
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Mississippi policemen (Carroll O'Connor, Carl Weathers) hunt serial killer.

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

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

Harriet and Bill become targets of a crazed gunman on the eve of their wedding.

Parker's stepfather returns, pursued by murderous art thieves.

Harriet tries to stop construction at a site where pre-Civil War artifacts have been found.

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.

Someone threatens the life of Sparta blues singer Ches Collins.

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.

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.