Episode guide
Picket Fences: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 18, 1992
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- Episode 1: Picket Fences Sep 18, 1992 · 1h 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…
- Episode 2: The Green Bay Chopper Sep 25, 1992 · 42m 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…
- Episode 3: Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town Oct 2, 1992 · 42m 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.
- Episode 4: The Autumn of Rome Oct 16, 1992 · 42m The candidates in the upcoming mayoral election are using such outrageous smear campaigns that Sheriff Brock considers running for Mayor himself.
- Episode 5: Frank the Potato Man Oct 23, 1992 · 42m 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…
- Episode 6: Remembering Rosemary Oct 26, 1992 · 42m 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…
- Episode 7: The Contenders Oct 30, 1992 · 42m 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…
- Episode 8: Sacred Hearts Nov 6, 1992 · 42m 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.
- Episode 9: Thanksgiving Nov 13, 1992 · 42m Jill's father arrives in Rome with his new 26-year-old girlfriend. Wambaugh finds his wife in bed with another man.
- Episode 10: The Snake Lady Dec 4, 1992 · 42m Max, Brock, and Kenny investigate the mysterious death of a woman who may or may not have committed suicide.
- Episode 11: Pageantry Dec 11, 1992 · 42m 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 to play…
- Episode 12: High Tidings Dec 18, 1992 · 42m 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 Santa…
- Episode 13: Frog Man Jan 8, 1993 · 42m Kenny is seriously wounded by the Frog Man, a burglar who leaves live frogs at the site of his crimes.
- Episode 14: Bad Moons Rising Jan 15, 1993 · 42m 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 experience…
- Episode 15: Nuclear Meltdowns Jan 22, 1993 · 42m 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…
- Episode 16: The Body Politic Feb 5, 1993 · 42m 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 refusing to…
- Episode 17: Be My Valentine Feb 12, 1993 · 42m 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."
- Episode 18: Fetal Attraction Apr 1, 1993 · 42m 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 Jill and…
- Episode 19: Sightings Apr 8, 1993 · 42m Carter believes a sheriff who mysteriously disappeared 38 years earlier may have been killed by radiation emitted by an Unidentified Flying Object.
- Episode 20: Rights of Passage Apr 15, 1993 · 42m 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 short boy…
- Episode 21: Sugar and Spice Apr 29, 1993 · 42m 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 in…
- Episode 22: The Lullaby League May 6, 1993 · 42m 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. Guest star…