
In the Heat of the Night
Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth.

Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth.

The city council replaces Bill with an ex-FBI agent (Carl Weathers).

Fearing loss of her son, Harriet agrees to help get her ex-husband's murder sentence reversed.

Gillespie’s daughter continues to defend her home from her mother’s greedy ex-boyfriend and his mob.

Local mobsters try to force Gillespie's daughter from her home.

A landowner is visited by a distant cousin who claims her grandfather was cheated out of the family estate.

Gillespie is pressured to reopen a 20-year-old embezzlement case.

A sniper kills a white supremacist's campaign manager who staged an attempt on his candidate's life.

Politician and his campaign manager stage assassination attempt.

A man's harassment of a tenant (Teri Austin) he once dated may be linked to a womanizer's murder.

An imperfect stepfather is suspected of murdering his ex-boss after losing his job.

Arrested after harassing Gillespie and DeLong, a businessman accuses Sweet of soliciting a bribe.

An ex-convict is accused of murdering a judge's (Ken Kercheval) alcoholic wife; guest Lois Chiles.

When a drowned body is found washed up on a riverbank, Tibbs’ law school buddy is the prime suspect.

The victim of an armed robbery becomes obsessed with Bubba when she misinterprets his kindness for romance.

A country singer accused of stealing songs accidentally kills his accuser.

Morphine tablets have been disappearing from Newton General Hospital and Tibbs investigates.

Rose Murphy is sexually assaulted at work by her boss and, fending off another attack, she kills him.

Gillespie is reunited with his daughter Lana, when she comes to Sparta to settle her inheritance.

The suicide of an ex-boyfriend pushes Althea to the brink of a nervous breakdown; guest Allan Arbus.