In the Heat of the Night (1988)
The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
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Episode 1 - Pilot: Part 1
Release Date: 6 Mar. 1988Virgil Tibbs permanently joins the Sparta police department in time to investigate the murder of a young woman.
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Episode 2 - Pilot: Part 2
Release Date: 6 Mar. 1988Gillespie and Tibbs learn to get used to each other's working habits and bond as workers and friends to solve the murder.
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Episode 3 - Road Kill
Release Date: 15 Mar. 1988While the Sparta police hunt down a randomly shooting troublemaker, a philandering husband uses his mischief to cover his murder of his wife.
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Episode 4 - Fate
Release Date: 22 Mar. 1988Racial tensions boil over in Sparta when a married, white woman has an extramarital affair with a black businessman.
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Episode 5 - Blind Spot: Part 1
Release Date: 29 Mar. 1988As Det. Tibbs deals with an old rival coming back to Sparta to open a major factory, two locksmiths pay the price for discovering that tycoon's secret other business.
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Episode 6 - Blind Spot: Part 2
Release Date: 5 Apr. 1988Chief Gillespie and Det. Tibbs face spiraling drug trade violence in Sparta as they hunt down the kingpins responsible.
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Episode 7 - A Necessary Evil
Release Date: 12 Apr. 1988Gillespie and Tibb's reluctant investigation of a bigamy case becomes absurd with the accused's half dozen wives, and serious when he is found dead in his cell.
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Episode 8 - ...And Then You Die
Release Date: 3 May 1988During a manhunt for a wanton random murdering fugitive , the criminal takes Althea Tibbs and a young boy hostage.