
In the Heat of the Night
Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.

Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.

Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.

The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.

Someone mysteriously leaves a baby on Lieutenant Bubba Skinner's doorstep.

When Jamison picks up students for cutting school, a simple truancy bust turns into a complicated murder case.

A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

A friend of Bubba's is framed for theft and kills himself. Only his young son knows the truth.

Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.

The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.

Sweet tries to save a 14-year-old crack addict and jail her supplier.

Gillespie feels responsible for the death of his first black policewoman.

A woman murders her wealthy, abusive husband with the help of her lover.

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

An acquaintance rapes Althea, but police don't have enough evidence to prosecute.

When Tibbs investigates Gillespie's kidnapping, all the signs seem to point to a racially motivated crime.