Gillespie is reunited with his daughter Lana, when she comes to Sparta to settle her inheritance, but she's been followed by her mother's ex-boyfriend, who claims that it all belongs to him, and he's willing to take drastic measures to collect.
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Morphine tablets have been disappearing from Newton General Hospital, and Tibbs' investigation into the suspicious deaths of terminally ill patients at that facility leads him to believe his Aunt Ruda's own physician, Dr. Lambert, might be involved.
Rose Murphy is sexually assaulted at work by her boss and, fending off another attack, she kills him. When she confesses the shooting to her husband, he makes it look like a failed robbery. A pair of thieves are arrested, but the clues don't add up.
Gillespie is reunited with his daughter Lana, when she comes to Sparta to settle her inheritance, but she's been followed by her mother's ex-boyfriend, who claims that it all belongs to him, and he's willing to take drastic measures to collect.
Althea Tibbs struggles with depression after witnessing the shocking suicide of a student, and the dead teen's ex-girlfriend starts dating a guy with a criminal record, who she's desperate to flee Sparta with to escape from her abusive stepfather.
Obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, a disturbed teenager kills her new boyfriend and pins the murder on her stepfather. Althea sees the teen's hostility at school and realizes how dangerous he is. Can he be stopped from making one more fatal mistake?
Old family conflicts resurface when Officer Luann Corbin's brother Tyler is released from prison and moves back home, driving a wedge between Luann, who thinks it's a bad idea and that Tyler will never change, and her mother, who welcomes him.
Sparta is sent reeling from a wave of drug overdose cases as Gillespie and Tibbs close in on 'The Crew,' a murderous gang of crack dealers. Eugene bravely identifies the gang members that murdered his close friend, but now his own life is in danger.
Rebecca Ballard and her husband Peter own a fancy restaurant in Sparta however, Rebecca is having a love affair with Brian Moss, who owns a local auto repair shop. They plan to kill Peter for a large life insurance policy, but their plan goes awry.
A series of suspicious truck accidents on an old country road lead the Sparta police to a local drug ring. Gillespie and his team must find the dealer and put an end to the operation. Meanwhile, Virgil and Althea are at odds about taking a vacation.
Odessa Robbins is a civil rights hero in Sparta, and the town is planning a celebration of her life. Gillespie's worries about old racial tensions resurfacing are sadly justified when the festivities are disrupted, putting Odessa's life in danger.
Jenny Sawyer, a victim of domestic abuse, is fearful of her husband, Wesley, but she constantly covers up for him and refuses help. When Wesley is murdered outside a local tavern, the police wonder if Jenny may have taken matters into her own hands.
The Sparta police look into the murder of a wealthy invalid whose philandering husband is having an affair with a local beautician. All the evidence points to the beautician as the prime suspect, but she soon finds her own life is in danger.
A greedy slumlord in the Bottoms, Keen Philbrick, is notorious for the cruel and unfair treatment of his tenants, and his ownership of two drug dens. When he's found murdered, Gillespie will need the help of savvy Bottoms informant, Jimmy Dawes.
When Lonnie Jamison helps Francie Miller, an old high school crush who's in deep trouble and hitting the bottle, he finds a connection between Francie's low-life boyfriend, Nick Crews, and a recent armed robbery of a local Sparta supermarket.
Bubba finds himself in trouble when he is in involved in an accidental shooting while on the job. The only witness is Virgil's Aunt Ruda, whose grudge against Virgil may work against exonerating Bubba. Can anyone convince her to do what is right?
The fun and games come to a halt when Edgar Van Buren, the wealthy host of an annual high-stakes poker party, is murdered. Gillespie and Tibbs must sift through the evidence of a case where everyone is a suspect, including the dead man's wife.
Jeanette Marshall is a teacher in Sparta who has eye for the gentlemen, but her multiple romances attract negative attention from the townsfolk, and eccentric Ashe Crowe makes it his mission to put a permanent stop to Jeanette's flirtatious ways.
Bubba gets involved when his cousin Candace and her husband Kevin are being blackmailed by Waylon Davis, the birth father of their adopted baby. Davis threatens to contest the adoption unless they cooperate, but will they give in to his demands?
An old flame of Gillespie's reappears in Sparta to ask him for some professional help in assuring that her land is willed directly to her daughter, the product of the affair that she and Gillespie had twenty years ago. Stella Stevens guest stars.
Carroll O'Connor steps into the role of Bill Gillespie, a southern, white sheriff, and Howard Rollins takes on the mantle of Virgil Tibbs, an African American detective, who must put animosity aside to solve crimes in a racially-charged hamlet.
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