Picket Fences backdrop
Drama•Comedy

The Worst Episodes of Picket Fences

Every episode of Picket Fences ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Picket Fences!

Binge this in 2d 14h•Peaking at 8.5/10

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

Airs on
CBS
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons4

All1234

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
    Click to reveal
    Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 18 - Three Weddings and a Meltdown
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Three Weddings and a Meltdown

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 15 - Bottled
    6.8/10(50 votes)

    #2 - Bottled

    S4:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 20 - Forget Selma
    6.8/10(52 votes)

    #3 - Forget Selma

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 5 - Dog Eat Dog
    7.1/10(51 votes)

    #4 - Dog Eat Dog

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #5 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #6 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Picket Fences

    READ
  7. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 14 - Close Encounters
    7.2/10(52 votes)

    #7 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 3 - Pal Joey
    7.2/10(43 votes)

    #8 - Pal Joey

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 8 - This Little Piggy
    7.2/10(70 votes)

    #9 - This Little Piggy

    S4:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 12 - Snow Exit
    7.2/10(55 votes)

    #10 - Snow Exit

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 16 - Dante's Inferno
    7.2/10(55 votes)

    #11 - Dante's Inferno

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 3 - Unlawful Entries
    7.3/10(61 votes)

    #12 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. Picket Fences Season 2 Episode 6 - Dairy Queen
    7.3/10(62 votes)

    #13 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #14 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #15 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 9 - Witness for the Prosecution
    7.3/10(53 votes)

    #16 - Witness for the Prosecution

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 17 - Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey
    7.3/10(59 votes)

    #17 - Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 21 - Sugar and Spice
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    #18 - Sugar and Spice

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #19 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. Picket Fences Season 3 Episode 20 - Saint Zach
    7.4/10(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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. Picket Fences Season 4 Episode 19 - Winner Takes All
    7.4/10(54 votes)

    #22 - Winner Takes All

    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
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  23. Picket Fences Season 1 Episode 7 - The Contenders
    7.5/10(94 votes)

    #23 - The Contenders

    S1:E7

    Town doctor Jill Brock, fed up with the mayor's failure to address women's issues, declares herself a write-in candidate in the upcoming mayoral election. Deputy Kenny Lakos arrests a former boxing world champion and convinces him to engage in a charity match before extradition to New Jersey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #24 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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

    #25 - 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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

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".