Tensions run high in the police department and in Sparta when Bubba is accused of attacking a black woman. And when a second woman comes forward from Bubba's past with similar claims, Virgil steps in to try and help clear his name.
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Tensions run high in the police department and in Sparta when Bubba is accused of attacking a black woman. And when a second woman comes forward from Bubba's past with similar claims, Virgil steps in to try and help clear his name.
Virgil (Howard Rollins) and Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) are faced with a violent labor strike at the local Sparta river plant. And tension runs even higher when a local city councilman is murdered when he tries to intervene between the two sides.
Detective Virgil Tibbs and Chief Bill Gillespie investigate a murder of a father of two very different daughters who are caught up in a case of intense sibling rivalry...one that may have led one or both of them to murder.
Tibbs and Sweet investigate a woman who has been beaten and left for dead on the banks of a local creek. Tibbs, in particular, takes an interest in this possible wife-beating case and, in the process, unlocks part of his difficult and painful past.
Detective Virgil Tibbs investigates a series of elderly citizens that are being beaten and robbed. Things become more complicated as Detective Tibbs in-laws are visiting from Philadelphia trying to get him and his wife to move back home.
Tragically, a tiny newborn infant is found dead in the Sparta city dump, and more than just the teenage mother is suspect. Virgil (Howard Rollins) tries to unravel the heartbreaking story of a young teenage girl who was left by her baby's father.
Twelve years ago, Joanne (Lois Nettleton) convinced two friends to testify against their pimp for the murder of a prostitute. Now, three convicts escape from prison, and one of them is out for revenge against the women who sent him to prison.
Dr. Sloan searches for clues to solve the decades-old murder of his mentor at the hospital.
The head pediatric nurse is an ex-prostitute whose former madam is murdered after revealing that she's going to publish a tell-all book.
When former mobster Jimmy "The Eraser's" new identity is exposed, MacGyver is forced into action to save Jimmy's daughter and grandson.
MacGyver heists an ancient Chinese artifact as a ransom for a woman he once loved, only to learn she's double-crossed him.
MacGyver's loyalties are put to the test when the KGB challenges him to steal a touring Chinese artifact in exchange for the release of a woman he once loved.
While on jury duty for a murder trial, MacGyver takes matters into his own hands and uncovers some startling evidence in support of the defendant.
MacGyver has a ghostly encounter while fighting for his life in a hospital bed.
Virgil and his wife, Althea, are invited to attend services at an all-white church. While attending the service, the reverend collapses, dead at the foot of the pulpit. It seems that not everyone was happy with the pastor's integration plan.
Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) suspects a newly arrived short-order cook in town may be involved in the recent murder of a young prostitute. Virgil (Howard Rollins) thinks otherwise and is out to prove that a local criminal is to blame.
Virgil Tibbs's niece and Bubba Skinner's nephew, teenagers from different worlds, find common ground -- and trouble -- in Sparta. Soon the two are swept up with an ex-con recently paroled from prison, and Gillespie is none too happy about it.
Virgil believes he acted in self-defense when he shoots a robbery suspect. But when the teenage girl's gun cannot be found, suspicions arise, even he begins to doubt his own actions. Chief Bill Gillespie does all he can to clear his detective.
Officer Bubba Skinner is seduced by a beautiful lady who has taken residence in Sparta in order to write a novel. But when her estranged ex-husband shows up, things become much more complicated, and Bubba is faced with a life-changing decision.
Chief Bill Gillespie discovers that a longtime friend and sheriff of neighboring Butler County, Ed Thompson, is a racist. In good conscience, he must investigate the deaths of black prisoners as racial tensions boil over between the two counties.
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