Picket Fences - Season One (DVD, 2009, 6-Disc Set)

Picket Fences is the best television show of all time. Action, drama, and humor - great characters, plot, script and cinimatography. Two thumbs up!

Picket Fences was, I thought, the most inventive, thought provoking, humorous show on television, at the time it premiered. It dealt with issues; large and small, political and personal, sacred and profane, and it forced you to look at your real feelings about all of it, usually while laughing through your tears.
I was almost afraid to open the dvd collection, as much as I have been looking forward to seeing it again. I just knew it was going to have lost something with age, that it was not as sharp, not as incisive as it once was. I was wrong.
The writing has more than withstood the decade which has passed, and the issues are as poignet as when I first viewed them.
Jimmy Brock, the sheriff, is still stong willed, determined and vulnerable. Jill, his wife, life's partner and town doctor, is still a screaming feminist, the antithesis of step monster, and as self searching as I first new. The children are bright, imaginative, completely aware they are the center of their parent's universe, inquisitive and articulate. Kimberly Brock, the beautiful Hollie Marie Combs is beautiful, unspoiled and as brilliant as any parent could hope.
From Doug Wambaugh, the deputies, the town coroner, the townsfolk, all the way to Judge Bones, I have slipped into a feeling of friendship and family long lost.
And at the end of the day, can any of us ask for anything more than the feeling of coming home?
All sugary sweetness aside, if David Kelly makes me wait this long for season 2, he will be able to write his next series as an homage to the e-bayer who went postal on his production staff!

I loved this show when it was first on television and I am ecstatic that it finally came out on DVD. I can't wait until they put the rest of the series on DVD; I want to collect them all. I can guarantee that it will make you laugh and cry and wanting more after viewing the First Season. The characters in the show are all wonderful and the each episode is wonderfully written which holds your attention throughout the whole show and wanting more at the end. I hope that it will not be too long before we can see the rest of the series…please hurry!

I am so happy they finally put these shows out on DVD. I am hoping they also do it with the other years. To me this was one of the best shows I ever saw on TV. The writing and the the wonderful cast assembled for this program was outstanding. The shows are both quirky, funny and also very touching at times. Watching them is like watching a new show even though they were written and produced 13 or so years earlier. The family, small town and political topics are just as relevant as today's headlines, and the shows tackle issues a lot of times from multiple viewpoints. A real must see!

I have been waiting for this show to come out on DVD for years! I think I am enjoying it more this time. A Great David E Kelly Show!!!!

Ebay comes through again, and I didn't have to spend a penny on gas. My wife is thrilled to be able to watch one of her all time favorite shows Picket Fences.
The price and shipping charges were below store prices, and now we can sit back and watch again the heart warming and sometimes funny stories and characters of Picket Fences.

14 years ago my daughter and I first watched Picket Fences during it's second season. It very quickly became a favorite for both of us. Once a week we'd sit on the couch together, curl up with an afghan, and watch this wonderful television series together. I've never seen some of the season 1 episodes and am joyfully watching them now. This series is what television at its finest is all about - well written episodes that make you laugh, sometimes make you cry, and most importantly - touch you and make you feel like you are a better person as a result of watching it. You can relate to all of the characters on some level, and as the series progresses you can see the growth of the characters, which is another attribute of a well written television series. This series addresses many controversial issues, using quirky circumstances to lighten the impact, so that many times it isn't until after you have finished watching the episode that you realize the full meaning of what you've watched. That once again, is a sign of an excellent series. I've also purchased season 1 for my daughter as a Christmas present and look forward to watching some episodes together to remind both of us of that special time we shared together in the past. If you've never watched this series, I highly recommend purchasing season 1 and trying it. It is what good television was and should be, and even after 15 years, still is as relevant and touching as it ever was. I am looking forward to the release of the subsequent seasons, of which I will purchase both for me and my daughter.

This series was my favorite years ago, and now I can enjoy it all over again. It is one of the best hometown sagas, and I feel like I am visiting friends everytime I watch it.

Purchased the series as the cast was good, sadly this is not a good family series. I was shocked at the actually storyline and would not recomment this series.

ill write a review when i recieve the item still nothing and a weeks gone by. so i'll give it 3 more daysfred