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 - Brotherly Love: Part 1
Release Date: 18 Sep. 1990Virgil Tibbs returns to Philadelphia to investigate his best man's death and uncovers police corruption within his friend's precinct.
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Episode 2 - Brotherly Love: Part 2
Release Date: 18 Sep. 1990When Gillespie travels to Philadelphia to assist Virgil in his investigation, they are able to bring down the vigilante cops and clear his friend's name. The two return to Sparta just in time for Virgil to welcome his children, William & Sarah, into the world.
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Episode 3 - Lessons Learned
Release Date: 25 Sep. 1990A father is overcome with guilt when his daughter is killed after he disowned her.
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Episode 4 - Perversions of Justice
Release Date: 2 Oct. 1990Tempers flare in Sparta when an elementary school teacher is accused of molesting one of his students.
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Episode 5 - And Justice for Some
Release Date: 23 Oct. 1990Virgil's young neighbor is badly injured in a hit-and-run accident caused by a cocky drug trafficker.
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Episode 6 - Heart of Gold
Release Date: 30 Oct. 1990Bubba Skinner rekindles an old romance, then finds himself hurt and confused when she stands accused of murder.
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Episode 7 - Quick Fix
Release Date: 6 Nov. 1990While spending his day off fishing, Bubba's dog unearths a dead infant, found to have been born to a mentally challenged teenager.
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Episode 8 - Homecoming
Release Date: 13 Nov. 1990When a paroled man returns to Sparta, the whole town becomes a suspect when the man is murdered.
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Episode 9 - A Problem Too Personal
Release Date: 20 Nov. 1990Harriet Delong's son is implicated in the investigation of an armed robbery committed by her ex-husband.
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Episode 10 - A Final Arrangement
Release Date: 27 Nov. 1990Wilson Sweet has a hard time believing that his good friend murdered his wife, who had been diagnosed with cancer.
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Episode 11 - Family Matters
Release Date: 4 Dec. 1990Virgil's cousin is accused of a string of robberies in the midst of him trying to bring some peace back to the family.
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Episode 12 - Bounty Hunter
Release Date: 11 Dec. 1990Bubba's friend is put in danger when a bounty hunter is on the trail of her brother.
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Episode 13 - Blessings
Release Date: 18 Dec. 1990During the Christmas season, a flirtatious newspaper reporter prints an unflattering story about the Sparta Police Department.
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Episode 14 - Shine on Sparta Moon
Release Date: 8 Jan. 1991A teenage girl is killed and her boyfriend blinded in a car accident caused by spiked moonshine.
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Episode 15 - An Execution of Trust
Release Date: 15 Jan. 1991A psychiatrist, bound by her own rule of confidentiality, holds information proving that a man about to be executed for murder may actually be innocent.
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Episode 16 - Child of Promise
Release Date: 5 Feb. 1991A promising high school student is determined to encourage his younger brother to make positive choices in his life.
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Episode 17 - Paper Castles
Release Date: 12 Feb. 1991Virgil puts himself in a compromising position when he uses inside information to inform a friend that he was cheated when he invested in a building project.
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Episode 18 - Laid to Waste
Release Date: 19 Feb. 1991Parker finds himself attracted to the main witness of a murder investigation, a beautiful blind girl who overheard her neighbor's murder.
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Episode 19 - First Deadly Sin
Release Date: 26 Feb. 1991Althea's colleague is the latest victim of a serial rapist who preys on single, blonde women.
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Episode 20 - Just a Country Boy
Release Date: 19 Mar. 1991Bubba travels to Los Angeles to extradite a prisoner to Sparta to stand trial and finds himself the target of the man's accusers.
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Episode 21 - No Other Road
Release Date: 26 Mar. 1991Harriet's son tries to have his father's death row conviction overturned.
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Episode 22 - A Turning
Release Date: 30 Apr. 1991Althea is starting to feel the strain of being the wife of one police officer and the daughter of another.