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-->''This place is nuts!'' - FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Set in the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, this DavidEKelley family/legal/medical/cop dramedy won the Emmy for Best Drama two years running. After four seasons, it got cancelled for being a little too weird for its own good.
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriff of Rome, well respected and known by all.
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town physician, seems to know [[SuperDoc every medical ailment known to man]].
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wise teenage daughter]] from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older son, sometimes sufferer of MiddleChildSyndrome.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's [[CheerfulChild precocious younger son]].
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, tough but [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly) - Kenny's deputy partner and best friend, [[{{Tsundere}} cute but fiery and overly impulsive]].
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Larger than life lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town Judge, endlessly [[TheJudge sour-faced and curmudgeonly]] but fair.
* Carter Pike (Kelly Connell) - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist, [[ButtMonkey butt of many jokes]].
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-->''This place is nuts!'' - FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Set in the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, this DavidEKelley family/legal/medical/cop dramedy won the Emmy for Best Drama two years running. After four seasons, it got cancelled for being a little too weird for its own good.
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriff of Rome, well respected and known by all.
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town physician, seems to know [[SuperDoc every medical ailment known to man]].
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wise teenage daughter]] from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older son, sometimes sufferer of MiddleChildSyndrome.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's [[CheerfulChild precocious younger son]].
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, tough but [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly) - Kenny's deputy partner and best friend, [[{{Tsundere}} cute but fiery and overly impulsive]].
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Larger than life lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town Judge, endlessly [[TheJudge sour-faced and curmudgeonly]] but fair.
* Carter Pike (Kelly Connell) - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist, [[ButtMonkey butt of many jokes]].
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-->-- '''FBI Agent DonaldMorrell
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Welcome to thefictional small town of Rome, Wisconsin, this DavidEKelley family/legal/medical/cop dramedy won Wisconsin where everyone knows everyone and the bizarre is an everyday occurence. Created by DavidEKelley, the Emmy Award winning family/cop/legal/medical dramedy ''Picket Fences'' ran for Best Drama two years running. After four seasons, seasons and 88 episodes on CBS from 1992-1994 before it got was cancelled for being a little too ''too'' weird for its it's own good.
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriffThe show revolved around the residents of Rome, well respected and known by all.
* Dr. Jillin particular the functionally dysfunctional Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, family headed up by the town physician, seems to know [[SuperDoc every medical ailment known to man]].
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wise teenage daughter]] from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) -Sheriff, Jimmy and Jill's older son, Brock. Sheriff Brock, along with his deputies at the Rome Sheriff's Department sometimes sufferer of MiddleChildSyndrome.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmystruggle to maintain order faced with such bizarre crimes and Jill's [[CheerfulChild precocious younger son]].
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, tough but [[IdiotHerooccurences as cow udders exploding and a spate of people turning up dead in freezers. During it's tenure, the show also dealt with unusual (for the time) topics not limited to abortion, homophobia and LGBT adoption, transsexualism, racism, belief in God, medical ethics, polygamy, polyamory, adolescent sexuality, date rape, cryonics, the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly) - Kenny's deputy partnerHolocaust, shoe fetishism, masturbation, spontaneous human combustion, and best friend, [[{{Tsundere}} cute but fiery and overly impulsive]].
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Larger than life lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town Judge, endlessly [[TheJudge sour-faced and curmudgeonly]] but fair.
* Carter Pike (Kelly Connell) - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist, [[ButtMonkey butt of many jokes]].
constitutional rights.
Now with an added [[Characters/PicketFences character page]] that could always do with some more love.
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriff
* Dr. Jill
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wise teenage daughter]] from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) -
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, tough but [[IdiotHero
* Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly) - Kenny's deputy partner
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Larger than life lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town Judge, endlessly [[TheJudge sour-faced and curmudgeonly]] but fair.
* Carter Pike (Kelly Connell) - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist, [[ButtMonkey butt of many jokes]].
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-->''This place is nuts!'' - FBI Agent Donald Morrell
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-->''This place is nuts!'' - FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Set in the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, this DavidEKelley family/legal/medical/cop dramedy won the Emmy for Best Drama two years running. After four seasons, it got cancelled for being a little too weird for its own good.
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* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town physician, seems to know every medical ailment known to man.
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's wise teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's wise teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
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* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town physician, seems to know [[SuperDoc every medical ailment known to man.
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* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town Judge, endlessly sour-faced and curmudgeonly but fair.
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* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town Judge, endlessly [[TheJudge sour-faced and curmudgeonly curmudgeonly]] but fair.
* Carter Pike (Kelly Connell) - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist, [[ButtMonkey butt of manyjokes.
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriff of Rome.
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town physician.
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older son.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's younger son.
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town physician.
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older son.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's younger son.
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriff of Rome.
Rome, well respected and known by all.
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the townphysician.
physician, seems to know every medical ailment known to man.
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's wise teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's olderson.
son, sometimes sufferer of MiddleChildSyndrome.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's [[CheerfulChild precocious youngerson.
son]].
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, tough but [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's wise teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's [[CheerfulChild precocious younger
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* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town judge, endlessly thunder-faced and curmudgeonly but fair.
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* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town judge.
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
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fiery]].
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) -Town Larger than life lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Townjudge.judge, endlessly thunder-faced and curmudgeonly but fair.
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* Zachary Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Kenny Lacos - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine Stewart - Deputy, Kenny's partner, the more driven of the two.
* Douglas Wambaugh - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone - Town judge.
* Carter Pike - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist.
* Jill Brock - Jimmy's wife, the town doctor.
* Kimberly Brock - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Zachary Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Kenny Lacos - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine Stewart - Deputy, Kenny's partner, the more driven of the two.
* Douglas Wambaugh - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone - Town judge.
* Carter Pike - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist.
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* Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) - TheSheriff of Rome.
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the towndoctor.
physician.
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older son.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's younger son.
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly) - Deputy, Kenny'spartner, the more driven of the two.
partner and best friend, [[Tsundere cute but quick to anger]].
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston) - Town judge.
* Carter Pike (Kelly Connell) - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist.
* Dr. Jill Brock (Kathy Baker) - Jimmy's wife, the town
* Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs) - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow) - Jimmy and Jill's older son.
* Zachary Brock (Adam Wylie) - Jimmy and Jill's younger son.
* Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor) - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly) - Deputy, Kenny's
* Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel) - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
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[[caption-width-right:319:Picket Fences (1992-1996)]] Set in the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, this DavidEKelley family/legal/medical/cop dramedy won the Emmy for Best Drama
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* JerkAssHasAPoint: Douglas Wambaugh isn't really a JerkAss, but he is viewed with contempt for his constant volunteering of himself as defense attorney, no matter who the client is. However, several times he is able to point out that his clients have been mistreated by the police or the community, and he often calls people out when they're wrong, such as when he pays Frank the Potato Man's bail because he views his imprisonment as being motivated by prejudice, or tells Jimmy he's being stupid when he tries to prosecute Kimberly's boyfriend for statutory rape
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* JerkAssHasAPoint: Douglas Wambaugh isn't really a JerkAss, but he is viewed with contempt for his constant volunteering of himself as defense attorney, no matter who the client is. However, several times he is able to point out that his clients have been mistreated by the police or the community, and he often calls people out when they're wrong, such as when he pays Frank the Potato Man's bail because he views his imprisonment as being motivated by prejudice, or tells Jimmy he's being stupid when he tries to prosecute Kimberly's boyfriend for statutory raperape.
* JewsLoveToArgue: Wambaugh.
* JewsLoveToArgue: Wambaugh.
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* ParentalIncest: It initially appears like one of Kimberley's friends is having sex with her father. [[spoiler: Her father is actually her husband, who's in a polygamous relationship with her and her "mother"]]
* ParentalIncest: It initially appears like one of Kimberley's friends is having sex with her father. [[spoiler: Her father is actually her husband, who's in a polygamous relationship with her and her "mother"]]
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* ButtMonkey: Carter is unlucky in love, and all his attempts to appear as an authority on a variety of subjects have a tendency of backfiring on him
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: "Frank The Potato Man" inverts this by having the guilty party [[spoiler: DA Barnaby Wood]] deliberately trying to commit a crime (in this case, breaking and entering people's homes so as to take a bath for sexual kicks) when he believed the titular character (who's wrongly suspected of the crimes) would have an alibi (in this case, by being in police custody or under surveillance). Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work out, as both times Frank had be released
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* CowboyCop: The Rome Sheriff's Department occasionally dips into this, such as when Kenny beats up a SmugSnake corrupt businessman who had beaten a witness who was going to testify against him
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* JurisdictionFriction: "The Green Bay Chopper" has the Sheriff's Department and some FBI agents squabbling over the titular serial kidnapper who cuts off his victim's hands, who is believed to have killed his latest (making it a state rather than federal crime). At one point, Maxine draws her gun on the agents!
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* OffWithHisHead: The ultimate fate of [[spoiler:the ''fifth'' mayor, Ed Lawson.]]
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Wambaugh and his wife (who eventually divorces him because even she is sick of his antics) [[spoiler:although in the finale, they remarry.]]
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** A one-sided example would be from Sheriff Brock and his ex-wife, much to Jill's chagrin.
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[[AC:The main characters are:]]
* Jimmy Brock - TheSheriff of Rome.
* Jill Brock - Jimmy's wife, the town doctor.
* Kimberly Brock - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Zachary Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Kenny Lacos - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine Stewart - Deputy, Kenny's partner, the more driven of the two.
* Douglas Wambaugh - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone - Town judge.
* Carter Pike - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist.
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!!This show provides one or more examples of:
* ActorAllusion: In one early episode Judge Bone (Ray Walston) attends a Halloween party dressed as Uncle Martin from ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''.
* AlterKocker: Douglas Wambaugh, an Ashkenazi Jew.
* AmoralAttorney: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Wambaugh takes any case for a fee, and isn't above using highly dubious tactics to win, but it eventually becomes clear that he's just playing a character.
* ArtisticLicenseGunsafety: Sheriff Brock ought to know everything there is to know about keeping guns secure at home, yet [[spoiler: Zachary]] has no trouble retrieving Jimmy's pistol and pantomiming potshots at [[spoiler: Matthew's]] attacker when no one else is around. Played ''completely serious'', and chilling.
* BodyInABreadbox: A corpse was discovered stuffed into a dishwasher.
* ButICantBePregnant: A comatose car crash victim is found to be pregnant even though she is a virgin. [[spoiler:They find out her doctor is a religious fanatic who [[MedicalRapeAndImpregnate impregnated her through IVF without her knowledge]]. When she threatened to tell the police, he tampered with her car's brakes.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** Wambaugh--"Douglas Wambaugh, for the defense!"
** Judge Bone--"Now, get out!"
** Carter Pike--"Let me exhume the body!"
* CerebusSyndrome: The show started out as a quirky, light-hearted SliceOfLife, then morphed once into a PoliceProcedural involving the hunt for [[SerialKiller serial killers]], then again into an {{Anvilicious}} [[LawProcedural courtroom drama]]. There's also how the show took quirky comedy concepts from its first few episodes and have them turn out to have a rather dark RealityEnsues payoff. That amusing CloudCuckooLander with some of the funniest lines in the show? Turns out he has Alzheimers, which eventually leads to a tragic downward spiral.
* CourtroomAntic: Used very often by Wambaugh. Usually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], because Judge Bone always called him on it.
* DinnerAndAShow: Whenever they have dinner guests. Wambaugh [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it when urging another guest to accept an invitation: "Strange things happen when they ''eat''."
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: A male teacher accuses a woman of raping him. The defense is based on [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization the fact that the man climaxed]]. In the end, the woman is found not guilty.
* DrivenToSuicide: A repentant pedophile who moves to town and gets chilly-to-hostile receptions from everyone, including Judge Bone [[spoiler:his father]].
* DudeNotFunny: In-universe example. After Wambaugh tells an un-PC joke about Jews and Native Americans (during a funeral eulogy, no less), the local rabbi tries to have him excommunicated.
* HighTurnoverRate: Mayors of Rome have died from spontaneous combustion, being pushed into freezers, and gunshots. Others have gotten thrown into jail or run out of office for making porn.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Ginny Weedon - Portrayed by Zelda Rubinstein, who basically plays the same part that she did in ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''. It never stopped her from complaining about little people stereotypes, though.
* TheMountainsOfIllinois: In this case, Wisconsin. Palm trees can also be seen occasionally.
* OverprotectiveDad: After walking in on Kimberly having sex with her boyfriend, Jimmy has the boyfriend arrested on the spot for statutory rape.
* MsFanservice: Maxine, to the point where [[LikesOlderWomen Matt]] (who is just getting into puberty) starts having very sexy dreams about her seducing him, one of which had her in a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikini]], offering him a Game Boy, a slice of chocolate cake, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers herself]].
* PatientOfTheWeek: Seen by Jill, who has up-to-date knowledge of every disease and the latest treatments.
* QuirkyTown: Rome has this trope in spades.
* RefugeInAudacity: Wambaugh, in his courtroom antics. In one episode, a drunk driver is allowed to drive home with police following her. After she causes a wreck that injures a young man, she calls Wambaugh, who tells her to drink in order to discredit the breathalyzer. When Judge Bone calls him on this, and gives him a very harsh dressing-down, Wambaugh decides to plead the case out for a suspended sentence. He then represents the victim of the wreck in a lawsuit against the town, using the driver's testimony that she was too drunk to drive. Legally, they couldn't do anything to Wambaugh for this, but Judge Bone gets so mad that he throws him in jail for contempt.
* ShockParty
* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: The depressed, alcoholic mayor was written out of the plot by having him spontaneously combust in his own house. He already figured his political career was over, apparently making him a literal burnout was the final blow to the character.
* SweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Kimberly and her best friend kiss during a sleepover, causing Kimberly's parents to panic.
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[[AC:The main characters are:]]
* Jimmy Brock - TheSheriff of Rome.
* Jill Brock - Jimmy's wife, the town doctor.
* Kimberly Brock - Jimmy's teenage daughter from a previous marriage.
* Matthew Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Zachary Brock - Jimmy and Jill's son.
* Kenny Lacos - Deputy, [[IdiotHero not the sharpest knife in the drawer]].
* Maxine Stewart - Deputy, Kenny's partner, the more driven of the two.
* Douglas Wambaugh - Town lawyer who [[AmbulanceChaser represents every defendant in town]].
* Judge Henry Bone - Town judge.
* Carter Pike - Medical examiner, conspiracy theorist.
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!!This show provides one or more examples of:
* ActorAllusion: In one early episode Judge Bone (Ray Walston) attends a Halloween party dressed as Uncle Martin from ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''.
* AlterKocker: Douglas Wambaugh, an Ashkenazi Jew.
* AmoralAttorney: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Wambaugh takes any case for a fee, and isn't above using highly dubious tactics to win, but it eventually becomes clear that he's just playing a character.
* ArtisticLicenseGunsafety: Sheriff Brock ought to know everything there is to know about keeping guns secure at home, yet [[spoiler: Zachary]] has no trouble retrieving Jimmy's pistol and pantomiming potshots at [[spoiler: Matthew's]] attacker when no one else is around. Played ''completely serious'', and chilling.
* BodyInABreadbox: A corpse was discovered stuffed into a dishwasher.
* ButICantBePregnant: A comatose car crash victim is found to be pregnant even though she is a virgin. [[spoiler:They find out her doctor is a religious fanatic who [[MedicalRapeAndImpregnate impregnated her through IVF without her knowledge]]. When she threatened to tell the police, he tampered with her car's brakes.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** Wambaugh--"Douglas Wambaugh, for the defense!"
** Judge Bone--"Now, get out!"
** Carter Pike--"Let me exhume the body!"
* CerebusSyndrome: The show started out as a quirky, light-hearted SliceOfLife, then morphed once into a PoliceProcedural involving the hunt for [[SerialKiller serial killers]], then again into an {{Anvilicious}} [[LawProcedural courtroom drama]]. There's also how the show took quirky comedy concepts from its first few episodes and have them turn out to have a rather dark RealityEnsues payoff. That amusing CloudCuckooLander with some of the funniest lines in the show? Turns out he has Alzheimers, which eventually leads to a tragic downward spiral.
* CourtroomAntic: Used very often by Wambaugh. Usually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], because Judge Bone always called him on it.
* DinnerAndAShow: Whenever they have dinner guests. Wambaugh [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it when urging another guest to accept an invitation: "Strange things happen when they ''eat''."
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: A male teacher accuses a woman of raping him. The defense is based on [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization the fact that the man climaxed]]. In the end, the woman is found not guilty.
* DrivenToSuicide: A repentant pedophile who moves to town and gets chilly-to-hostile receptions from everyone, including Judge Bone [[spoiler:his father]].
* DudeNotFunny: In-universe example. After Wambaugh tells an un-PC joke about Jews and Native Americans (during a funeral eulogy, no less), the local rabbi tries to have him excommunicated.
* HighTurnoverRate: Mayors of Rome have died from spontaneous combustion, being pushed into freezers, and gunshots. Others have gotten thrown into jail or run out of office for making porn.
* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: Ginny Weedon - Portrayed by Zelda Rubinstein, who basically plays the same part that she did in ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''. It never stopped her from complaining about little people stereotypes, though.
* TheMountainsOfIllinois: In this case, Wisconsin. Palm trees can also be seen occasionally.
* OverprotectiveDad: After walking in on Kimberly having sex with her boyfriend, Jimmy has the boyfriend arrested on the spot for statutory rape.
* MsFanservice: Maxine, to the point where [[LikesOlderWomen Matt]] (who is just getting into puberty) starts having very sexy dreams about her seducing him, one of which had her in a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikini]], offering him a Game Boy, a slice of chocolate cake, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers herself]].
* PatientOfTheWeek: Seen by Jill, who has up-to-date knowledge of every disease and the latest treatments.
* QuirkyTown: Rome has this trope in spades.
* RefugeInAudacity: Wambaugh, in his courtroom antics. In one episode, a drunk driver is allowed to drive home with police following her. After she causes a wreck that injures a young man, she calls Wambaugh, who tells her to drink in order to discredit the breathalyzer. When Judge Bone calls him on this, and gives him a very harsh dressing-down, Wambaugh decides to plead the case out for a suspended sentence. He then represents the victim of the wreck in a lawsuit against the town, using the driver's testimony that she was too drunk to drive. Legally, they couldn't do anything to Wambaugh for this, but Judge Bone gets so mad that he throws him in jail for contempt.
* ShockParty
* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: The depressed, alcoholic mayor was written out of the plot by having him spontaneously combust in his own house. He already figured his political career was over, apparently making him a literal burnout was the final blow to the character.
* SweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Kimberly and her best friend kiss during a sleepover, causing Kimberly's parents to panic.
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