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Picket Fences

DramaComedy
1992
4 Seasons
88 Episodes
EN
Ended

About

An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.

#small town#family relationships#small town sheriff

Cast

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

as Jimmy Brock

Kathy Baker

Kathy Baker

as Jill Brock

Costas Mandylor

Costas Mandylor

as Kenny Lacos

Lauren Holly

Lauren Holly

as Maxine Stewart

Holly Marie Combs

Holly Marie Combs

as Kimberly Brock

Justin Shenkarow

Justin Shenkarow

as Matthew Brock

Adam Wylie

Adam Wylie

as Zack Brock

Ray Walston

Ray Walston

as Henry Bone

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

as John Littleton

Fyvush Finkel

Fyvush Finkel

as Douglas Wambaugh

Episodes

Season 1

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Picket Fences
E1

Picket Fences

Sep 18, 19921h 27m

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 affair with the pharmacist's daughter. The dead man's wife confesses but her confession is suppressed in court. She is then murdered and the Sheriff's department discovers that she and the pharmacist conspired to kill her husband and then the pharmacist killed her.

The Green Bay Chopper
E2

The Green Bay Chopper

Sep 25, 199242m

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 the right hands of his victims.

Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
E3

Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town

Oct 2, 199242m

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 tumor.

The Autumn of Rome
E4

The Autumn of Rome

Oct 16, 199242m

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
E5

Frank the Potato Man

Oct 23, 199242m

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 rape 15 years earlier.

Remembering Rosemary
E6

Remembering Rosemary

Oct 26, 199242m

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 actually a homicide.

The Contenders
E7

The Contenders

Oct 30, 199242m

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 arrests a former boxing world champion and convinces him to engage in a charity match before extradition to New Jersey.

Sacred Hearts
E8

Sacred Hearts

Nov 6, 199242m

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.

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