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Picket Fences - Season 2
An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.
7 March 1947, Loma Linda, California, USA
31 March 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 June 1953, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
18 August 1916, Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA
13 February 1962, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
30 March 1937, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
29 November 1964, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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 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.
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
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 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.