In the Heat of the Night

Don't Look Back (1)

A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past.Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that V

Don't Look Back (2)

Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has pla

Family Secret

The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.

The Hammer and the Glove

Virgil is delighted when Matthew his former partner from Philidelphia comes to visit.But he soon learns his friend has a

Prisoners

Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a y

Hot Nights

Bubba is seduced by an alluring writer who has more on her mind than romance.Bill and Virgil worry that he is in over hi

Gunshots

Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery.He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, aft

Country Mouse, City Mouse

Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get mo

Stranger in Town

Gillespie suspects that JoAnn's new cook is connected to the murder of a young prostitute.But Virgil suspects the culpri

Tear Down the Walls

A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.

A Trip Upstate

In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execut

A.k.a Kelly Kay

The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.

These Things Take Time

Intruders

The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.

The Creek

The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.

Sister, Sister

A vivacious socialites return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less t

Walkout

A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.

Accused

Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious d

Fifteen, Forever

Sparta grieves after a drunk driver causes a fatal crash with high school cheerleaders on their way home from a game.Whi

Ladybug, Ladybug

With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in on

The Pig Woman of Sparta

It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers

Missing

Rape

After being released by his captors, the chief discovers that his abduction is part of a plot to assassinate a visiting

Fairest of Them All

Virgil struggles to help Althea after she is raped by a fellow teacher.Darnell does not think they can get a conviction

Murder Most Ancient

A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.

First Girl

An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.

Crackdown

Sparta P.D. gets it's first black policewoman.

Anniversary

Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.

Time of the Stranger

After a private investigator searching for a missing child is found dead, the evidence points to a local dance teacher -

Vengeance

An outlaw family seeks revenge against Bubba after he is forced to shoot one of them during a holdup.The chief wants him

My Name is Hank

A young refugee claims to be the son of a Sparta cop who died in the war.But quickly becomes a suspect in a murder/robbe

King's Ransom

The F.B.I. tries to talk an ex-boxer into testifying against a mobster he once worked for, but the fighter sees the situ

Epitaph for a Lady

A long time friend of the Chief makes threats against a doctor he believes is responsible for his wife's death .When the

Triangle

A man murders his wife and her lover after he catches them together,then flees to a remote cabin with his daughter who d

Hello in There

Bubba refuses to believe that a former teamate embezzled funds from the bank where he worked.And sets out to prove that

December Days

The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.

A Loss of Innocence

Darnell plans on indicting a teenager for murder after her father is found in the basement and her mother turns up missi

Bubba's Baby

Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.

Home is Where The Heart Is

Maybelle the madam returns to Sparta with her "" nieces "".And sets up shop just out of Gillespie's jurisdiction.Her ret

An Angry Woman

First the mother,then the father of two young children are murdered.Althea takes responsibility for the children. The ki

Indiscretions

Althea does not realize that an old friend from Philly is hiding a dark secret, nor does Sweet who has fallen in love wi

Night of the Killing

Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.

Citizen Trundel (1)

Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.

Citizen Trundel (2)

Harriet's efforts to bring V.J. Trundel to trial are fruitless.The Chief does not believe they will ever get enough evid

Brotherly Love (1)

Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.

Brotherly Love (2)

Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.

Lessons Learned

Gillespie sends Parker to confirm suspicions that a local truck stop is really a front for a prostitution business.When

Perversions of Justice

A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.

And Justice For Some

Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a

Hearts of Gold

Bubba is reunited with his high school sweetheart, but his happiness is short lived after she resorts to murder to silen

Quick Fix

The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.

Homecoming

A lawyer has personal reasons for trying to gain early release for a man who was sent to prison after an accident he cau

A Problem Too Personal

Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.

A Final Arrangement

Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.

Family Matters

Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a stri

Bounty Hunter

Gillespie receives word that a former Spartan is wanted for the murder of a socialite in Houston.But a ruthless bounty h

Blessings

In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.

Shine on Sparta Moon

A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.

Execution of Trust

A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be execute

Child of Promise

A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they

Paper Castles

Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.

Laid to Waste

Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.

First Deadly Sin

A serial rapist stalks Sparta.

Just A Country Boy

Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with

No Other Road

Harriet tries to keep Eugene from giving up when his father faces the death penalty.And the police search for three susp

A Turning

Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil find

A Woman Much Admired

Gillespie's old flame returns to Sparta to settle some business matters and see Bill. When she is murdered he travels to

Baby for Sale

After Bubba's cousin adopts a baby her husband is blackmailed by the child's real parents - they want him to help them s

Obsession

A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.

Liar's Poker

A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.

Ruda's Awakening

Virgil's Aunt Ruda is the only witness to a struggle between Bubba and a young robbery suspect that ends in the young ma

Unfinished Business

Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from

The More Thing's Change

A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the ma

Sweet, Sweet Blues

The lyrics to a blues song recall a murder that happened 50 years earlier.The victim - Sweet's grandfather.And the only

Sparta Gold

A deputy provides protection for a cotton grower who is running a pot growing operation.But the deputy makes a big mista

An Eye for an Eye

The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.

The Littlest Victim

Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.

The Landlord

A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.

Fool for Love

A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.

Love, Honor and Obey

Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.

Odessa

Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.

A Time to Trust

Althea fears for one of her students after her mother's boyfriend is linked to a criminal operation that has resulted in

By Means Most Foul

A restaurateur and her mechanic boyfriend plot to eliminate her husband, but their scheme backfires.Gillespie takes heat

Trundel's Will Be Done

V.J. Trundel's widow takes Harriet to court to gain custody of Eric.But Harriet is determined that her nephew will not b

Moseley's Lot

Gillespie learns that the son of an old friend is a compulsive gambler.The young man wants his father to pay off his los

Family Reunion

An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.

Sanctuary

A political prisoner who entered the country illegally,seeks sanctuary in a monastary.Gillespie and Tibbs find themselve

The Law on Trial

Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.

A Small War (1)

Big city crack dealers invade Sparta.Eugene witnesses the drive by shooting of a friend and his offer to help the police

A Small War (2)

The police wage war against the big city drug dealers who have moved into Sparta.Eugene identifies the men who murdered

Brother's Keeper

Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.

A Frenzied Affair

Althea places herself in harms way trying to help one of her students, a disturbed and violent young man; after he is im

Discovery

Althea has trouble dealing with the violent death of a student.Young Megan Fowler quickly finds herself yet another dang

Random's Child

Lana Gillespie comes to Sparta to claim her inheritance,but is stalked by a mobster who dated her mother.Meanwhile Harri

An Occupational Hazard

A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.

Last Rites

Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.

When the Music Stopped

Singer Eddie Larran returns to Sparta for a concert,but not everyone is a fan.An angry man insists that Eddie owes him m

Flowers from a Lady

A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.

Private Sessions

One of Virgil's classmates from law school is arrested following the death of his former girlfriend, but the man insists

Judgement Day

A judge schemes to get rid of his wife after she tries to blackmail him into giving her a divorce and a generous settlem

Falsely Accused

Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.

A Step Removed

Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.

A Deadly Affection

A woman asks Harriet to help her get an eviction order rescinded.The chief gives Parker a new radar gun - and soon comes

The Leftover Man (1)

A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.

The Leftover Man (2)

A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.

A Dish Best Served Cold

A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.

Legacy

A wealthy man plans to grant a promise made to a black sharecropper many years ago by giving land to the man's descendan

Even Nice People

Corrupt developers set their sights on Lana's farm. When she refuses to sell they enlist the services of an arsonist to

Lake Winahatchie

Bill discovers the motivation behind a crime syndicates attempt to muscle in on Sparta and the reason they are determine

A Correct Settling

Eugene hopes a well known minister can save his father from Death Row.But someone runs the Reverend off the road on his

Child's Play

Chief Gillespie is fired by the city council and Sparta's new police chief Hampton Forbes arrives in town.Bill's last ca

Hatton's Turn (1)

Hampton Forbes assumes the office of Chief of Police and Bill becomes the Sheriff of Newman county.Former Spartan Wade H

Hatton's Turn (2)

Wade and Sarah try to keep young Henry from being punished for a crime he did not commit and Forbes and his officers sea

A Depraved Heart

The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.

Incident at Brewer's Pond

A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.

A Love Lost

Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.

Singin' the Blues

Luann moonlights as a singer at a nightclub and finds romance with the clubs owner.Her happiness is shortlived when she

Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law

Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.

Every Man's Family

Bubba travels to Atlanta to help his nephew after the boy overdoses on drugs.He soon teams up with a street wise cop to

A Baby Called Rocket

A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.

Little Girl Lost

Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.

Your Own Kind

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Virgil defends Parker after he is falsely accused of police brutality by a drug dealer.The prosecution's main witness -

Maybelle Returns

Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.

The Last Round

Forbes is delighted when his fiancee Angela comes to see him,but is disappointed when he realizes that they have very di

Ches and the Grand Lady

Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.

Conspiracy of One

Virgil accepts a position at a prominent law firm.But as a former police officer he feels conflicting emotions when he r

The Rabbi

A Rabbi returns to Sparta after many years.Racists vandalize his synagogue and soon after their Torah is stolen.Forbes i

Hard Choices

Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation --

Time's Long Shadow

Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.

Poor Relations

Comedic episode in which Parker's ne'er-do-well stepfather returns to Sparta with a new wife, a stolen painting and two

Dangerous Engagement

Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life is a film directed by Russ Mayberry released on May 11, 1994.

Give Me Your Life (2)

Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And Forbes and his men arrest a man who has

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice is a film directed by Reza Badiyi released on Oct 21, 1994.

Who Was Geli Bendl ?

A famous Italian actress returns to Sparta to take care of some unfinished business and rescue her younger sister from a

By Duty Bound

Acting Sheriff Gillespie must decide whether he should run for sheriff or retire from law enforcement.It soon becomes ap

Grow Old Along with Me

Ex-cop Tom Harwood's happiness with his new bride is threatened by an old flame who sees an opportunity for blackmail.