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.
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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.
Vic Glendon, the ex-husband of Sparta councilperson Harriet DeLong, has been charged with murder and is facing a death sentence. Harriet's teenage son, Eugene, is most affected by the trial and the conflict he feels towards his criminal father.
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.
Gillespie and Tibbs investigate a fatal car crash. The driver, Robbie Jeffries, suffered severe injuries in the accident, and his girlfriend Becky was killed. Everyone is surprised when the medical reports show Robbie may have been poisoned.
It's Christmastime and an eager journalist from the local Sparta Herald newspaper begs to interview the police force however, when she twists their stories to fit her negative agenda, the officers learn a hard lesson about the power of the press.
The owner of a local gym in Sparta, Kathleen Wheartly, tries to protect her delinquent brother, Jack, who is falsely accused of murder. She soon finds that her own life is in danger when a ruthless bounty hunter shows up in town, looking for Jack.
Virgil Tibbs is working hard to reunite his family, when he discovers that his aunt's son may be involved in a murder. Virgil is caught between hurting his aunt who loves her son and bringing justice to the town he works to protect every day.
Sweet's friends, the Tibbits, are an older couple that own a bookshop in Sparta. When Mrs. Tibbits is shot and killed during an apparent robbery, Gillespie and Tibbs question the suspicious circumstances around her death. Was her death planned?
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