Airs Next: CBS at Friday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:
Ended
Premiered:
September 18, 1992
Last Aired:
June 26, 1996
Show Category:
Drama 
From award winning producer David E. Kelley ("Ally McBeal", "The Practice" and "Boston Legal") comes Picket Fences, a story of a small town sherrif trying to maintain the town & his family. Sherrif James Brock (Tom Skerrit) is trying to maintain the small town of Rome, Wisconin. His wife Jill (Kathy Baker) is the doctor of the town, daughter Kimberley (Holly Marie Combs), from a previous...
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Episodes
add »Jimmy is called out when a homeless man is found murdered behind Reverend Novotny's church but is suddenly stricken with terrible pains at the scene. Dr Joey discovers he has a potentially cancerous growth on his liver and she takes samples from it, telling him they'll know for sure by the end of the day. He pushes on with the murder investigation to take his mind off it. The victim is identified as a former army veteran and a boy named Jack Klausner, known to Kenny through the basketball team, comes forward as a witness and describes the two men he says were the killers. When his statement is found to be a lie, Jimmy interviews both Jack's mom and his retarded brother, Billy, who tells him that Jack wasn't home the night of the murder, and it emerges he was present when two of his friends killed the man with a brick. He flips out, taking Jimmy hostage at gunpoint, but Kenny brings Billy to the station and he talks him out. The case wrapped up, Jimmy learns he's okay and his growth is benign but, touched by his own mortality, he goes to the military funeral of the murder victim.
Aired: Wednesday June 26, 1996
| 85. To Forgive is Divine | Jun 19, 1996 | 0 Reviews | 7.22 |
| 84. Forget Selma | Jun 12, 1996 | 1 Review | 5.64 |
| 82. Winner Takes All | Jun 5, 1996 | 0 Reviews | 7.77 |
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| 88. Three Weddings and a Meltdown | Apr 24, 1996 | 0 Reviews | 6.97 |
Videos
| Lullaby League Max delivers a baby and begins adoption procedures when the natural... | Watch Video | |
| Sugar & Spice Kimberly and her friend Lisa Fenn explore their sexuality by... | Watch Video | |
| Rights Of Passage A group of heavily armed Chippewa Indians declares war on Rome and... | Watch Video | |
| Sightings Carter believes a sheriff who mysteriously disappeared thirty-eight... | Watch Video | |
| Fetal Attraction Jill asks Dr. David Williams, her former fiancé, to perform a... | Watch Video | |
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Community Reviews (9)
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"Nobody knows I watch this"Great Strange But Awesome Continue » Posted Sep 2, 2007 1:03 am PST |
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"Bring it back!"Perfect what a place picket fences. Continue » Posted Aug 8, 2007 7:19 am PST |
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"Absolutely fabulous"Good awesome Continue » Posted Jul 6, 2006 2:39 pm PST |
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6.5
"Needs fine-tuning"Fair Although this series is indeed enjoyable and well written there is far too much reference to christianity, this is offensive and wrong. Continue » Posted Mar 2, 2006 10:23 am PST |
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9.5
"Personal favorite"Superb The multiple Emmy winner took on everything from the ridiculous to the the serious. Focusing on a small town sheriff and his doctor wife, the show focused on small town crisis that were microcosms of the country as a whole. Continue » Posted Feb 2, 2006 11:19 am PST |
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Show: Picket Fences
Popularity Rank: 827 of 17,548
Ratings Rank: 1,007 of 17,548 (
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Show Reviews: 9
People Tracking: 212
Popularity Rank: 827 of 17,548
Ratings Rank: 1,007 of 17,548 (
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Show Reviews: 9
People Tracking: 212
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Score: 8.6 Great 296 votes
Score: 8.6 Great 296 votes
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superb: 92 (31.2%)
perfect: 66 (22.4%)
good: 20 (6.8%)
Other: 22 (7.5%)
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