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 - A Woman Much Admired
Release Date: 1 Oct. 1991Gillespie receives a life altering shock when an old flame comes for a visit and is later murdered.
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Episode 2 - Baby for Sale
Release Date: 8 Oct. 1991Bubba discovers that his cousins have adopted their baby under questionable circumstances.
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Episode 3 - Obsession
Release Date: 22 Oct. 1991A promiscuous high school teacher is stalked by her dangerous ex-boyfriend.
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Episode 4 - Liar's Poker
Release Date: 29 Oct. 1991A man hosting his annual high stakes poker game is murdered.
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Episode 5 - Ruda's Awakening
Release Date: 5 Nov. 1991When Virgil's estranged aunt is eyewitness to a teenager killed in a botched arrest, her resentment for Virgil clouds her better judgement as to what really happened.
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Episode 6 - Unfinished Business
Release Date: 12 Nov. 1991Bubba returns to Los Angeles to tie up some loose ends from his last trip there.
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Episode 7 - The More Things Change
Release Date: 19 Nov. 1991When a businessman is killed, his entire family become suspects.
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Episode 8 - Sweet, Sweet Blues
Release Date: 26 Nov. 1991A local jazz musician reveals information about the murder of Officer Sweet's grandfather, which reopens the 40-year-old case.
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Episode 9 - Sparta Gold
Release Date: 3 Dec. 1991Bubba stumbles upon a marijuana growing operation, later found to be led by a Sheriff's Office deputy.
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Episode 10 - An Eye for an Eye
Release Date: 10 Dec. 1991D.A. Darnell's daughter is kidnapped by the father of a man Darnelle sent to prison, who committed suicide.
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Episode 11 - The Littlest Victim
Release Date: 17 Dec. 1991Lonnie Jamison is saddened to discover that his high school girlfriend is now an impoverished, single mother.
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Episode 12 - The Landlord
Release Date: 7 Jan. 1992When a slumlord is mysteriously murdered, it is implied that he had dealings with dope pushers. Until informant Jimmy Dawes provides some vital information.
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Episode 13 - Fool for Love
Release Date: 14 Jan. 1992When a doctor's disabled wife discovers his affair with one of his patients, he takes matters into his own hands to correct the situation.
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Episode 14 - Love, Honor and Obey
Release Date: 4 Feb. 1992Parker's friend takes matters into her own hands when she is fed up with her husband's physical abuse.
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Episode 15 - Odessa
Release Date: 11 Feb. 1992Sparta Police is on guard to control racial tension when a ceremony is held to honor the first black woman who registered to vote in Sparta.
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Episode 16 - A Time to Trust
Release Date: 18 Feb. 1992The stepfather of one of Althea's students is implicated in a drug trafficking investigation.
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Episode 17 - By Means Most Foul
Release Date: 25 Feb. 1992When a woman plots to kill her husband in order to continue her torrid love affair, things don't go exactly as planned.
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Episode 18 - Trundel's Will Be Done
Release Date: 3 Mar. 1992The wife of Harriet's sister's lover seeks custody of Harriet's nephew, the product of her late husband's affair.
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Episode 19 - Moseley's Lot
Release Date: 31 Mar. 1992The son of a local electrical contractor resents the fact that his father is always bailing his younger brother out of financial messes.
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Episode 20 - Family Reunion
Release Date: 20 Apr. 1992A paroled robber returns to Sparta in search of a $750,000 stash.
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Episode 21 - Sanctuary
Release Date: 12 May 1992Gillespie & Tibbs, along with the abbot of a local monastery, stand accused of harboring a fugitive who escaped from a chain gang.
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Episode 22 - The Law on Trial
Release Date: 19 May 1992The trio receive an outpouring of support from the town and the police department in the days leading up to their trial. Romance is in the air for Bill Gillespie and Harriet Delong.