
In the Heat of the Night
A former madam's (Elizabeth Ashley) phone-sex business creates an uproar.

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.

Interracial sweethearts at Sparta High School are targeted by a racist sniper.

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.

Bubba races to Atlanta to care for his nephew (Chad Allen), who has overdosed on drugs.

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

LuAnn learns her new boyfriend (Willie Gault) is involved with drug dealers.

Gillespie's daughter suspects her boyfriend is smuggling guns.

A mysterious caller leads police to a body at the bottom of a pond.

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.

Lana's (Christine Elise) inherited home plays an important part in a mob-related real estate scam.

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

Black sharecropper's daughter arrives to claim father's property.

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.