Picket Fences: Season 3

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Early '90s television drama from Emmy-winner David E. Kelley about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, and the old... More

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Picket Fences: Season 3 episodes

Episode 3.1

Survival of the Fittest

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

Episode 3.2

Systematic Abuse

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

Episode 3.3

The Bus Stops Here (1)

A Wisconsin Federal judge orders that 400 black students from... More 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.

Episode 3.4

Enemy Lines (2)

Jill and Judge Nance air their feelings in a heated... More 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.

EPISODE 3.5

Cold Spell

After a young girl spray paints a pentacle on a... More 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).

EPISODE 3.6

Elective Conduct

Jill's mayoral campaign is damaged when Zach writes a school... More report filled with racist content, which he copied from an out-of-date book.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.

EPISODE 3.7

Rebels with Causes

Wambaugh accompanies Jill Brock to Chicago where he receives a... More 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.

EPISODE 3.8

May It Please the Court

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

EPISODE 3.9

For Whom the Wind Blows

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

EPISODE 3.10

Away in the Manger

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

EPISODE 3.11

Freezer Burn

A masseur known for giving erotic massages to many female... More 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.

EPISODE 3.12

Frog Man Returns

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

EPISODE 3.13

Mr. Seed Goes to Town

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

EPISODE 3.14

Close Encounters

Carter pronounces a woman dead after she collapses while singing,... More 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.

EPISODE 3.15

When in Rome

When a child molester moves to Rome after spending 16... More 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.

EPISODE 3.16

Heroes and Villains

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

EPISODE 3.17

Changing of the Guard

Jimmy goes outside of his department to get the help... More 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.

EPISODE 3.18

Without Mercy

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

EPISODE 3.19

Final Judgement

When Jill is found guilty of physician-assisted suicide, Wambaugh insists... More 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.

EPISODE 3.20

Saint Zach

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

EPISODE 3.21

Upbringings

Jimmy's father, Walter Brock (played by James Coburn), pays an... More 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.

EPISODE 3.22

The Song of Rome

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