winning TV  drama after seeing them together in Poltergeist III. The character  of Skerrits daughter was played by Holly Marie Combs on the show.  Combs character is reminiscent in character and physicality to Lara  Flynn Boyle (and her Poltergeist III character Donna Gardner). Nancy  Allen was originally cast to portray the towns mayor in Season 2 of  Picket Fences but had to drop out due to her contractual obligations  to appear in RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3. That role was then filled by  Leigh Taylor Young.