In the Heat of the Night
(1988)Streaming Episode Guide
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Season 8
Grow Old Along with Me
Episode 4 - 5-16-1995
1h 36m
Ex-cop Tom Harwood's happiness with his new bride is threatened by an old flame who sees an opportunity for blackmail.
7.7/10
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By Duty Bound
Episode 3 - 2-17-1995
1h 35m
Acting Sheriff Gillespie must decide whether he should run for sheriff or retire from law enforcement.It soon becomes apparent that the other candidate is corrupt and dangerous.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Who Was Geli Bendl ?
Episode 2 - 12-09-1994
1h 35m
A famous Italian actress returns to Sparta to take care of some unfinished business and rescue her younger sister from a life of drugs and poverty.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Episode 1 - 10-21-1994
1h 32m
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice is a film directed by Reza Badiyi released on Oct 21, 1994.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Season 7
Give Me Your Life (2)
Episode 24 - 5-11-1994
1h 0m
Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And Forbes and his men arrest a man who has been supplying drugs used to keep the cult members under control.Soon a standoff develops and the officers realize that they have no intention of surrendering.Sarah is taken hostage.As they attempt to rescue the women and children Lonnie and Parker find themselves defusing a bomb and Bubba risks his life to rescue a small child from the building.
8.4/10Haven't Seen
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Episode 23 - 5-11-1994
1h 29m
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life is a film directed by Russ Mayberry released on May 11, 1994.
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Dangerous Engagement
Episode 22 - 5-04-1994
1h 0m
Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Poor Relations
Episode 21 - 3-30-1994
1h 0m
Comedic episode in which Parker's ne'er-do-well stepfather returns to Sparta with a new wife, a stolen painting and two inept art thieves who are determined to steal the painting back.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Time's Long Shadow
Episode 20 - 3-16-1994
45m
Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Hard Choices
Episode 19 - 3-09-1994
1h 0m
Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.
7.5/10Where to watch
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The Rabbi
Episode 18 - 2-09-1994
46m
A Rabbi returns to Sparta after many years.Racists vandalize his synagogue and soon after their Torah is stolen.Forbes investigates but the Rabbi refuses to trust Bill because of his inaction while investigating a hate crime many years ago.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Conspiracy of One
Episode 17 - 2-02-1994
46m
Virgil accepts a position at a prominent law firm.But as a former police officer he feels conflicting emotions when he realizes that one of their clients is guilty of murder.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Ches and the Grand Lady
Episode 16 - 1-26-1994
46m
Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.
7.7/10Where to watch
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The Last Round
Episode 15 - 1-19-1994
1h 0m
Forbes is delighted when his fiancee Angela comes to see him,but is disappointed when he realizes that they have very different plans for the future.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Maybelle Returns
Episode 14 - 1-12-1994
46m
Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Good Cop, Bad Cop
Episode 13 - 1-06-1994
45m
Virgil defends Parker after he is falsely accused of police brutality by a drug dealer.The prosecution's main witness - the man's girlfriend, who was once engaged to Parker.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Little Girl Lost
Episode 11 - 12-09-1993
1h 0m
Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.
8.3/10Where to watch
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A Baby Called Rocket
Episode 10 - 10-25-1993
46m
A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Every Man's Family
Episode 9 - 11-10-1993
46m
Bubba travels to Atlanta to help his nephew after the boy overdoses on drugs.He soon teams up with a street wise cop to take down the drug ring.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
Episode 8 - 11-04-1993
46m
Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Singin' the Blues
Episode 7 - 10-28-1993
46m
Luann moonlights as a singer at a nightclub and finds romance with the clubs owner.Her happiness is shortlived when she realizes that the bartender is dealing drugs.
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A Love Lost
Episode 6 - 10-14-1993
1h 0m
Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Incident at Brewer's Pond
Episode 5 - 9-30-1993
45m
A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.
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A Depraved Heart
Episode 4 - 9-23-1993
45m
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
9/10Where to watch
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Hatton's Turn (2)
Episode 3 - 9-18-1993
47m
Wade and Sarah try to keep young Henry from being punished for a crime he did not commit and Forbes and his officers search for the two men who are really responsible.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Hatton's Turn (1)
Episode 2 - 9-18-1993
46m
Hampton Forbes assumes the office of Chief of Police and Bill becomes the Sheriff of Newman county.Former Spartan Wade Hatton returns to Sparta hoping to make sense of his life and rekindle his relationship with Sarah Hallisey.Bubba and Covey take the new chief on a tour of Sparta and Bill takes Wade to visit some distant cousins.Meanwhile two young criminals involve a mentally handicapped young man in a terrible crime.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Child's Play
Episode 1 - 9-16-1993
45m
Chief Gillespie is fired by the city council and Sparta's new police chief Hampton Forbes arrives in town.Bill's last case with Sparta P.D. is a murder investigation in which a young boy has been implicated.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Season 6
A Correct Settling
Episode 22 - 5-12-1993
46m
Eugene hopes a well known minister can save his father from Death Row.But someone runs the Reverend off the road on his way into town and the Sparta police try to protect him and track down his assailent.Meanwhile Harriet struggles with what her part in her ex-husbands appeal should be and is even more unsettled when Eugene demands that she break up with Bill.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Lake Winahatchie
Episode 21 - 5-05-1993
1h 0m
Bill discovers the motivation behind a crime syndicates attempt to muscle in on Sparta and the reason they are determined to get Lana's land.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Even Nice People
Episode 20 - 4-28-1993
1h 0m
Corrupt developers set their sights on Lana's farm. When she refuses to sell they enlist the services of an arsonist to force her out.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Legacy
Episode 19 - 3-24-1993
46m
A wealthy man plans to grant a promise made to a black sharecropper many years ago by giving land to the man's descendant.But his greedy son disapproves.
7.7/10Where to watch
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A Dish Best Served Cold
Episode 18 - 3-17-1993
46m
A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.
7.8/10Where to watch
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The Leftover Man (2)
Episode 17 - 3-03-1993
1h 0m
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
7.8/10Where to watch
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The Leftover Man (1)
Episode 16 - 3-03-1993
1h 0m
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
7.8/10Where to watch
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A Deadly Affection
Episode 15 - 2-17-1993
46m
A woman asks Harriet to help her get an eviction order rescinded.The chief gives Parker a new radar gun - and soon comes to regret it.Sheriff McComb requests that Gillespie and Bubba help investigate a murder.Meanwhile Lonnie and Luann search for the boy who reported the murder.
7.7/10Where to watch
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A Step Removed
Episode 14 - 2-10-1993
1h 0m
Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.
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Falsely Accused
Episode 13 - 2-03-1993
46m
Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Judgement Day
Episode 12 - 1-20-1993
46m
A judge schemes to get rid of his wife after she tries to blackmail him into giving her a divorce and a generous settlement by revealing a secret from his past.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Private Sessions
Episode 11 - 1-13-1993
47m
One of Virgil's classmates from law school is arrested following the death of his former girlfriend, but the man insists that her death was the result of her relationship with her psychiatrist.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Flowers from a Lady
Episode 10 - 1-06-1993
47m
A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.
8.2/10Where to watch
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When the Music Stopped
Episode 9 - 12-16-1992
47m
Singer Eddie Larran returns to Sparta for a concert,but not everyone is a fan.An angry man insists that Eddie owes him money.And their dispute soon ends in violence.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Last Rites
Episode 8 - 12-09-1992
1h 0m
Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.
7.8/10Where to watch
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An Occupational Hazard
Episode 7 - 12-02-1992
47m
A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Random's Child
Episode 6 - 11-25-1992
1h 0m
Lana Gillespie comes to Sparta to claim her inheritance,but is stalked by a mobster who dated her mother.Meanwhile Harriet encourages Bill to talk to his daughter,but Lana doesn't seem to be interested.Officer Randy Goode helps keep the bad guys at bay by playing them a little tune on the guitar.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Discovery
Episode 5 - 11-18-1992
47m
Althea has trouble dealing with the violent death of a student.Young Megan Fowler quickly finds herself yet another dangerous boyfriend and they are soon wanted by the police.
8.2/10Where to watch
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A Frenzied Affair
Episode 4 - 11-18-1992
47m
Althea places herself in harms way trying to help one of her students, a disturbed and violent young man; after he is implicated in a murder case.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Brother's Keeper
Episode 3 - 11-11-1992
1h 0m
Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.
8.3/10Where to watch
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A Small War (2)
Episode 2 - 11-04-1992
45m
The police wage war against the big city drug dealers who have moved into Sparta.Eugene identifies the men who murdered his friend.And Bubba is teamed with and intrigued by a lady police lieutenant from Jackson.
8.4/10Where to watch
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A Small War (1)
Episode 1 - 10-28-1992
46m
Big city crack dealers invade Sparta.Eugene witnesses the drive by shooting of a friend and his offer to help the police identify the shooters leaves Harriet frightened and angry at Bill.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Season 5
The Law on Trial
Episode 22 - 5-19-1992
48m
Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.
8/10Where to watch
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Sanctuary
Episode 21 - 5-12-1992
1h 0m
A political prisoner who entered the country illegally,seeks sanctuary in a monastary.Gillespie and Tibbs find themselves at odds with Sheriff McComb when they try to help the man.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Family Reunion
Episode 20 - 4-07-1992
48m
An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Moseley's Lot
Episode 19 - 3-31-1992
48m
Gillespie learns that the son of an old friend is a compulsive gambler.The young man wants his father to pay off his losses.But when two gangsters show up from New Orleans to collect, his jealous sibling sees the perfect opportunity to get rid of his troubled brother.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Trundel's Will Be Done
Episode 18 - 3-03-1992
48m
V.J. Trundel's widow takes Harriet to court to gain custody of Eric.But Harriet is determined that her nephew will not be raised in the home of the man who ordered the murder of her sister.
8.3/10Where to watch
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By Means Most Foul
Episode 17 - 2-25-1992
48m
A restaurateur and her mechanic boyfriend plot to eliminate her husband, but their scheme backfires.Gillespie takes heat over a string of mailbox bashings.And Virgil soon regrets ignoring Parker's theory regarding where the vandals would strike next.
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A Time to Trust
Episode 16 - 2-18-1992
47m
Althea fears for one of her students after her mother's boyfriend is linked to a criminal operation that has resulted in the deaths of several truckers.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Odessa
Episode 15 - 2-11-1992
48m
Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Love, Honor and Obey
Episode 14 - 2-04-1992
48m
Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Fool for Love
Episode 13 - 1-14-1992
47m
A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
8/10Where to watch
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The Landlord
Episode 12 - 1-07-1992
48m
A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.
7.6/10Where to watch
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The Littlest Victim
Episode 11 - 12-17-1991
47m
Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.
7.9/10Where to watch
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An Eye for an Eye
Episode 10 - 12-10-1991
47m
The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Sparta Gold
Episode 9 - 12-03-1991
1h 0m
A deputy provides protection for a cotton grower who is running a pot growing operation.But the deputy makes a big mistake when he wounds Bubba's girlfriend.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Sweet, Sweet Blues
Episode 8 - 11-26-1991
48m
The lyrics to a blues song recall a murder that happened 50 years earlier.The victim - Sweet's grandfather.And the only people left with the answers are the bluesman who wrote the song and a retired sheriff.
8.8/10Where to watch
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The More Thing's Change
Episode 7 - 11-19-1991
48m
A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the man's business and his wife.
8.8/10Where to watch
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Unfinished Business
Episode 6 - 11-12-1991
47m
Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from killers sent to prevent him from testifying.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Ruda's Awakening
Episode 5 - 11-05-1991
47m
Virgil's Aunt Ruda is the only witness to a struggle between Bubba and a young robbery suspect that ends in the young mans death.But her prejudice against the police -- and Virgil clouds her memory of the incident.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Liar's Poker
Episode 4 - 10-29-1991
1h 0m
A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Obsession
Episode 3 - 10-22-1991
48m
A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Baby for Sale
Episode 2 - 10-08-1991
47m
After Bubba's cousin adopts a baby her husband is blackmailed by the child's real parents - they want him to help them steal the payroll where he works.
7.9/10Where to watch
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A Woman Much Admired
Episode 1 - 10-01-1991
1h 0m
Gillespie's old flame returns to Sparta to settle some business matters and see Bill. When she is murdered he travels to Gulfport and meets his daughter Lana for the first time.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Season 4
A Turning
Episode 22 - 4-30-1991
47m
Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil finds himself in danger when they arrest the man who committed the crime.
7.6/10Where to watch
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No Other Road
Episode 21 - 3-26-1991
47m
Harriet tries to keep Eugene from giving up when his father faces the death penalty.And the police search for three suspects in connection to a robbery/murder.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Just A Country Boy
Episode 20 - 3-19-1991
47m
Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with a pretty insurance investigator to solve the crime.
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Laid to Waste
Episode 18 - 3-26-1991
47m
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Paper Castles
Episode 17 - 2-12-1991
47m
Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Child of Promise
Episode 16 - 2-05-1991
1h 0m
A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Execution of Trust
Episode 15 - 1-15-1991
47m
A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be executed for, but she refuses to divulge his identity.
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Shine on Sparta Moon
Episode 14 - 1-08-1991
46m
A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Blessings
Episode 13 - 12-18-1990
47m
In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Bounty Hunter
Episode 12 - 12-11-1990
1h 0m
Gillespie receives word that a former Spartan is wanted for the murder of a socialite in Houston.But a ruthless bounty hunter, sent by the victim's jealous husband is already in Sparta and sees the man's sister as a means to locate his quarry.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Family Matters
Episode 11 - 12-04-1990
47m
Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a string of burglaries that result in murder.
7.6/10Where to watch
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A Final Arrangement
Episode 10 - 11-27-1990
1h 0m
Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
8.5/10Where to watch
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A Problem Too Personal
Episode 9 - 11-20-1990
47m
Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Homecoming
Episode 8 - 11-13-1990
1h 0m
A lawyer has personal reasons for trying to gain early release for a man who was sent to prison after an accident he caused while drinking and driving.
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Quick Fix
Episode 7 - 11-06-1990
1h 0m
The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.
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Hearts of Gold
Episode 6 - 10-30-1990
1h 0m
Bubba is reunited with his high school sweetheart, but his happiness is short lived after she resorts to murder to silence an attorney who was threatening to stop her from inheriting her late husband's estate.
8.2/10Where to watch
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And Justice For Some
Episode 5 - 10-23-1990
1h 0m
Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.
8.9/10Where to watch
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Perversions of Justice
Episode 4 - 10-02-1990
1h 0m
A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Lessons Learned
Episode 3 - 9-25-1990
1h 0m
Gillespie sends Parker to confirm suspicions that a local truck stop is really a front for a prostitution business.When a young prostitute is found dead Gillespie is shocked at her fathers reaction.Parker is dismayed when he recognizes one of the ladies.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Brotherly Love (2)
Episode 2 - 9-18-1990
1h 0m
Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Brotherly Love (1)
Episode 1 - 9-18-1990
1h 0m
Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Season 3
Citizen Trundel (2)
Episode 22 - 5-08-1990
47m
Harriet's efforts to bring V.J. Trundel to trial are fruitless.The Chief does not believe they will ever get enough evidence to get an indictment,so he tries another method to bring Trundel to justice.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Citizen Trundel (1)
Episode 21 - 5-01-1990
47m
Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Night of the Killing
Episode 20 - 3-27-1990
47m
Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Indiscretions
Episode 19 - 3-20-1990
1h 0m
Althea does not realize that an old friend from Philly is hiding a dark secret, nor does Sweet who has fallen in love with the woman.
8.4/10Where to watch
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An Angry Woman
Episode 18 - 3-13-1990
1h 0m
First the mother,then the father of two young children are murdered.Althea takes responsibility for the children. The killings appear to be related to a shady trucking firm.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Home is Where The Heart Is
Episode 17 - 3-06-1990
47m
Maybelle the madam returns to Sparta with her "" nieces "".And sets up shop just out of Gillespie's jurisdiction.Her return is not without controversy and soon one of her most vocal critics is found murdered.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Bubba's Baby
Episode 16 - 2-27-1990
1h 0m
Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.
8.3/10Where to watch
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A Loss of Innocence
Episode 15 - 2-20-1990
47m
Darnell plans on indicting a teenager for murder after her father is found in the basement and her mother turns up missing.But Gillespie and his men don't believe she is guilty.
7.9/10Where to watch
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December Days
Episode 14 - 2-13-1990
47m
The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Hello in There
Episode 13 - 1-30-1990
47m
Bubba refuses to believe that a former teamate embezzled funds from the bank where he worked.And sets out to prove that his friend was framed and murdered.Harriet hopes that art therapy can help the man's traumatized son,who becomes a target himself when the killer realizes he witnessed the crime.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Triangle
Episode 12 - 1-23-1990
1h 0m
A man murders his wife and her lover after he catches them together,then flees to a remote cabin with his daughter who does not know what he has done.The chief and the boys hope to talk him into surrendering without resorting to violence.
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Epitaph for a Lady
Episode 11 - 1-16-1990
1h 0m
A long time friend of the Chief makes threats against a doctor he believes is responsible for his wife's death .When the doctor is killed he becomes the prime suspect.But Gillespie doubts his guilt - even after he confesses.
7.4/10Where to watch
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King's Ransom
Episode 10 - 1-02-1990
1h 0m
The F.B.I. tries to talk an ex-boxer into testifying against a mobster he once worked for, but the fighter sees the situation as an opportunity for blackmail.
7/10Where to watch
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My Name is Hank
Episode 9 - 12-19-1989
1h 0m
A young refugee claims to be the son of a Sparta cop who died in the war.But quickly becomes a suspect in a murder/robbery after he accepts a ride with the criminals who actually committed the crime.Gillespie looks into his story, while Virgil and the boys track down the shooter.Meanwhile, the young mans presence triggers a surprisingly bitter reaction from Parker, who views him as a painful reminder of the war.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Vengeance
Episode 8 - 12-12-1989
1h 0m
An outlaw family seeks revenge against Bubba after he is forced to shoot one of them during a holdup.The chief wants him to stay out of sight until they are arrested - a suggestion that does not set well with Bubba.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Time of the Stranger
Episode 7 - 12-05-1989
1h 0m
After a private investigator searching for a missing child is found dead, the evidence points to a local dance teacher - a neighbor that Parker has become very fond of.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Anniversary
Episode 6 - 11-28-1989
1h 0m
Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Crackdown
Episode 5 - 11-21-1989
47m
Sparta P.D. gets it's first black policewoman.
8.5/10Where to watch
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First Girl
Episode 4 - 11-14-1989
46m
An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Murder Most Ancient
Episode 3 - 11-07-1989
47m
A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Fairest of Them All
Episode 2 - 10-31-1989
47m
Virgil struggles to help Althea after she is raped by a fellow teacher.Darnell does not think they can get a conviction because the man's wife has given him an alibi.Virgil tries to control his anger - until the man returns to intimidate Althea.And Gillespie tries to convince the wife to tell the truth.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Rape
Episode 1 - 10-24-1989
47m
After being released by his captors, the chief discovers that his abduction is part of a plot to assassinate a visiting civil rights leader.
9.1/10Where to watch
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Season 2
Missing
Episode 30 - 5-16-1989
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The Pig Woman of Sparta
Episode 21 - 5-09-1989
47m
It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers to as ""Sparta's Howard Hughes"". Suspicion immediately falls on an eccentric woman who lives in the woods with her pigs and chases away trespassers with a shotgun.The officers ask the landowner's disturbed son for help and Bubba is surprised to find that a woman he attended high school with is working as the man's ""nurse"".Also Parker and Sweet compete with one another to solve the case.
7.3/10Where to watch
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Ladybug, Ladybug
Episode 20 - 5-02-1989
47m
With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in one of the fires.And Councilwoman White stirs things up by appointing Tom Dugan acting chief of police in Gillespie's absence.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Fifteen, Forever
Episode 19 - 4-25-1989
1h 0m
Sparta grieves after a drunk driver causes a fatal crash with high school cheerleaders on their way home from a game.While the officers try to find other driver, Althea tries to help the victim's families deal with their loss. The accident brings back painful memories for retired officer Tom Dugan.Meanwhile, district attorney Dutton accuses the department of being inadequate.
8/10Where to watch
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Accused
Episode 18 - 4-04-1989
47m
Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious district attorney who plans to use the case to further his career.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Walkout
Episode 17 - 3-28-1989
47m
A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Sister, Sister
Episode 16 - 3-21-1989
1h 0m
A vivacious socialites return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less than thrilled at her homecoming.After their father is poisoned the jealous siblings become suspects in his murder.
8.2/10Where to watch
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The Creek
Episode 15 - 3-14-1989
1h 0m
The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.
8/10Where to watch
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Intruders
Episode 14 - 3-07-1989
1h 0m
The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.
8/10Where to watch
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A.k.a Kelly Kay
Episode 12 - 2-14-1988
47m
The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.
8.1/10Where to watch
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A Trip Upstate
Episode 11 - 2-07-1989
1h 0m
In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death.
8.9/10Where to watch
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Tear Down the Walls
Episode 10 - 1-31-1989
47m
A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.
8/10Where to watch
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Stranger in Town
Episode 9 - 1-17-1989
1h 0m
Gillespie suspects that JoAnn's new cook is connected to the murder of a young prostitute.But Virgil suspects the culprit maybe a local pimp who has been intimidating the women.
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Country Mouse, City Mouse
Episode 8 - 1-10-1989
1h 0m
Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Gunshots
Episode 7 - 1-03-1989
47m
Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery.He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, after he realizes the person he shot was a teenaged girl - and no one can locate the gun he believed she was pointing at him.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Hot Nights
Episode 6 - 12-27-1988
47m
Bubba is seduced by an alluring writer who has more on her mind than romance.Bill and Virgil worry that he is in over his head.Bubba tries to protect her from her estranged husband, but things get complicated after she shoots someone.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Prisoners
Episode 5 - 12-20-1988
47m
Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a young man that Sweet was friends with in high school.
8.8/10Where to watch
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The Hammer and the Glove
Episode 4 - 12-13-1988
1h 0m
Virgil is delighted when Matthew his former partner from Philidelphia comes to visit.But he soon learns his friend has another purpose for coming to Sparta.Althea is uncomfortable because she and Matthew were romantically involved before she met Virgil and she realizes that he is unwilling to accept the fact that she chose Virgil over him.Meanwhile the F.B.I. enlist Sparta P.D.'s aid in hiding a witness.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Family Secret
Episode 3 - 12-06-1988
47m
The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Don't Look Back (2)
Episode 2 - 12-04-1988
Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Don't Look Back (1)
Episode 1 - 12-04-1988
1h 35m
A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past.Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that Virgil should become the Chief.The situation becomes more tense after Virgil criticizes Parker and Bubba's actions.
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Season 1
...And Then You Die
Episode 8 - 5-03-1988
46m
The Sparta police search for a killer and his girlfriend.But the case becomes personal when they take Althea and the grandson of one of the victims hostage.
8.6/10Where to watch
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A Necessary Evil
Episode 7 - 4-12-1988
1h 0m
In this humorous episode Virgil and the Chief arrest a man for bigamy.It soon becomes a polygamy case after an endless parade of wives come to visit their husband.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Blind Spot (2)
Episode 6 - 4-05-1988
1h 0m
An angry Gillespie seeks answers when an old friend is shot.And Virgil narrowly escapes death after trying to ascertain the real reason behind an old adversary's return to Sparta.Nan finds herself in danger after she finds out the truth about her new love.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Blind Spot (1)
Episode 5 - 3-29-1988
1h 0m
Virgil refuses to let go of a grudge against a wealthy former classmate who cheated him out of a scholarship.The man has promised city leaders that he will move his business to Sparta,but not all of his business interests are legal.The nephew of an old friend of Gillespie's finds his life in danger after he steals drugs stored in the businessman's mansion.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Fate
Episode 4 - 3-22-1988
1h 0m
Racial tensions run high when a married white woman has an affair with a black businessman from New York.Meanwhile Virgil is not happy when the Chief enlists his aid in tracking down Bubba's cousin, a suspected moonshiner.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Road Kill
Episode 3 - 3-15-1988
1h 0m
The affair between the husband of a wealthy woman and her distant cousin leads to her murder. Virgil immediately suspects the pair.But he has a difficult time persuading Gillespie, who is a long time friend of the man and Bubba, who has been seeing the cousin.Bubba and Virgil clash again and Virgil is frustrated when the Chief rejects his theory about the crime.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Pilot (2)
Episode 2 - 3-06-1988
1h 0m
The investigation into the brutal murders of a young girl and the suspect in her death, leads Tibbs and Gillespie to the son of one of Sparta's wealthiest and most influential citizens.As they come closer to the truth things become dangerous for Virgil.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Pilot (1)
Episode 1 - 3-06-1988
1h 0m
Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie - who resents having an officer hired without his approval.Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force.Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell.
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Rape
Episode 1 - 10-24-1989
47m
After being released by his captors, the chief discovers that his abduction is part of a plot to assassinate a visiting civil rights leader.
9.1/10Where to watch
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A Depraved Heart
Episode 4 - 9-23-1993
45m
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
9/10Where to watch
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A Trip Upstate
Episode 11 - 2-07-1989
1h 0m
In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death.
8.9/10Where to watch
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And Justice For Some
Episode 5 - 10-23-1990
1h 0m
Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.
8.9/10Where to watch
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Prisoners
Episode 5 - 12-20-1988
47m
Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a young man that Sweet was friends with in high school.
8.8/10Where to watch
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