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The Best Episodes of Picket Fences Season 2

Every episode of Picket Fences Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Picket Fences Season 2!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 1 - Turpitude
    8.1/10(75 votes)

    #1 - Turpitude

    S2:E1

    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 to prosecute the case.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 2 - Duty Free Rome
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Duty Free Rome

    S2:E2

    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 prohibition on contraception. Max's therapist attempts to manipulate her into a sexual relationship and she has him arrested.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 3 - Unlawful Entries
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    #3 - Unlawful Entries

    S2:E3

    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, Judge Bone advises the district attorney and Wambaugh to reach a plea bargain. The woman gets a year sentence, suspended, after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault. Local businesswoman Rachel Harris is sworn in as mayor and she and Jimmy clash over her plans for his office. Max's former therapist manipulates her into dropping charges and they enter into a sexual relationship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 4 - Under the Influence
    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #4 - Under the Influence

    S2:E4

    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 advice to the drunk driver to drink some Scotch to "calm her nerves," and Max's relationship with her therapist. The mayor accuses Jimmy of having problems with having a woman as his boss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 5 - The Dancing Bandit
    8.2/10(112 votes)

    #5 - The Dancing Bandit

    S2:E5

    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 standoff, but the group proves far craftier than anyone expected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 6 - Dairy Queen
    7.3/10(61 votes)

    #6 - Dairy Queen

    S2:E6

    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. Kimberly and Matthew work on a documentary called "A Day in the Life of a C-Cup," but Kimberly finds herself considering drastic options after seeing how people treat her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 7 - Cross Examination
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #7 - Cross Examination

    S2:E7

    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 Catholic and Protestant clergy intervene, citing possible divine causation. Matthew tells Zack that there is no Santa Claus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 8 - Strangers
    7.7/10(64 votes)

    #8 - Strangers

    S2:E8

    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 condition, shows a romantic interest in Ginny. Maxine learns that Kenny and Rachel are having an affair.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 9 - Blue Christmas
    7.9/10(63 votes)

    #9 - Blue Christmas

    S2:E9

    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 Brock and his force concerned. Also, Carter has a melancholy reunion with his brother when he arrives in Rome for the funeral of their mother.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 10 - Paging Doctor God
    7.4/10(60 votes)

    #10 - Paging Doctor God

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 11 - Guns 'R' Us
    8.1/10(64 votes)

    #11 - Guns 'R' Us

    S2:E11

    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 in jail for attempted murder. Meanwhile, Mayor Harris' decision to roll back deputy salaries inspires a round of "blue flu" with Kenny and Maxine.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 12 - Remote Control
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #12 - Remote Control

    S2:E12

    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 and movies. Meanwhile, Sheriff Brock reacts with anger against Mayor Harris' attempts to impose a strong police presence in Rome, including fingerprinting all the citizens and random searches of vehicles for weapons.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 13 - Abominable Snowman
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    #13 - Abominable Snowman

    S2:E13

    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 heart to his son. Frank the Potato Man sues the town for a place to live, claiming an implied social contract.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 14 - Supreme Courting
    7.2/10(64 votes)

    #14 - Supreme Courting

    S2:E14

    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 regarding sexual-consent guidelines, and Zack takes a dare and kisses his girlfriend only to find himself in trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 15 - Divine Recall
    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #15 - Divine Recall

    S2:E15

    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, becomes acting mayor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 16 - Terms of Estrangement
    7.9/10(72 votes)

    #16 - Terms of Estrangement

    S2:E16

    Kimberly is kidnapped and held hostage by a man (Louis Gossett, Jr.) who wants revenge over her father, Sheriff Brock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 17 - Squatter's Rights
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #17 - Squatter's Rights

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 18 - System Down
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #18 - System Down

    S2:E18

    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 the defendant's fate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 19 - Buried Alive
    7.5/10(63 votes)

    #19 - Buried Alive

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 20 - My Left Shoe
    7.6/10(53 votes)

    #20 - My Left Shoe

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 21 - Frosted Flakes
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #21 - Frosted Flakes

    S2:E21

    The parents of a boy dying of leukemia seek a court order to allow them to place the child in cryonic suspension.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 22 - Howard's End
    8.0/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Howard's End

    S2:E22

    Howard Buss' Alzheimer's disease worsens and his anguished son Kevin shoots him to death. Kevin is put on trial for murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Turpitude" is the best rated episode of "Picket Fences" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by Michael Pressman and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/22/1993. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Duty Free Rome".