
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs’s niece and Bubba Skinner's nephew find common ground -- and trouble -- in Sparta.

Virgil Tibbs’s niece and Bubba Skinner's nephew find common ground -- and trouble -- in Sparta.

Tibbs finds the robbery suspect he killed is a young, unarmed girl.

Bubba falls for a woman (Barbara Stock) with devious plans for him.

A rookie officer's first arrest, a childhood buddy, dies in jail; guest Ed Ames.

Several murders occur while Tibbs' former partner is visiting.

A woman's (Susan Blakely) claim she murdered her father because of incest shocks Gillespie.

Twenty years after a young woman is gruesomely murdered, a similar crime is committed.

An escaped killer and his girlfriend take Althea and a child hostage to ensure a getaway.

A man's six wives become murder suspects when he dies of food poisoning.

Virgil (Howard Rollins) narrowly escapes death at the hands of Ritchie Epson's henchmen.

Sparta is overjoyed when a local boy turned successful businessman offers to bring his business back home.

Emotions run high when a black businessman (Randy Brooks) comes to Sparta to buy the town's newspaper.

Gillespie and Tibbs are at odds when Tibbs suspects that Gillespie's old friend, Sonny Mims, killed his wife.

When Virgil Tibbs joins the Sparta, MI, police, resentment festers in Chief of Police Bill Gillespie.

Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) and Forbes link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

Businessman runs against Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) for sheriff.

Mississippi sheriff (Carroll O'Connor) knows actress's (Sydne Rome) identity.

Mississippi policemen (Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers) hunt serial killer.

Forbes (Carl Weathers) clashes with a charismatic cult leader (Peter Fonda).

On the eve of his wedding to Harriet De Long, Sheriff Gillespie is stalked by a vengeance-seeking killer.