shooting a man dressed as a bratwurst; Jill suspects Kimberly is pregnant.

  • Season 4 Episode 4: Bloodbrothers

    Two escaped convicts show up in Rome looking for one's half-brother, John Littleton (Don Cheadle); one of the fugitives shoots Kenny.

  • Season 4 Episode 3: Pal Joey

    A talk-show-host/physician (Amy Aquino) tries to take over Jill's practice; an Asian man's courting ritual leads to his arrest; Kenny uses a dating-service.

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Reap the Whirlwind

    Zach tries to warn Kimberly of an impending tornado, unaware he's placing himself in great danger. Meanwhile, Max covers for Kenny's mistake and Wambaugh's wife leaves him

  • Season 4 Episode 1: A Change of Season

    Following Carter Pike's narrow escape from a house fire, Jill fears he tried to commit suicide; Kimberly makes a career decision.

Picket Fences: Season 3 (1994 - 1995)

Picket Fences: Season 2 (1993 - 1994)

  • Season 2 Episode 22: Howard's End

    Howard's struggle with Alzheimer's takes its toll on his family and the rest of the community. Meanwhile, Jill makes an important decision during surgery

  • Season 2 Episode 21: Frosted Flakes

    The parents of a dying boy make a plea to the courts to be able to carry out a rather unorthodox procedure so he will have a higher chance of survival

  • Season 2 Episode 20: My Left Shoe

    When a secret is revealed about Father Barrett, he fears he may be in danger of losing his parish - especially when the mayor criticises his actions on television

  • Season 2 Episode 19: Buried Alive

    Jimmy invites Max to dinner after she arrests Jill's father for disorderly conduct. Lauren Holly and Tom Skerritt star

  • Season 2 Episode 18: System Down

    Jimmy is given the position of foreman of the jury in a court case where the suspect is accused of murdering two policemen

  • Season 2 Episode 17: Squatter's Rights

    A woman (Darlene Cates) claims she killed her husband by sitting on him; a synagogue ostracizes Douglas.

  • Season 2 Episode 16: Terms of Estrangement

    Kimberly is kidnapped and Sheriff Brock is put in a difficult position when his one-time partner becomes the prime suspect

  • Season 2 Episode 15: Divine Recall

    Mayor Rachel is angry when Father Barrett gives a religious pep talk to the school's hockey team, but her anger turns to worry when a video from her past emerges and jeopardises her career

  • Season 2 Episode 14: Supreme Courting

    Valentine's Day causes a stir as Carter attempts to woo a widow he has fallen for, Zach finds his first love, and Kimberly has boyfriend troubles

  • Season 2 Episode 13: Abominable Snowman

    When Howard Buss's Alzheimer's becomes worse, he requests that doctors try to harvest his heart in order to give his son the transplant he needs

  • Season 2 Episode 12: Remote Control

    Wambaugh blames violence in the media for his client's assault on Matthew, while Rachel launches a war on crime

  • Season 2 Episode 11: Guns 'R' Us

    A practical joke goes too far and results in Matthew facing possible paralysis. Meanwhile, budget cuts mean Max has to fill in as sheriff

  • Season 2 Episode 10: Paging Doctor God

    Jill finds herself in trouble when she operates on a pregnant Christian Scientist who has refused care, and Zach contemplates converting to Judaism

  • Season 2 Episode 9: Blue Christmas

    A raid on the local high school reveals a quantity of drugs on the premises and Kimberley's friend is arrested in the process

  • Season 2 Episode 8: Strangers

    Jury members are left with a difficult decision during an important court trial, and Max discovers Kenny and Mayor Rachel are having an affair

  • Season 2 Episode 7: Cross Examination

    A pregnant woman is successfully rescued from a submerged vehicle, and Matthew decides to tell Zach about Father Christmas

  • Season 2 Episode 6: Dairy Queen

    Kimberley considers having a boob job, while Father Barrett and several other residents debate the ethics of employing a scantily clad model to promote the local dairy industry - especially when it turns out the woman in question is a battered wife

  • Season 2 Episode 5: The Dancing Bandit

    A goodwill criminal nicknamed 'The Dancing Bandit' arrives in Rome and causes chaos when she holds up the local bank

  • Season 2 Episode 4: Under the Influence

    Max makes a devastating mistake when she allows a drunken driver to continue on his way and then discovers he is responsible for a serious car accident

  • Season 2 Episode 3: Unlawful Entries

    When a maths teacher claims she was a victim of date rape, her story doesn't quite add up. Meanwhile, Max decides to prosecute her therapist

  • Season 2 Episode 2: Duty-Free Rome

    Wambaugh finds sufficient evidence to launch an appeal against the mayor's conviction, and Father Barrett is forced to question the church's ethical standing

  • Season 2 Episode 1: Turpitude

    Mayor Pugen finds himself in trouble when he is arrested for murdering a disarmed carjacker. Meanwhile, scared by the amount of violence in the town, Jill buys a gun to protect her and her family

Picket Fences: Season 1 (1992 - 1993)

  • Season 1 Episode 23: The Lullaby League

    After delivering a criminal's baby, Max considers adoption, and Zach aids an ailing blues legend with his music

  • Season 1 Episode 22: Sugar and Spice

    Max and Kenny battle it out for the job of undersheriff, and Kimberly has confused feelings towards one of her girlfriends

  • Season 1 Episode 21: Rights of Passage

    A group of heavily armed Chippewa Indians declare war on the town and take over the courthouse

  • Season 1 Episode 20: Sightings

    Someone finds a corpse in the Brocks' rubbish and it transpires to be that of a sheriff who mysteriously disappeared 38 years earlier

  • Season 1 Episode 19: Fetal Attraction

    A man suffering from Parkinson's Disease receives a controversial foetal tissue transplant from Dr David Williams

  • Season 1 Episode 18: Be My Valentine

    Max goes undercover in search of a serial killer named 'Cupid' who meets women through classified ads, then murders them

  • Season 1 Episode 17: The Body Politic

    An HIV-positive dentist sues the town after he is fired from his job. Meanwhile, a man and his mother-in-law fight over whether they should keep his brain-dead wife alive

  • Season 1 Episode 16: Nuclear Meltdowns

    When a friend from school becomes pregnant, Kimberly tells her parents she believes it resulted from incest, and Kenny's girlfriend meets her long-lost twin

  • Season 1 Episode 15: Bad Moons Rising

    Alice Freeman is charged with murdering her husband, but Wambaugh leaps to her defence blaming her erratic behaviour on the menopause

  • Season 1 Episode 14: Frog Man

    Kenny is shot while investigating burglaries in which a frog is left at each scene; guest Michael Jeter.

  • Season 1 Episode 13: High Tidings

    Brock cancels Christmas in his household after catching Kimberly in bed with her boyfriend. Meanwhile, trouble brews at the Sheriff Station when Max and Ginny are held up at gunpoint by Santa

  • Season 1 Episode 12: Pageantry

    Local teacher Louise Talbot defies a court ban which forbids the Christmas pageant from taking place on public property

  • Season 1 Episode 11: The Snake Lady

    Jimmy, Max and Kenny investigate the possible suicide of a local woman, although it soon becomes apparent that someone else may be responsible for her death

  • Season 1 Episode 10: Thanksgiving

    Jill's father arrives for Thanksgiving celebrations with a new lover on his arm. Meanwhile, Wambaugh has his wife arrested after catching her in bed with another man

  • Season 1 Episode 9: Sacred Hearts

    The sheriff's department track down a nun who is suspected of killing an elderly leukaemia patient. She confesses to a series of mercy killings, but the town is divided on whether or not she should be prosecuted

  • Season 1 Episode 8: The Contenders

    After witnessing Bill Pugen's sexist behaviour one time too many, Jill decides to run for mayor. Meanwhile, Max and Kenny stop a driver in possession of illegal papers

  • Season 1 Episode 7: Remembering Rosemary

    Sheriff Jimmy Brock decides to re-open a 10-year-old suicide case when new evidence comes to light from the victim's maid

  • Season 1 Episode 6: Frank the Potato Man

    The residents of Rome discover there is a 'serial bather' in town who sneaks into unoccupied homes and takes a bath

  • Season 1 Episode 5: The Autumn of Rome

    Tempers are frayed when campaigning begins for the mayoral election and Mayor Pugen is involved in a serious car accident

  • Season 1 Episode 4: Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town

    A man named Mr Dreeb arrives in town riding on the back of a circus elephant and destroying Max and Kenny's patrol car. He claims the animal is being mistreated and an investigation ensues

  • Season 1 Episode 3: The Green Bay Chopper

    The sheriff's department launches a manhunt after two severed hands are found, prompting them to name their unknown culprit 'The Green Bay Chopper'

  • Season 1 Episode 2: Pilot - Part Two

    Part two of two. The search for a killer continues and Kimberly Brock, daughter of the sheriff, gets a rude awakening when her favourite singing group visit the town but don't meet her expectations

  • Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot - Part One

    Part one of two. The death of an actor during a community performance causes chaos in the sleepy town and Sheriff Jimmy Brock is thrown straight into a murder investigation