EPISODE
SEASON
Picket Fences - Season 2
An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
6 February 1954
19 January 1919, Kentucky, USA
22 December 1958, Augusta, Georgia, USA
13 February 1940, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
24 July 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 September 1963, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
6 January 1986, Burbank, California, USA
15 May 1942, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
13 July 1955, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 May 1929, Santa Rosa, California, USA
2 July 1949, Texas, USA
15 December 1970, Queens, New York, USA
14 November 1925, Trumbull, Connecticut, USA
10 April 1937, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 December 1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10 March 1944, San Francisco, California, USA
8 August 1908, Mountain Home, Idaho, USA
6 September 1969, The Bronx, New York, USA
12 February 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
5 June 1951, Hamilton, Texas, USA
17 June 1954, Wewoka, Oklahoma, USA
June 14, 2019
In its writing, acting and direction, recent Emmy-winning drama series Picket Fences is more subdued than it was last season, actually making it more powerful.
June 14, 2019
Guest stars Roy Dotrice and Denis Arndt are especially good, and Kathy Baker and Tom Skerritt, even at moments without dialogue, display their superb acting talents.
June 14, 2019
The bottom line is that Picket Fences, as one of TV's few serious drama hours, and as a lonely beacon of thoughtfulness on the silly network landscape, deserves to live long and to prosper.
June 14, 2019
Despite its Emmy as best drama series, Picket Fences continues to be uneven, its serious and farcical personalities not always artfully meshing.
June 14, 2019
Picket Fences really found itself in its second season. More important, the audience found Picket Fences. If you haven't, find it tonight.
June 13, 2019
It is a show that's always Tackling Major Themes whenever it's not trying to achieve the sort of sweet whimsy meant to disguise the fact that this is one of the most profoundly humorless series ever made.
