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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 Worst Episode
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    Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 18 - Three Weddings and a Meltdown
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S4:E18

    Carter inadvertently proposes to Sue after she gets her wires crossed. Nevertheless, he is a man of his word and they announce their engagement to the people of Rome. Their sudden decision to wed prompts Kenny and Max to do the same, although they later begin to experience cold feet. Digging in her friend Selma's backyard, Myriam Wambaugh discovers human remains and Selma goes on trial for murder. Persuaded to defend her by his ex-wife, Wambaugh manages to get her off and passion erupts again for Doug and Myriam, who decide to get remarried in a triple ceremony with Carter & Sue and Kenny & Max. Meanwhile, the Brocks' marriage is in serious trouble, with Jill feeling they have come to the end of the line. She moves in with Joey to do some thinking and Jimmy is left to do the same. At the wedding, the three happy couples tie the knot and the wedding fever gets to Jimmy and Jill, who make up and get back together.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 15 - Bottled
    6.8/10(55 votes)

    S4:E15

    Jill's emotions take control as the family celebrates Zack's 13th birthday.

    Director:David Hugh Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 20 - Forget Selma
    6.9/10(58 votes)

    S4:E20

    When Wambaugh learns that Miriam has a new man in her life, he suspects that the man must have an ulterior motive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 9 - Witness for the Prosecution
    7.1/10(59 votes)

    S4:E9

    During a celebration welcoming the Pope to town, someone opens fire, and a man is killed. The victim's gay lover says the man committed suicide, but the Pope says he saw the whole thing and that it was murder. The Pope, therefore, becomes the chief witness in a murder case in Rome, Wisconsin.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 14 - Supreme Courting
    7.2/10(69 votes)

    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
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  6. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 14 - Close Encounters
    7.2/10(58 votes)

    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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  7. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 5 - Dog Eat Dog
    7.2/10(55 votes)

    S4:E5

    Maxine is in trouble after she shoots a man wearing a bratwurst costume. Meanwhile, Jill assumes Kimberly is pregnant when she learns her daughter saw Dr. Joey and concealed the office visit from Jill.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 12 - Snow Exit
    7.2/10(60 votes)

    S4:E12

    A blizzard hits town, stranding Jill and Kimberly in a bar where Lydia is making her singing debut. Likewise, Jimmy is snowed in at the sheriff's office and is the only person available to deliver the Mayor's baby when she goes into labor.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 16 - Dante's Inferno
    7.2/10(59 votes)

    S4:E16

    Maxine Stuart meets with opposition when she fills in as mayor and enacts some unpopular policies and changes. Shock jock Chuck Dante adds fuel to the fire on his radio show. The situation becomes serious when one of Dante's followers shoots Maxine.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 21 - Sugar and Spice
    7.3/10(104 votes)

    S1:E21

    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 college, for advice.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 6 - Dairy Queen
    7.3/10(66 votes)

    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
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  12. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 3 - Pal Joey
    7.3/10(46 votes)

    S4:E3

    A former talk show host, Dr. Joanna "Joey" Diamond (Amy Aquino) joins Jill's medical practice. Kenny begins using a dating service.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 8 - This Little Piggy
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    S4:E8

    Kimberly is arrested for protesting pig-wrestling at the town fair.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 17 - Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    S4:E17

    It is the christening of Mayor Bey's baby, Michael, but the Rome residents are flabbergasted when Laurie announces that she had the baby for her brother Jerry and his lover Gordy, who plan to raise the baby in the town. The Beys' estranged mother Christine, who turned her back on her children because she was deaf and he was gay, turns up and announces she is taking them all to court to get custody of her grandson. Tension brews in Rome as the people take sides on the issue and a campaign begins to have Laurie removed as Mayor, resulting in Jerry and Gordy being attacked at the supermarket by a vicious homophobic gang. Despite attempts by the prosecution to discredit the men and prove their lifestyle is unsuitable to raise a child in, Judge Bone ultimately rules in their favor and allows them to keep baby Michael, saying he does not feel they pose a threat to the boy.

    Director:David Hugh Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 3 - Unlawful Entries
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    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
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  16. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 21 - Frosted Flakes
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    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
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  17. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 6 - Elective Conduct
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    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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  18. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 13 - Mr. Seed Goes to Town
    7.4/10(54 votes)

    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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  19. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 20 - Saint Zach
    7.4/10(88 votes)

    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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  20. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 13 - My Romance
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    S4:E13

    After being struck by a falling power line, Carter sees his deceased grandfather Bob while he is clinically dead for three minutes. This experience causes him to reevaluate his relationship with God and with his girlfriend Sue. Judge Bone meets an old flame of 50 years ago while Zack gets a crush on a young cello prodigy who is visiting for a musical competition. Unfortunately, the girl only has eyes for Matthew.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 19 - Winner Takes All
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    S4:E19

    Jill fills in as the school's interim basketball coach when the regular coach collapses during a game. Under pressure from the parents, she becomes obsessed with winning, leading Zack and his teammates to obtain an injunction to remove her. Matthew develops a gambling addiction.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 10 - Paging Doctor God
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    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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  23. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 15 - Divine Recall
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    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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  24. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 19 - Buried Alive
    7.5/10(67 votes)

    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:David Hugh Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 4 - Enemy Lines (2)
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Three Weddings and a Meltdown" is the worst rated episode of "Picket Fences". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/24/1996. This episode scored 6.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bottled".