Picket Fences
Picket Fences Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | ||
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| S1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.9 | ||
| S2 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.0 | ||
| S3 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | ||
| S4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
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"Small-town quirk wrapped around real ethical debate"
Picket Fences is set in the small town of Rome, Wisconsin, where a sheriff and his doctor wife raise a family amid a steady stream of bizarre, morally knotty crimes. Created by David E. Kelley, it mixes small-town warmth with courtroom-style debates on ethics, justice, and community, often tackling hot-button issues through oddball cases. The tone swings between cozy family drama and genuinely strange, sometimes dark mystery-of-the-week plotting. It's talky, earnest, and issue-driven rather than fast-paced, carried by a likable ensemble cast and Kelley's knack for turning weird premises into thoughtful arguments about right and wrong.
the bizarre crime-of-the-week plots that double as genuine, thoughtful moral arguments.
you want realism over quirky, occasionally outlandish small-town mystery plots.
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