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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Episode 1 - A Small War (1)
Release Date: 1992-10-28Big 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.
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Episode 2 - A Small War (2)
Release Date: 1992-11-04The 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.
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Episode 3 - Brother's Keeper
Release Date: 1992-11-11Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.
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Episode 4 - A Frenzied Affair
Release Date: 1992-11-18Althea 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.
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Episode 5 - Discovery
Release Date: 1992-11-18Althea 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.
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Episode 6 - Random's Child
Release Date: 1992-11-25Lana 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.
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Episode 7 - An Occupational Hazard
Release Date: 1992-12-02A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
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Episode 8 - Last Rites
Release Date: 1992-12-09Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.
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Episode 9 - When the Music Stopped
Release Date: 1992-12-16Singer 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.
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Episode 10 - Flowers from a Lady
Release Date: 1993-01-06A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.
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Episode 11 - Private Sessions
Release Date: 1993-01-13One 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.
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Episode 12 - Judgement Day
Release Date: 1993-01-20A 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.
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Episode 13 - Falsely Accused
Release Date: 1993-02-03Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.
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Episode 14 - A Step Removed
Release Date: 1993-02-10Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.
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Episode 15 - A Deadly Affection
Release Date: 1993-02-17A 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.
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Episode 16 - The Leftover Man (1)
Release Date: 1993-03-03A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
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Episode 17 - The Leftover Man (2)
Release Date: 1993-03-03A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
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Episode 18 - A Dish Best Served Cold
Release Date: 1993-03-17A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.
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Episode 19 - Legacy
Release Date: 1993-03-24A 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.
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Episode 20 - Even Nice People
Release Date: 1993-04-28Corrupt developers set their sights on Lana's farm. When she refuses to sell they enlist the services of an arsonist to force her out.
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Episode 21 - Lake Winahatchie
Release Date: 1993-05-05Bill discovers the motivation behind a crime syndicates attempt to muscle in on Sparta and the reason they are determined to get Lana's land.
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Episode 22 - A Correct Settling
Release Date: 1993-05-12Eugene 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.