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Picket Fences Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Turpitude
Fri, Oct 22, 1993 60 mins
Mayor Pugen is caught between a Brock and a hard place when the Sheriff arrests him for murdering a disarmed carjacker, leaving him to rely on Wambaugh for his defense. D.A. Littleton: Don Cheadle. Carjacker: Jeremy Roberts. Wambaugh: Fyvush Finkel.
Episode 2
Duty Free Rome
Thu, Oct 28, 1993 60 mins
Wambaugh appeals Mayor Pugen's conviction and uncovers a technicality that could secure a new trial. Joe Henley: Dan Butler. Patty: Michele Greene. Father Barrett: Roy Dotrice.
Episode 3
Unlawful Entries
Fri, Oct 29, 1993 60 mins
Things don't add up when a math teacher says he was a date-rape victim; Brock locks horns with a new mayor. Sarah: Brenda Strong. Dr. Shreve: Matt Salinger. Littleton: Don Cheadle.
Episode 4
Under the Influence
Fri, Nov 5, 1993 60 mins
Still reeling from her relationship with Dr. Shreve, Max allows a drunken driver to continue on home. Elaine: Jane Daly. David Beale: Michael Reilly Burke. Shreve: Matt Salinger.
Episode 5
The Dancing Bandit
Fri, Nov 12, 1993 60 mins
A modern Robin Hood (Marlee Matlin) and her team prance into Rome to rob from the rich and give to the needy: local flood victims. Cole: Chris Sarandon. Agent Morell: Sam Anderson. Rebecca: Lisa Chess.
Episode 6
Dairy Queen
Fri, Nov 26, 1993 60 mins
Brock investigates the possibility that a model is the victim of spouse abuse. Meanwhile, some members of the community are having a cow over a local dairy's ad campaign featuring the model in racy shots. Lydia: Cristine Rose. Ron Hall: Vic Polizos. Dr. Rizzo: Veronia Redd Forrest.
Episode 7
Cross Examination
Fri, Dec 3, 1993 60 mins
Some members of the community don't know what to believe when a woman pulled from a submerged vehicle is discovered to be pregnant---even though she is technically a virgin. Dr. Haber: Peter Michael Goetz. Franklin Dell: Denis Arndt. Carter Pike: Kelly Connell.
Episode 8
Strangers
Fri, Dec 10, 1993 60 mins
A jury must decide if it's murder or a mistake after a man shoots and kills his own brother when the sibling enters his home in the middle of the night. Vernon: Arthur Malet. Marianne: Mary-Joan Negro. Kenny: Costas Mandylor.
Episode 9
Blue Christmas
Fri, Dec 17, 1993 60 mins
The drug war comes to Rome in place of Santa: controlled substances are found on the high school campus and a federal witness turns up in town. Carter: Kelly Connell. Lyman Pike: Charles Martin Smith. Lisa Fenn: Alexondra Lee. Agent Morell: Sam Anderson.
Episode 10
Paging Dr. God
Fri, Jan 7, 1994 60 mins
Jill does her best to uphold the Hippocratic oath when she treats a Christian Scientist who has refused care and whose husband takes the fight to court. Jeffrey Murray: Ray McKinnon. Sandra: Brenda Varda. Franklin Dell: Denis Arndt.
Episode 11
Guns 'R' Us
Fri, Jan 14, 1994 60 mins
Embarrassed by a prank, Matthew tries to get even with some boys. Meanwhile, budget cuts hit the sheriff's department. Timmy: Kevin Michaels. Jason: Chad Wood. Deputy Tully: Thomas Duffy.
Episode 12
Remote Control
Fri, Jan 21, 1994 60 mins
The debate over crime reaches a fever pitch when the mayor (Leigh Taylor Young) moves forward with new legislation to curb violence. Brock: Tom Skerritt. Dell: Denis Arndt. Oslo: Roy Brocksmith. Littleton: Don Cheadle. Jill: Kathy Baker.
Episode 13
Abominable Snowmen
Fri, Jan 28, 1994 60 mins
With his mind failing due to Alzheimer's, Howard Buss proposes that doctors harvest his heart for the transplant his son needs. Frank: David Proval. Robert Biel: Adam Arkin. Kevin: Time Winters.
Episode 14
Supreme Courting
Fri, Feb 4, 1994 60 mins
Valentine's Day brings love and controversy to assorted age groups: Carter is smitten with a widow, Zack finds his first love, and Kimberly's boyfriend is too prudent. Stacey: Barbara Alyn Woods. Jimmy: Randy Josselyn. Sally: Chelsey Earlywine.
Episode 15
Divine Recall
Fri, Feb 11, 1994 60 mins
The mayor scolds a priest for giving a pep talk colored with religious ideals to a public school's hockey team. Minister Novotny: Dabbs Greer. Howard: Robert Cornthwaite. Kenny: Costas Mandylor.
Episode 16
Terms of Estrangement
Fri, Mar 4, 1994 60 mins
Sheriff Brock (Tom Skerritt) tries to remain professional when Kimberly is kidnapped---and his onetime partner is the prime suspect. Rick Jennings: Louis Gossett Jr. Kimberly: Holly Marie Combs. Howard Bus: Robert Cornthwaite.
Episode 17
Squatter's Rights
Fri, Mar 11, 1994 60 mins
When an obese woman confesses to murdering her husband, Max has some doubts about the motive. Sophie Wallace: Darlene Cates. Rabbi Levin: Barry Primus. Jason Steinberg: Paul Eiding.
Episode 18
System Down
Fri, Apr 1, 1994 60 mins
Sheriff Brock becomes the unlikely foreman of a jury deciding the case of an accused cop killer. Bryant Thomas: James Earl Jones. Ed Lawson: Richard Masur. Littleton: Don Cheadle. Mrs. Bayles: Molly McClure.
Episode 19
Buried Alive
Fri, Apr 8, 1994 60 mins
A visit by Jill's father (Richard Kiley) leads to a lively evening of therapy in the Brock household. Brock: Tom Skerritt. Jill: Kathy Baker. Maxine: Lauren Holly. Wambaugh: Fyvush Finkel. Kenny: Costas Mandylor. Kimberly: Holly Marie Combs.
Episode 20
My Left Shoe
Fri, Apr 29, 1994 60 mins
Mayor Buss criticizes Father Barrett on public-access cable, prompting a lawsuit. Rachel: Leigh Taylor-Young. Bishop Marsh: Richard McKenzie. Brock: Tom Skerritt. Fire Captain: J.D. Hinton. Wambaugh: Fyvush Finkel. Jill: Kathy Baker.
Episode 21
Frosted Flakes
Fri, May 6, 1994 60 mins
The parents of a dying boy try to get the court's permission to use an unorthodox procedure to save the child's life. Biel: Adam Arkin. Bobby Hutton: Phillip Van Dyke. Oslo: Roy Brocksmith. Wambaugh: Fyvush Finkel. Minister Novotny: Dabbs Greer. Jill: Kathy Baker.
Episode 22
Howard's End
Fri, May 13, 1994 60 mins
Howard Buss's Alzheimer's worsens, pushing his family to the breaking point. Howard: Robert Cornthwaite. Kevin Buss: Time Winters. Jill: Kathy Baker. Joyce Prewit: Debbie McLeod. DA Littleton: Don Cheadle.
