In the Heat of the Night (1988)
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
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7x01 Child's Play
16 September, 1993 8:00 am
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.
7x02 Hatton's Turn (1)
18 September, 1993 8:00 am
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.
7x03 Hatton's Turn (2)
18 September, 1993 8:00 am
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.
7x04 A Depraved Heart
23 September, 1993 8:00 am
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
7x05 Incident at Brewer's Pond
30 September, 1993 8:00 am
A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.
7x06 A Love Lost
14 October, 1993 8:00 am
Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.
7x07 Singin' the Blues
28 October, 1993 7:00 am
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.
7x08 Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
04 November, 1993 8:00 am
Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.
7x09 Every Man's Family
10 November, 1993 8:00 am
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.
7x10 A Baby Called Rocket
25 October, 1993 7:00 am
A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.
7x11 Little Girl Lost
09 December, 1993 8:00 am
Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.
7x12 Your Own Kind
16 December, 1993 8:00 am
7x13 Good Cop, Bad Cop
06 January, 1994 8:00 am
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.
7x14 Maybelle Returns
12 January, 1994 8:00 am
Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.
7x15 The Last Round
19 January, 1994 8:00 am
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.
7x16 Ches and the Grand Lady
26 January, 1994 8:00 am
Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.
7x17 Conspiracy of One
02 February, 1994 8:00 am
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.
7x18 The Rabbi
09 February, 1994 8:00 am
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.
7x19 Hard Choices
09 March, 1994 8:00 am
Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.
7x20 Time's Long Shadow
16 March, 1994 8:00 am
Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.
7x21 Poor Relations
30 March, 1994 9:00 am
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.
7x22 Dangerous Engagement
04 May, 1994 8:00 am
Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.
7x23 Give Me Your Life (1)
11 May, 1994 8:00 am
Bill and Harriet travel to New Orleans for their honeymoon.Forbes learns that a cult which has rented an old school building may be involved in child abuse and other illegal activities.While inspecting the premises Bubba and Dee rescue a frightened young girl.Bubba finds a foster home for the girl but the girl's mother tries to regain custody in court - with Sarah Hallisey as their attorney.
7x24 Give Me Your Life (2)
11 May, 1994 8:00 am
Bill and Harriet return home. The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home. 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.
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