Picket Fences

Season 1 Episode 7: The Contenders

4 Seasons Oct 30, 1992 NR 45m 7.6

Jill declares herself a candidate for mayor when Pugen ignores the Rome Woman's Coalition, but her candidacy reveals something in her past life which she has kept hidden. Meanwhile, Kenny agrees to box with a former middleweight champion...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 18, 1992

In the small town of Rome, Wisconsin, the daily life of the quiet townspeople...

Episode 2 The Green Bay Chopper

2. The Green Bay Chopper

Aired: Sep 25, 1992

At a school show-and-tell exhibit, a student brings in a detached human hand,...

Episode 4 The Autumn of Rome

4. The Autumn of Rome

Aired: Oct 16, 1992

The Mayor investigates a crooked citizen and crashes with his car just before...

Episode 5 Frank the Potato Man

5. Frank the Potato Man

Aired: Oct 23, 1992

The 'Serial Bather' strikes again, leaving a plastic duck in the bathtub. Sus...

Episode 6 Remembering Rosemary

6. Remembering Rosemary

Aired: Oct 25, 1992

On Halloween, the only witness to a 10-year-old suicide case breaks her silen...

Episode 7 The Contenders

7. The Contenders

Aired: Oct 29, 1992

Jill declares herself a candidate for mayor when Pugen ignores the Rome Woman...

Episode 8 Sacred Hearts

8. Sacred Hearts

Aired: Nov 5, 1992

A woman who is terminally ill dies at the nursing home with an orange in her ...

Episode 9 Thanksgiving

9. Thanksgiving

Aired: Nov 12, 1992

As Sheriff Brock and his family plan a big thanksgiving dinner, Jill has to d...

Episode 10 The Snake Lady

10. The Snake Lady

Aired: Dec 3, 1992

A woman is found dead after an apparent suicide, and suspicion falls on both ...

Episode 11 Pageantry

11. Pageantry

Aired: Dec 10, 1992

When a local rabbi takes the entire public school to court for presenting a C...

Episode 12 High Tidings

12. High Tidings

Aired: Dec 17, 1992

The Christmas chaos of the year only begins when the family returns unexpecte...

Episode 13 Frog Man

13. Frog Man

Aired: Jan 7, 1993

The Frogman strikes again with a fake bomb, and apparently shoots at Kenny in...

Episode 14 Bad Moons Rising

14. Bad Moons Rising

Aired: Jan 14, 1993

Sheriff Brock and the rest of the town is in a uproar after a middle-aged wom...

Episode 15 Nuclear Meltdowns

15. Nuclear Meltdowns

Aired: Jan 21, 1993

Kimberly tells her parents that she believes that her girlfriend, Jody, has b...

Episode 16 The Body Politic

16. The Body Politic

Aired: Feb 4, 1993

Jill and Sheriff Brock find themselves on opposite sides when it's revealed t...

Episode 17 Be My Valentine

17. Be My Valentine

Aired: Feb 11, 1993

Sheriff Brock is shot with an arrow in his buttock. Maxine suspects the seria...

Episode 18 Fetal Attraction

18. Fetal Attraction

Aired: Mar 31, 1993

A citizen gets worse from Parkinson's disease, and the whole town gets engage...

Episode 19 Sightings

19. Sightings

Aired: Apr 8, 1993

The local doctor/corner, Carter Pike, finds himself the center of controversy...

Episode 20 Rights of Passage

20. Rights of Passage

Aired: Apr 15, 1993

Sheriff Brock and Mayor Pugen find themselves facing a group of angry Native ...

Episode 21 Sugar and Spice

21. Sugar and Spice

Aired: Apr 29, 1993

Kimberly develops serious questions about her sexuality after she and another...

Episode 22 The Lullaby League

22. The Lullaby League

Aired: May 6, 1993

Jill finds herself in conflict with an aging blues singer with liver cirrhosi...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama, Crime, Family, Mystery, Romance

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