Episode guide
Picket Fences: Season 2
22 episodes · premiered Oct 22, 1993
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- Episode 1: Turpitude Oct 22, 1993 · 42m Mayor Pugen kills a carjacker after the carjacker drops his weapon and Sheriff Brock must decide whether to press murder charges. When he does, the new district attorney has to choose how…
- Episode 2: Duty Free Rome Oct 28, 1993 · 42m Douglas Wambaugh appeals Mayor Pugen's murder conviction but the mayor spontaneously combusts. A Catholic couple who carry the genes for Hurler syndrome are tormented by the church's…
- Episode 3: Unlawful Entries Oct 29, 1993 · 42m Kenny and Max respond to a report of a rape and find a man and woman fighting. Under pressure from Kenny, the man says that it was she who raped him. Following a probable cause hearing…
- Episode 4: Under the Influence Nov 5, 1993 · 42m Max lets a drunk driver continue the short distance to her home, but the woman is involved in an accident that leaves the other drive paralyzed. The situation is complicated by Wambaugh's…
- Episode 5: The Dancing Bandit Nov 12, 1993 · 42m Jill and Zack are among the hostages taken by a group of bank robbers led by a deaf woman (Marlee Matlin) who calls herself "the Dancing Bandit." Jimmy works with the FBI to stop the…
- Episode 6: Dairy Queen Nov 26, 1993 · 42m The town is divided when Jill and the Mayor back a sexy model to be the town's "Dairy Queen," but Sheriff Brock is more interested in the woman's apparently abusive husband and manager…
- Episode 7: Cross Examination Dec 3, 1993 · 42m A young woman in a coma following a car accident is found to be four months' pregnant, despite being a virgin. When her father seeks an abortion to try to save her life, the town's…
- Episode 8: Strangers Dec 10, 1993 · 42m Jill testifies for a man suffering from a rare neurological disorder that distorts vision after he is arrested for the shooting death of his brother. Dr. Vernon Leaky, a specialist on the…
- Episode 9: Blue Christmas Dec 17, 1993 · 42m A locker search for drugs at the local high school leads to the arrest of Kimberly's best friend, Lisa Fenn. Meanwhile, a protected Federal witness turns up in Rome which leaves Sheriff…
- Episode 10: Paging Doctor God Jan 7, 1994 · 42m Jill is arrested after she performs surgery on a woman whose Christian Science beliefs prohibit medical intervention. Zach wants to convert to Judaism because Jews do not believe in hell.
- Episode 11: Guns 'R' Us Jan 14, 1994 · 42m Matthew's attempts to get revenge for a humiliation by some high-school bullies by threatening them with a gun takes an unexpected turn, which lands one of them in the hospital and Matthew…
- Episode 12: Remote Control Jan 21, 1994 · 42m Littleton and Wambaugh go head to head again in the courtroom as Wambaugh argues that his latest client, Timmy Hendricks, was predisposed to violence because of his exposure to television…
- Episode 13: Abominable Snowman Jan 28, 1994 · 42m Howard Buss's son Kevin will die without a heart transplant so Howard, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, seeks a court order to allow him the right to assisted suicide so he can give his…
- Episode 14: Supreme Courting Feb 4, 1994 · 42m Valentine's Day brings romance to many members of the community. Maxine helps Carter woo Stacy Halford, a local widow. Kimberly and her boyfriend find they have different attitudes…
- Episode 15: Divine Recall Feb 11, 1994 · 42m A 25-year-old softcore pornographic video of Mayor Rachel Harris surfaces. The town clergy lead a movement to remove her from office. Howard Buss, as senior member of the town council…
- Episode 16: Terms of Estrangement Mar 4, 1994 · 42m Kimberly is kidnapped and held hostage by a man (Louis Gossett, Jr.) who wants revenge over her father, Sheriff Brock.
- Episode 17: Squatter's Rights Mar 11, 1994 · 42m A 500-pound woman confesses to murdering her husband by sitting on his head. Douglas Wambaugh is expelled from his synagogue and seeks a ruling in a Jewish religious court to be reinstated.
- Episode 18: System Down Apr 1, 1994 · 42m A high-profile murder trial in which the defendant is accused of murdering two police officers is transferred to Rome. Sheriff Brock winds up as the foreman of the jury that must decide…
- Episode 19: Buried Alive Apr 8, 1994 · 42m Max arrests Jill's father. The Brocks invite her to dinner in hopes of smoothing things over but end up confronting their own issues with each other as well.
- Episode 20: My Left Shoe Apr 29, 1994 · 42m The town learns of Father Gary Barrett's fetish for women's shoes following a fire in the church rectory. Matthew has been having sexual fantasies and he fears his sexual feelings are a sin.
- Episode 21: Frosted Flakes May 6, 1994 · 42m The parents of a boy dying of leukemia seek a court order to allow them to place the child in cryonic suspension.
- Episode 22: Howard's End May 13, 1994 · 42m Howard Buss' Alzheimer's disease worsens and his anguished son Kevin shoots him to death. Kevin is put on trial for murder.