In the Heat of the Night (1988)
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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6x01 A Small War (1)

28 October, 1992 8:00 am
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.

6x02 A Small War (2)

04 November, 1992 8:00 am
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.

6x03 Brother's Keeper

11 November, 1992 8:00 am
Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.

6x04 A Frenzied Affair

18 November, 1992 8:00 am
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.

6x05 Discovery

18 November, 1992 8:00 am
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.

6x06 Random's Child

25 November, 1992 8:00 am
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.

6x07 An Occupational Hazard

02 December, 1992 8:00 am
A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.

6x08 Last Rights

09 December, 1992 8:00 am
Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.

6x09 When the Music Stopped

16 December, 1992 8:00 am
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.

6x10 Flowers from a Lady

06 January, 1993 8:00 am
A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.

6x11 Private Sessions

13 January, 1993 8:00 am
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.

6x12 Judgment Day

20 January, 1993 8:00 am
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.

6x13 Falsely Accused

03 February, 1993 8:00 am
Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.

6x14 A Step Removed

10 February, 1993 8:00 am
Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.

6x15 Deadly Affection

17 February, 1993 8:00 am
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.

6x16 Leftover Man (1)

03 March, 1993 8:00 am
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.

6x17 Leftover Man (2)

03 March, 1993 8:00 am

6x18 A Dish Best Served Cold

17 March, 1993 8:00 am
A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.

6x19 Legacy

24 March, 1993 8:00 am
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.

6x20 Even Nice People

28 April, 1993 8:00 am
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.

6x21 Lake Winahatchie

05 May, 1993 8:00 am
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.

6x22 A Correct Settling

12 May, 1993 8:00 am
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.

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