Picket Fences: The Lullaby League

Air Date

Thursday May 6, 1993

Production Code

9K21

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  A blues vocalist comes to town and has Zach Brock play on stage with her. In the process, she collapses and it is found that she has a serious health problem. Also, Maxine and Kenny deliver a baby, which is given to Maxine by the fugitive mother. hide show

  Being the last episode of the season, I was hoping for a bit more than what I got. There were two story lines with about equal screen time. The first one involved a pseudo-famous blues singer named Naomi (played by Della Reese), who suffers a heart attack during her performance with Zach Brock in front of the town. When Jill sees no other option, she puts a temporary transplant of a pig liver into the woman until they can find a suitable donor. After the woman finds out, she flips out and worries about her legacy should she die. She wants the liver out. The courts do not relent and Naomi is left at hating Jill for dishonoring her. By the end of the episode, she grudgingly decides to have a human liver transplant in Chicago.
  
  The other storyline involved Maxine and Kenny chasing a speeding car and finding a woman in labor when it pulls over. Maxine has to deliver the baby before the paramedics show. The following day, the mother skips town after Kenny questions her because it turns out she is wanted by the government. She left sole custody to Maxine until a proper home can be found. In the process of caring for the baby, Maxine decides to adopt. However, the woman turns herself in and agrees to testify against her husband so that she may keep the baby in a half-way home. Needless to say that at the end of the episode, Maxine is heartbroken.
  
  Like I mentioned, I was hoping for a bit more, since the last couple of episodes have been very charged in their acting and writing. While both of the storylines, mostly Maxine's, were interesting to start with, I felt they petered off a bit at the conclusion. Of particular note for me, when Judge Bone showed up to console Maxine, I was disappointed because it felt too sugary. I still can't wait for season two, because I hope it starts off better then this left off.

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• Guest Cast

  • Della Reese Naomi Grand
  • Bill Henderson Toobah Varney
  • Barbara Howard Lori Jude
  • Jeffrey Alan Chandler Dr Alan Harcovy
  • Dierk Torsek Doctor
  • Michael Rothhaar Ben Johanson
  • Cayce Callaway Anesthesiologist
  • Robert Kemp Paramedic
  • Catherine Butterfield Technician

• Stars

  • Holly Marie Combs Kimberly Brock
  • Lauren Holly Officer Maxine Stewart
  • Adam Wylie Zachary Brock
  • Kathy Baker Dr. Jill Brock
  • Tom Skerritt Sheriff Jimmy Brock
  • Costas Mandylor Officer Kenny Lacos
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• Della Reese: The guest star of this episode, Della Reese, was a famous American jazz singer and actress. In 1994, she would become a main character on the show Touched by an Angel, which she is perhaps best known for. [edit]

• Naomi: You had this taken in.
  Manager: I didn't have it taken in. You are fat and you keep getting fatter.
  Naomi: You're fired. That's it. Get your ass out of this room!
  Manager: (Walking away) I'm always fired. You're just goina to have to re-hire me again in a few hours to get you outta that thing. [edit]
• Naomi: Of course I ain't going to die. It's not over until the fat lady sings and you don't hear me singing, do you? [edit]
• Douglas Wambaugh: (To Kenny) Don't you threaten me. I'll chew you into mulch. [edit]

• In "The Wizard of Oz", when Dorothy arrived in Munckin Land she is welcomed by some ballerinas called "The Lullaby League." [edit]