When Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) is informed that a death row prisoner wants him present at his execution, the chief struggles over whether capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment or an appropriate sentence for the crime he committed.
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After $100,000 goes missing from the bank where he works, Daryl Tyler, a friend of Bubba's, is framed for theft and kills himself. Only his young son knows the truth that could clear his late father's name however, for now, he won't say a word.
A mild-mannered Sparta businessman shoots his wife and her lover and then flees with his daughter, holding her hostage in the family cabin out in the woods. The Sparta police must move with caution in fear he may shoot his daughter and then himself.
Amos Haber, a close friend of Chief Gillespie's, is devastated over the death of his wife and angrily blames her doctor, vowing revenge. When the doctor is found shot to death, the bullets match a gun belonging to Amos, but is Amos the killer?
Ex-prizefighter, King Baylor, tries to blackmail his old boss, John Caminetto, a mafia kingpin in Detroit, who is wanted by the FBI. The FBI offers Baylor a deal, but he's desperate for cash and thinks he can force Caminetto to pay a bigger sum.
While hitchhiking his way to Sparta to visit Chief Gillespie, a Vietnamese teenager, Hank, witnesses a store robbery that turns into a murder. Hank was hoping that Gillespie would help him acquire citizenship, but now he's being framed for murder.
Two men are determined to avenge their brother's death after he is killed in a thwarted armed robbery by an off-duty Lieutenant Bubba Skinner. Chief Gillespie must prepare to do all he can to keep Bubba safe. Now, he just needs Bubba to cooperate.
Officer Parker Williams must face his feelings when his neighbor, a dance instructor he's fallen for, is accused of killing a private investigator who was hot on her trail regarding the alleged abduction of the child she's raising as her daughter.
When Althea Tibbs is raped by a fellow teacher, the Sparta police find it difficult to get a conviction because the man's loyal wife has given him an alibi. Virgil desperately wants to avenge Althea's assault and is forced to a near-breaking point.
When Detective Tibbs investigates Chief Gillespie's kidnapping, all the signs seem to point to a racially motivated crime, but Virgil and officer Bubba Skinner are convinced that acting Chief Tom Dugan may somehow be involved.
When a couple walking their dog in the forest discover a human leg bone, the Sparta police immediately question an eccentric old lady named Adah Boone, known as the Pig Lady, who lives nearby and who everyone believes is a witch.
While Chief Bill Gillespie is out of town, a series of mysterious fires break out in town. Virgil (Howard Rollins) and the rest of the Sparta police department struggle to find out who is setting these arson fires that soon turn deadly.
Sparta is celebrating their high school's victory at the regional basketball tournament, but the shock of a deadly hit-and-run accident after the game turns their happiness into a nightmare. Detective Tibbs struggles to find the driver responsible.
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.
When Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) is informed that a death row prisoner wants him present at his execution, the chief struggles over whether capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment or an appropriate sentence for the crime he committed.
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.
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