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The Best Episodes of Picket Fences Season 3

Every episode of Picket Fences Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Picket Fences Season 3!

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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 3 Episode 1 - Survival of the Fittest
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #1 - Survival of the Fittest

    S3:E1

    A local girl disappears and Sherriff Brock suspects her boyfriend, Brian Latham, is involved. Meanwhile, Jill opposes a grade school teacher who is teaching creationism.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 2 - Systematic Abuse
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #2 - Systematic Abuse

    S3:E2

    District Attorney Littleton and defense lawyer Douglas Wambaugh prepare for the upcoming murder trial of Brian Latham. Littleton is concerned that his case will be hampered by the absence of hard evidence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 3 - The Bus Stops Here (1)
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #3 - The Bus Stops Here (1)

    S3:E3

    A Wisconsin Federal judge orders that 400 black students from the Green Bay ghetto be bused to Rome's schools, prompting panic among Sheriff Brock and the parents, knowing that a good number of them are lowlifes and drug dealers that come from that neighborhood. Meanwhile, Wambaugh gets a surprising response to his appeal of the Brian Latham murder conviction to go the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington DC. Also, Maxine makes a mess of her relationship with Littleton.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 4 - Enemy Lines (2)
    7.5/10(58 votes)

    #4 - Enemy Lines (2)

    S3:E4

    Jill and Judge Nance air their feelings in a heated face-to-face exchange after she is arrested when she reveals that she performed surgery on the Christian Science man. Meanwhile, Kimberly has a run-in with one of Green Bay's transfer students, named Aisha, who initially responds with hostility. Also, Littleton asks Maxine out on a date.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 5 - Cold Spell
    7.6/10(52 votes)

    #5 - Cold Spell

    S3:E5

    After a young girl spray paints a pentacle on a wall at school, Sheriff Brock removes her from the custody of her mother, a practicing Wiccan, and a court custody battle ensues. Max and Kenny discover Ginny frozen to death in her own freezer. Her brother (played by Paul Williams) holds a memorial service at which he sings "The Rainbow Connection" (a song written by Williams for The Muppet Movie).

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 6 - Elective Conduct
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #6 - Elective Conduct

    S3:E6

    Jill's mayoral campaign is damaged when Zach writes a school report filled with racist content, which he copied from an out-of-date book. Kimberly befriends Aisha when her classmate is bullied over good grades.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 7 - Rebels with Causes
    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #7 - Rebels with Causes

    S3:E7

    Wambaugh accompanies Jill Brock to Chicago where he receives a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at Chicago Hope Hospital in this series crossover episode. Jill clashes with Dr. Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin) who, she feels, looks down on her as a small-town doctor.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 8 - May It Please the Court
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    #8 - May It Please the Court

    S3:E8

    Wambaugh realizes the dream of a lifetime when he presents oral arguments before the Supreme Court.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 9 - For Whom the Wind Blows
    8.2/10(56 votes)

    #9 - For Whom the Wind Blows

    S3:E9

    While Brian Latham continues to proclaim his innocence, Kenny and Max review the evidence of the case and begin to believe he is telling the truth. Jimmy turns 55 and suffers a midlife crisis.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 10 - Away in the Manger
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    #10 - Away in the Manger

    S3:E10

    Carter Pike suspects that bizarre genetic experiments are being carried out on cows at a remote farm. This episode was originally planned as a crossover with The X-Files.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 11 - Freezer Burn
    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #11 - Freezer Burn

    S3:E11

    A masseur known for giving erotic massages to many female residents of the town is found dead in his freezer. Jimmy Brock is upset when he learns that his wife, Jill, was one of the masseur's clients.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 12 - Frog Man Returns
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #12 - Frog Man Returns

    S3:E12

    The Frog Man's son tires of his father and goes to court for emancipation. Meanwhile, Zach is injured in a terrible accident and Jill overreacts, striking Matthew for accidentally hurting Zach.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 13 - Mr. Seed Goes to Town
    7.2/10(50 votes)

    #13 - Mr. Seed Goes to Town

    S3:E13

    Jimmy Brock's ex-wife, Lydia, visits unexpectedly and brings with her an unusual request — she wants to have another baby, and she wants Jimmy to father it.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 14 - Close Encounters
    7.2/10(52 votes)

    #14 - Close Encounters

    S3:E14

    Carter pronounces a woman dead after she collapses while singing, but she later "wakes up" in the morgue and sees Carter as her soulmate. Meanwhile, Kenny and Max take their relationship to the next level.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 15 - When in Rome
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #15 - When in Rome

    S3:E15

    When a child molester moves to Rome after spending 16 years in prison it causes big problems for the local residents, especially with Jill and Jimmy, who are struggling to reconcile parental concerns with their professional duties.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 16 - Heroes and Villains
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #16 - Heroes and Villains

    S3:E16

    The hearing impaired Dancing Bandit is arrested when she visits Zach on his birthday. Federal authorities want her trial to be set in Rome, where the jury reaches a surprising verdict.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 17 - Changing of the Guard
    8.1/10(86 votes)

    #17 - Changing of the Guard

    S3:E17

    Jimmy goes outside of his department to get the help he needs to find Ed Lawson, who is wanted for murder. Meanwhile, the town launches its own search to find a new mayor, and Kenny and Max are caught kissing on the job.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 18 - Without Mercy
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    #18 - Without Mercy

    S3:E18

    Jimmy consults Jill when a terminal cancer patient dies of a morphine overdose.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 19 - Final Judgement
    8.2/10(56 votes)

    #19 - Final Judgement

    S3:E19

    When Jill is found guilty of physician-assisted suicide, Wambaugh insists that Judge Bone put the issue of euthanasia on trial. Meanwhile, Kenny and Carter discover that Zack has been killing swans in a nearby pond.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 20 - Saint Zach
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    #20 - Saint Zach

    S3:E20

    When Zach develops stigmata-like sores on his hands, his friends believe he has healing powers, and a classmate asks him to cure his brother of leukemia.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 21 - Upbringings
    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #21 - Upbringings

    S3:E21

    Jimmy's father, Walter Brock (played by James Coburn), pays an unexpected visit and asks Jimmy to take over his law firm. This offer provokes long-standing father-son animosities, with Jimmy finally admitting that he dropped out of law school because he believed he would never measure up to his father's expectations of him.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 22 - The Song of Rome
    8.4/10(96 votes)

    #22 - The Song of Rome

    S3:E22

    After Father Gary Barrett is shot and killed during a robbery at the church, Mayor Bey proposes holding a spring musical pageant to help pull the community out of its somber mood

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Survival of the Fittest" is the best rated episode of "Picket Fences" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/23/1994. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Systematic Abuse".