Season 1
22 episodes · Sep 18, 1992
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S1E1Picket Fences
Sep 18, 199287mA beloved local man is killed during a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. Suspicion initially falls on the town pharmacist when the sheriff learns the dead man was having an affair with the pharmacist's daughter. The dead man's wife confesses but her confession is suppressed in court. She is then murdered and the Sheriff's department discovers that she and the pharmacist conspired to kill her husband and then the pharmacist killed her.
S1E2The Green Bay Chopper
Sep 25, 199242mAfter a child brings a severed human hand to school for show and tell, the Sheriff's department teams with the FBI to pursue a serial kidnapper, the "Green Bay Chopper", who severs the right hands of his victims.
S1E3Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
Oct 2, 199242mMax falls for a dwarf who rides into town on an elephant, which the dwarf says was being abused at a circus. Jill tells Kimberly's favorite teacher, Mr. Pankow, that he has a brain tumor.
S1E4The Autumn of Rome
Oct 16, 199242mThe candidates in the upcoming mayoral election are using such outrageous smear campaigns that Sheriff Brock considers running for Mayor himself.
S1E5Frank the Potato Man
Oct 23, 199242mA rash of break-ins leads to an investigation of a "serial bather". Suspicion initially centers on "Frank the Potato Man", a vagrant who, it is learned, was tried for aggravated rape 15 years earlier.
S1E6Remembering Rosemary
Oct 26, 199242mWhen a catatonic housemaid utters the word "murder" after a decade of not speaking, the Sheriff's department learns that the "suicide" of a beloved town figure a decade prior was actually a homicide.
S1E7The Contenders
Oct 30, 199242mTown doctor Jill Brock, fed up with the mayor's failure to address women's issues, declares herself a write-in candidate in the upcoming mayoral election. Deputy Kenny Lakos arrests a former boxing world champion and convinces him to engage in a charity match before extradition to New Jersey.
S1E8Sacred Hearts
Nov 6, 199242mAn elderly patient is murdered at a nursing home. A "singing serial mercy-killing" nun is arrested, sparking controversy over the ethics and legality of euthanasia.
S1E9Thanksgiving
Nov 13, 199242mJill's father arrives in Rome with his new 26-year-old girlfriend. Wambaugh finds his wife in bed with another man.
S1E10The Snake Lady
Dec 4, 199242mMax, Brock, and Kenny investigate the mysterious death of a woman who may or may not have committed suicide.
S1E11Pageantry
Dec 11, 199242mA rabbi seeks to block the town from staging a religiously-themed Christmas pageant on public property. The town is shocked to learn that beloved teacher Louise Talbot, scheduled to play the Virgin Mary in the pageant, is a post-operative transsexual.
S1E12High Tidings
Dec 18, 199242mWhen the Brock family inadvertently finds Kimberly having sex with her 19-year-old boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Jimmy wants to prosecute him for statutory rape. A man claiming to be Santa Claus takes Max and dispatcher Ginny hostage and Jimmy tries to talk him down.
S1E13Frog Man
Jan 8, 199342mKenny is seriously wounded by the Frog Man, a burglar who leaves live frogs at the site of his crimes.
S1E14Bad Moons Rising
Jan 15, 199342mWhen Alice Freeman is charged with murder in the death of her husband, Wambaugh defends her by claiming insanity as the result of menopause. Brock's son, Matthew, begins to experience puberty.
S1E15Nuclear Meltdowns
Jan 22, 199342mWhen her friend becomes pregnant, Kimberly fears that she is the victim of incest. However, the man purporting to be her father is actually her husband and they are involved in a polygamous relationship. Max investigates a religious sect that engages in animal sacrifice. Guest Stars: Liz and Jean Sagal
S1E16The Body Politic
Feb 5, 199342mA fugitive doctor seeks a court order to allow him to keep his brain-dead wife on life support to allow her to bring her pregnancy to term. The mayor fires the town dentist for refusing to disclose that he is HIV-positive. Guest Stars: Liz and Jean Sagal
S1E17Be My Valentine
Feb 12, 199342mDeputy Max goes undercover when a response to her personal ad leads her to believe that she is being targeted by a serial killer known as "Cupid."
S1E18Fetal Attraction
Apr 1, 199342mJill enlists her former fiancé to perform a fetal transplant on a patient with Parkinson's disease over the objections of the town hospital. Jimmy feels threatened when he catches Jill and her former fiancé exchanging a kiss
S1E19Sightings
Apr 8, 199342mCarter believes a sheriff who mysteriously disappeared 38 years earlier may have been killed by radiation emitted by an Unidentified Flying Object.
S1E20Rights of Passage
Apr 15, 199342mA group of heavily armed Chippewa Indians declares war on Rome, seizes, and barricades the courthouse. Ginny stages a protest when Jill begins administering growth hormones to a short boy. Matthew takes on the school bully.
S1E21Sugar and Spice
Apr 29, 199342mKimberly and her best female friend exchange a few kisses during a sleepover, leading to rumors that Kimberly is a lesbian. She turns to her birth mother, who had a lesbian affair in college, for advice.
S1E22The Lullaby League
May 6, 199342mMax delivers a baby and begins adoption procedures when the natural mother disappears. Jill transplants a pig's liver into a blues vocalist after the woman collapses on stage. Guest star: Della Reese.