In the Heat of the Night (1988-1995)

(Airdate: 5/16/95)

Gillespie and Forbes link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

(Airdate: 5/16/95)

Gillespie and Forbes link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

(Airdate: 2/17/95)

A murder suspect works for a businessman running against Gillespie for sheriff.

(Airdate: 2/17/95)

A murder suspect works for a businessman running against Gillespie for sheriff.

(Airdate: 12/9/94)

Only the sheriff knows the identity of an actress who has returned home to Sparta, Miss.

(Airdate: 12/9/94)

Only the sheriff knows the identity of an actress returned home to Sparta, Miss.

(Airdate: 10/21/94)

The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff and police chief to a prominent citizen in Sparta,...

(Airdate: 10/21/94)

The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff and police chief to a prominent citizen in Sparta,...

(Airdate: 5/11/94)

As Bill and Harriet prepare for their honeymoon, a cult leader's (Peter Fonda) activities get the...

(Airdate: 5/4/94)

Harriet and Bill become targets of a crazed gunman on the eve of their wedding; guest William...

(Airdate: 3/30/94)

Against Gillespie's warnings, Parker's rowdy stepfather (Pat Hingle) returns to Sparta followed by...

(Airdate: 3/9/94)

Harriet's son is involved in a shooting.

(Airdate: 2/9/94)

Gillespie confronts Sparta's racist past after a synagogue is vandalized; guests Jerry Stiller;...

(Airdate: 2/2/94)

A client who murdered his wife accuses counselor Tibbs of encouraging a police investigation,...

(Airdate: 1/26/94)

Threats against a blues singer (Bobby Short) coincide with the arrival in Sparta of his biggest fan,...

(Airdate: 1/19/94)

Forbes' fiancee delivers an ultimatum; a boxer Forbes has been grooming commits a burglary.

(Airdate: 1/12/94)

A former madam's (Elizabeth Ashley) phone-sex business creates an uproar.

(Airdate: 1/6/94)

Tibbs (Howard Rollins) defends Parker against charges he assaulted an ex-girlfriend's (Victoria...

(Airdate: 12/16/93)

The sniper-shooting of a high-school track star may have been racially motivated.

(Airdate: 12/9/93)

A woman with a history of emotional problems and drunken driving is involved in a girl's hit-and-run...

(Airdate: 11/25/93)

LuAnn takes in an abandoned baby found in a crack house; the welfare agency wants the child returned...

(Airdate: 11/10/93)

Bubba races to Atlanta to care for his nephew (Chad Allen), who has overdosed on drugs.

(Airdate: 11/4/93)

Tibbs returns to Sparta with a law degree, news of his failed marriage, and a murder suspect to...

(Airdate: 10/28/93)

LuAnn learns her new boyfriend (Willie Gault) is involved with drug dealers.

(Airdate: 10/21/93)

Harriet tries to stop construction at a site where pre-Civil War artifacts have been found.

(Airdate: 10/14/93)

Forbes learns Lana's boyfriend is a gunrunner.

(Airdate: 9/30/93)

A mysterious caller leads police to a body at the bottom of a pond; guests Steve Kanaly, Shannon...

(Airdate: 9/23/93)

Bubba's friend (Lisa Rieffel) is accused of killing the man who infected her with HIV.

(Airdate: 9/18/93)

Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth; guests...

(Airdate: 9/18/93)

Gillespie becomes sheriff; two deaths link to a mentally impaired youth; guests Stacy Keach, Burgess...

(Airdate: 9/18/93)

Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth; guests...

(Airdate: 9/16/93)

The city council replaces Bill with an ex-FBI agent (Carl Weathers).

(Airdate: 5/12/93)

Fearing loss of her son, Harriet agrees to help get her ex-husband's murder sentence reversed.

(Airdate: 5/5/93)

Lana's (Christine Elise) inherited home plays an important part in a mob-related real estate scam.

(Airdate: 4/28/93)

Mobsters buying land near Sparta try to drive Gillespie's daughter from her home; guest Burgess...

(Airdate: 3/24/93)

A businessman gives up land his father willed to a black sharecropper, raising tensions in Sparta....

(Airdate: 3/17/93)

A woman wants to reopen the 20-year-old case of a man who embezzled from her late husband; guest...

(Airdate: 3/3/93)

A sniper kills a white supremacist's campaign manager who staged, for sympathy votes, an attempt on...

(Airdate: 3/3/93)

A sniper kills a white supremacist's campaign manager who staged, for sympathy votes, an attempt on...

(Airdate: 3/3/93)

A sniper kills a white supremacist's campaign manager who staged, for sympathy votes, an attempt on...

(Airdate: 2/17/93)

A man's harassment of a tenant (Teri Austin) he once dated may be linked to a womanizer's murder.

(Airdate: 2/10/93)

Parker's volatile, recently fired stepfather (Pat Hingle) is arrested for murdering his ex-boss.

(Airdate: 2/3/93)

Arrested after harassing Gillespie and DeLong, a businessman accuses Sweet of soliciting a bribe.

(Airdate: 1/20/93)

An ex-convict is accused of murdering a judge's (Ken Kercheval) alcoholic wife; guest Lois Chiles.

(Airdate: 1/13/93)

A waitress under a psychiatrist's care dies mysteriously; Virgil's friend is a suspect.

(Airdate: 1/6/93)

DeLong warns Gillespie about a carjacking victim, a lawyer (Linda Gehringer) who has taken a...

(Airdate: 12/16/92)

A country singer (Robert Goulet) accused of stealing songs accidentally kills his accuser; guest...

(Airdate: 12/9/92)

The doctor (Earl Holliman) of Virgil's terminally ill aunt is suspected of mercy killings.

(Airdate: 12/2/92)

An unemployed man is accused of murdering his wife's boss, who was sexually harassing her.

(Airdate: 11/25/92)

Gillespie's estranged daughter from a brief romance returns to Sparta to settle her mother's estate.

(Airdate: 11/18/92)

A man is accused of killing his teen stepdaughter's married lover; guest Allan Arbus.

(Airdate: 11/18/92)

A man is accused of killing his teen stepdaughter's married lover; Althea nears a nervous breakdown;...

(Airdate: 11/18/92)

The suicide of an ex-boyfriend pushes Althea to the brink of a nervous breakdown; guest Allan Arbus.

(Airdate: 11/11/92)

Corbin (Crystal Fox) pursues her brother (Meshach Taylor), an ex-con who robbed a bar in town.

(Airdate: 11/4/92)

Eugene (Rugg Williams) agrees to identify the killers, over his mother's objections.

(Airdate: 10/28/92)

Gillespie's affair with DeLong draws her son's wrath, which confirms her concerns.

(Airdate: 5/19/92)

The sheriff argues that Tibbs and Gillespie's obstruction of justice led to Salazar's death.

(Airdate: 5/12/92)

Gillespie and Tibbs try to prevent a political refugee's extradition.

(Airdate: 4/7/92)

An insurance investigator's murder points to an ex-convict (Robert Donner) seeking his 14-year-old...

(Airdate: 3/31/92)

A gambler comes home to Sparta to escape New Orleans thugs.

(Airdate: 3/3/92)

A wealthy widow claims Harriet DeLong's nephew, saying her husband fathered him.

(Airdate: 2/25/92)

A suspected revenge bombing may be a smoke screen for a restaurateur's (Shannon Eubanks) insurance...

(Airdate: 2/18/92)

Virgil tries to gather evidence on a drug dealer connected to a student of Althea's.

(Airdate: 2/11/92)

The honoring of Sparta's first black woman voter may touch off a racial incident.

(Airdate: 2/4/92)

A mugging investigation uncovers the plight of an abused wife.

(Airdate: 1/14/92)

Tibbs and Gillespie suspect a doctor who made his girlfriend the prime suspect in his wife's murder.

(Airdate: 1/7/92)

Gillespie is leery of the evidence in the murder of an abusive landlord (Hunter Van Leer). Directed...

(Airdate: 12/17/91)

A robbery suspect threatens the lives of a boozing woman (Denise Miller) and her infant.

(Airdate: 12/10/91)

Despite FBI presence, Gillespie and Tibbs search for the kidnapper of a DA's daughter.

(Airdate: 12/3/91)

Bubba can't get another county's authorities to cooperate after discovering marijuana-farming there.

(Airdate: 11/26/91)

A blues singer (Bobby Short) claims he witnessed the 40-year-old race-motivated slaying of Sweet's...

(Airdate: 11/19/91)

Gillespie and DeLong try romance; a blackmailer is charged with her father's murder.

(Airdate: 11/12/91)

In Los Angeles for a murder trial, Bubba encounters killers targeting the key witness.

(Airdate: 11/5/91)

Virgil's aunt (Fran Bennett) lets anger cloud her recollection of a young black man's shooting.

(Airdate: 10/29/91)

Gillespie comes under scrutiny for trying to clear a prostitute charged with killing a wealthy man.

(Airdate: 10/22/91)

Gillespie and Tibbs meet legal resistance trying to protect a high-school teacher from a disturbed...

(Airdate: 10/8/91)

Threatened with losing his adopted son, Bubba aids the natural father in a robbery.

(Airdate: 10/1/91)

Gillespie leaves town to investigate an ex-lover's murder and must face the daughter he never knew.

(Airdate: 4/30/91)

Gillespie and Tibbs pursue the killers of drug dealers; Althea worries about her husband's safety.

(Airdate: 3/26/91)

Tibbs and Jamison urge Harriet DeLong's son to persevere after his father's death sentence.

(Airdate: 3/19/91)

Bubba and an insurance investigator (Debra Sandlund) search Los Angeles for a bail jumper from...

(Airdate: 2/26/91)

A man forbids his son to tell police he saw a rape, for fear of the youth's chances for seminary.

(Airdate: 2/19/91)

A blind woman hears an apparent murder in a neighboring duplex, and Parker uncovers a motive.

(Airdate: 2/12/91)

Tibbs tries to protect a friend from a shady real-estate venture, but the man is killed.

(Airdate: 2/5/91)

Virgil's arrest of a young pusher affects one of Althea's students.

(Airdate: 1/15/91)

A psychiatrist protects a patient who confessed to a murder for which an innocent man stands to be...

(Airdate: 1/8/91)

An accident related to moonshine whiskey blinds a high-school football star and kills his...

(Airdate: 12/18/90)

A reporter with questionable motives makes Gillespie the subject of an article.

(Airdate: 12/11/90)

Gillespie tries to stop a bounty hunter from killing a man wanted for a rich woman's murder.

(Airdate: 12/4/90)

Tibbs' attempts to reconcile family members stall when his cousin is implicated in a crime.

(Airdate: 11/27/90)

Evidence indicates that Sweet's friend murdered his wife.

(Airdate: 11/20/90)

Gillespie tries to remain aloof in the prosecution of Harriet DeLong's ex, for robbery and murder.

(Airdate: 11/13/90)

The investigation of a convict's murder is hindered by too many willing suspects.

(Airdate: 11/6/90)

Evidence indicates a mentally impaired girl is the mother of an infant found in a shallow grave.

(Airdate: 10/30/90)

Bubba's romance with a high school sweetheart conflicts with the murder investigation of an...

(Airdate: 10/23/90)

Gillespie and Tibbs clash over turning a hit-and-run driver/drug dealer over to the FBI.

(Airdate: 10/2/90)

Gillespie tries to calm public furor while investigating charges a science teacher molested a...

(Airdate: 9/25/90)

A father's apathy toward the murder of his hooker daughter shocks Gillespie.

(Airdate: 9/18/90)

Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.

(Airdate: 9/18/90)

Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.

(Airdate: 9/18/90)

Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.

(Airdate: 5/8/90)

Councilwoman DeLong ventures outside Sparta to find the powerful figure responsible for her sister's...

(Airdate: 5/1/90)

Gillespie appears to know who killed Councilwoman DeLong's sister.

(Airdate: 5/1/90)

Gillespie appears to know who killed Councilwoman DeLong's sister; Councilwoman DeLong leaves to...

(Airdate: 3/27/90)

Tibbs and Gillespie clash over a black murder suspect, whose arrest causes racial strife.

(Airdate: 3/20/90)

A friend on the lam visits Althea.

(Airdate: 3/13/90)

Gillespie suspects a woman's ex-husband caused her death.

(Airdate: 3/6/90)

The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.

(Airdate: 2/27/90)

The search for the parents of an abandoned baby leads Gillespie on a trail of blackmail and murder.

(Airdate: 2/20/90)

Althea suspects a student has problems at home, then learns one parent is dead, the other is...

(Airdate: 2/13/90)

A retired detective (Ken Curtis) assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise...

(Airdate: 1/30/90)

A councilwoman (Denise Nicholas) tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's...

(Airdate: 1/23/90)

Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.

(Airdate: 1/16/90)

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

(Airdate: 1/2/90)

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

(Airdate: 12/19/89)

A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.

(Airdate: 12/12/89)

The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.

(Airdate: 12/5/89)

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

(Airdate: 11/28/89)

Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.

(Airdate: 11/21/89)

Sweet tries to save a 14-year-old crack addict and jail her supplier.

(Airdate: 11/14/89)

Gillespie feels responsible for the death of his first black policewoman.

(Airdate: 11/7/89)

Gillespie investigates the murder of a man by his wife and her lover.

(Airdate: 10/31/89)

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

(Airdate: 10/24/89)

An acquaintance rapes Althea, but police don't have enough evidence to prosecute.

(Airdate: 5/16/89)

Tibbs suspects Capt. Dugan knows more about Gillespie's kidnapping.

(Airdate: 5/9/89)

A local eccentric is linked to dismembered skeletons found on a rich recluse's estate.

(Airdate: 5/2/89)

Tibbs searches for an arsonist under the scrutiny of acting police chief Dugan.

(Airdate: 4/25/89)

Filling in for Gillespie, a retired captain (Joe Don Baker) searches for a drunken driver who killed...

(Airdate: 4/4/89)

Charges of rape against Bubba test the loyalties of Gillespie and Tibbs.

(Airdate: 3/28/89)

An ambitious councilman (O.J. Simpson) won't support black workers who crossed an all-white picket...

(Airdate: 3/21/89)

Estranged sisters (Mary Crosby, Judith Chapman) fight over a man and their father's will.

(Airdate: 3/14/89)

An assault on a woman conjures up distressing memories for Tibbs and suspicions in Gillespie.

(Airdate: 3/7/89)

Tibbs' father-in-law creates friction; Gillespie placates a city council angry over attacks on...

(Airdate: 2/21/89)

The mother of an infant found dead in a trash bin may not be responsible for the crime.

(Airdate: 2/14/89)

The menace of an escaped convict makes Joann disclose a shocking secret to Gillespie.

(Airdate: 2/7/89)

On the eve of his execution, a convict asks Gillespie a favor.

(Airdate: 1/31/89)

Tibbs and Gillespie lock horns over the murderer of a progressive minister.

(Airdate: 1/17/89)

Tibbs and Gillespie clash over the prime suspect in a young prostitute's murder.

(Airdate: 1/10/89)

Tibbs' niece and Bubba's nephew witness a crime and try to prove a dangerous parolee is not dead, as...

(Airdate: 1/3/89)

Tibbs finds the robbery suspect he killed is a young, unarmed girl.

(Airdate: 12/27/88)

Bubba falls for a woman (Barbara Stock) with devious plans for him.

(Airdate: 12/22/88)

A rookie officer's first arrest, a childhood buddy, dies in jail; guest Ed Ames.

(Airdate: 12/13/88)

During Tibbs' old partner's (Michael Warren) visit two FBI agents and a protected witness are...

(Airdate: 12/6/88)

A woman's (Susan Blakely) claim she murdered her father because of incest shocks Gillespie.

(Airdate: 12/4/88)

As Tibbs and Gillespie fight for control of the department, a murderer re-creating an old voodoo...

(Airdate: 12/4/88)

As Tibbs and Gillespie fight for control of the department, a murderer re-creating an old voodoo...

(Airdate: 5/3/88)

An escaped killer and his girlfriend take Althea and a child hostage to ensure a getaway.

(Airdate: 4/12/88)

A man's six wives become murder suspects when he dies of food poisoning.

(Airdate: 4/5/88)

Though Tibbs was nearly killed, Gillespie still can't prove Epson is a drug trafficker.

(Airdate: 3/29/88)

Seemingly random events become connected when Gillespie's friend is shot.

(Airdate: 3/22/88)

A black businessman bids for the town's newspaper amid rumors that he is romancing its publisher.

(Airdate: 3/15/88)

Gillespie and Tibbs have conflicting suspicions about a woman's murder.

(Airdate: 3/6/88)

Politics motivates the mayor to have Gillespie and newcomer Tibbs investigate, together, a...

(Airdate: 3/6/88)

The politically motivated mayor forces Gillespie and newcomer Tibbs to work togther on the...

(Airdate: 3/6/88)

Politics motivates the mayor to have Gillespie and newcomer Tibbs investigate, together, a...

Though Tibbs was nearly killed by a former classmate's henchmen, Gillespie can't prove the man is a...

Tibbs and Gillespie clash over a friend whom Tibbs suspects of murdering his own wife.