Load of rubbish!!

Disappointment for a huge fan!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Everything that has been written in reviews here about 'Picket Fences' is likely true: the bad and the good. It's like looking at a quilt - you will be struck by the brilliance of the colors and if that is not there, you may be impressed by the orderly patterns. There is so much skill on display that once you feel the effort behind the product, you WILL sit up and pay attention.I'm watching the first season after not having seen 'Picket Fences' in years. A hand pickled in a jar? An elephant performing tricks for youngsters on the front lawn? Sprinkle among all the clever plots and characters so many small touches that spike your appetite to see more - and there's the reason the series succeeded.I almost forgot how very sexy the sheriff is. Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker might pass you unnoticed on the street but in front of the camera, they just blend together with an aura of sexual attraction. Lauren Holly and Costas Mandylor, on the other hand, are strikingly attractive and yet their chemistry is a question mark. Will they or won't they? It will take more episodes to see that!The plots are clever. The town is a fantasy, a Wisconsin mirage chock-full of unconventional types who look for all the world like the most conventional. There is a mother who keeps her young child chastised and quiet by placing a small shoe in her mouth. Not likely to see such things in a television series today - what an imaginative and entertaining show, out of all we know today with political correctness, and yet stuffed with progressive lessons and values...

I used to enjoy this show when it first aired. Watching it decades later I feel that it hasn't aged well. I also find it too preachy, the writers really shove their opinions down the viewers throats. A lot of the subject matters seem silly today, at least to me as a Scandinavian. (but judging by the comments here it seems that this show is still controversial to some people).Some of the stuff still works, the small absurd things, but all the politics really date the show.Perhaps interesting as a time document, but to a modern viewer a lot of the show feels awkward.

The TV series "Picket Fences" continues to rank as one of my best-liked TV shows, and from some of the other reviewer comments I've read, it is also a favorite with many, many others. So I am disappointed that 10 years after its cancellation, "Picket Fences" seasons are not yet available on DVD. Other David E. Kelley series are also not available on DVD (e.g., "L.A. Law", "Chicago Hope", "The Practice", "Ally McBeal", and "Boston Public"), so I'm convinced that the issue with the non-release of "Picket Fences" is not so much a studio problem as it is a Kelley problem.To whomever can influence the DVD release of ALL episodes/seasons of "Picket Fences": Please -- PLEASE -- stop the disputes and let the public once again enjoy this terrific drama. For the rest of us, keep sending in the positive reviewer comments, lobbying the studios, and getting others to support the drive. Let's continue to be as patient as we can. (Hey, Michelle Pfeiffer, can you please have a talk with your husband about this?! Thank you.)

I used to watch this series to see how wild, outlandish, and liberal the plots would get each week. I was never disappointed. I quit watching this series after viewing the episode about the surrogate mother who gave up her child to be raised by her homosexual brother and his lover. Worse, the town and the church there supported the whole sordid affair. While I felt that this series was designed from the beginning to present episodes of a sensational and controversial nature, I found the particular episode in question highly offensive, decidedly immoral, and utterly blasphemous. I couldn't recommend the series as a source of wholesome, "family" entertainment. I am relieved that its reruns are no longer shown in my area.