
In the Heat of the Night
Harriet DeLong's son Eugene witnesses a robbery in which a store owner is wounded.

Harriet DeLong's son Eugene witnesses a robbery in which a store owner is wounded.

A rabbi returns to Sparta, his hometown, and faces anti-Semitism.

Attorney Virgil Tibbs is caught between a client and the certainty that the man murdered his wife.

A blues singer starts receiving racist death threats after spending time with Lt. Jamison's wealthy aunt.

Forbes' fiancee delivers an ultimatum; a boxer Forbes has been grooming commits a burglary.

A former madam's (Elizabeth Ashley) phone-sex business creates an uproar.

Tibbs defends Parker against charges that he assaulted an ex-girlfriend's fiance.

The sniper-shooting of a high-school track star may have been racially motivated.

A woman with a history of drunken driving is involved in a girl's hit-and-run death.

LuAnn becomes attached to an undernourished 4-month-old baby found in a crack house.

After his nephew almost dies from a drug overdose, Bubba travels to Atlanta to help him overcome his addiction

Tibbs returns with a law degree, news of his failed marriage, and a murder suspect to defend.

A singer discovers her boyfriend's nightclub is being used as a cover to sell Ecstasy.

Gillespie's daughter suspects her boyfriend is smuggling guns.

A mischievous cowboy and his buddies try to steal watermelons for a party, but the night ends in murder.

Bubba's friend (Lisa Rieffel) is accused of killing the man who infected her with HIV.

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

Bill Gillespie and Hampton Forbes begin their new roles as Sheriff of Newman County and Sparta Chief of Police

The town council decides not to renew Bill Gillespie’s contract, pushing him into a sudden retirement.

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