In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Friday, May 17

Intruders

Season 2 • Episode 14

Virgil and Althea's relationship is strained when her dad visits.

Friday, May 17

The Creek

Season 2 • Episode 15

An assault on a woman conjures up distressing memories for Tibbs and suspicions in Gillespie.

Friday, May 17

Sister, Sister

Season 2 • Episode 16

Estranged sisters (Mary Crosby, Judith Chapman) fight over a man and their father's will.

Friday, May 17

Walkout

Season 2 • Episode 17

An ambitious councilman won't support black workers who crossed an all-white picket line.

Friday, May 17

Brother's Keeper

Season 6 • Episode 3

Corbin (Crystal Fox) pursues her brother (Meshach Taylor), an ex-con who robbed a bar in town.

Friday, May 17

Accused

Season 2 • Episode 18

Charges of rape against Bubba test the loyalties of Gillespie and Tibbs.

Friday, May 17

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.

Friday, May 17

King's Ransom

Season 3 • Episode 10

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

Friday, May 17

Epitaph for a Lady

Season 3 • Episode 11

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

Saturday, May 18

Accused

Season 2 • Episode 18

Charges of rape against Bubba test the loyalties of Gillespie and Tibbs.

Saturday, May 18

Fifteen Forever

Season 2 • Episode 19

Ex-police Capt. Dugan suspends retirement to probe three deaths.

Saturday, May 18

Ladybug, Ladybug

Season 2 • Episode 20

Tibbs searches for an arsonist under the scrutiny of acting police chief Dugan.

Saturday, May 18

The Pigwoman of Sparta

Season 2 • Episode 21

A local eccentric is linked to dismembered skeletons found on a rich recluse's estate.

Sunday, May 19

Don't Look Back

Season 2 • Episode 1

Gillespie is stalked by a killer who re-created a bizarre 20-year-old murder.

Sunday, May 19

Rape

Season 3 • Episode 1

An acquaintance rapes Althea, but police don't have enough evidence to prosecute.

Sunday, May 19

The Fairest of Them All

Season 3 • Episode 2

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

Sunday, May 19

Murder Most Ancient

Season 3 • Episode 3

Gillespie investigates the murder of a man by his wife and her lover.

Sunday, May 19

First Girl

Season 3 • Episode 4

Gillespie feels responsible for the death of his first black policewoman.

Sunday, May 19

Crackdown

Season 3 • Episode 5

Sweet tries to save a 14-year-old crack addict and jail her supplier.

Sunday, May 19

Anniversary

Season 3 • Episode 6

Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.

Sunday, May 19

Stranger in Town

Season 2 • Episode 9

Tibbs and Gillespie clash over the prime suspect in a young prostitute's murder.

Sunday, May 19

Tear Down the Walls

Season 2 • Episode 10

Tibbs and Gillespie lock horns over the murderer of a progressive minister.

Sunday, May 19

A Trip Upstate

Season 2 • Episode 11

On the eve of his execution, a convict asks Gillespie a favor.

Sunday, May 19

AKA Kelly Kay

Season 2 • Episode 12

The menace of an escaped convict makes Joann disclose a shocking secret to Gillespie.

Sunday, May 19

These Things Take Time

Season 2 • Episode 13

The mother of an infant found dead in a trash bin may not be responsible for the crime.

Sunday, May 19

Intruders

Season 2 • Episode 14

Virgil and Althea's relationship is strained when her dad visits.

Sunday, May 19

The Creek

Season 2 • Episode 15

An assault on a woman conjures up distressing memories for Tibbs and suspicions in Gillespie.

Sunday, May 19

Sister, Sister

Season 2 • Episode 16

Estranged sisters (Mary Crosby, Judith Chapman) fight over a man and their father's will.

Sunday, May 19

Walkout

Season 2 • Episode 17

An ambitious councilman won't support black workers who crossed an all-white picket line.

Sunday, May 19

Don't Look Back

Season 2 • Episode 1

Gillespie is stalked by a killer who re-created a bizarre 20-year-old murder.

Monday, May 20

The Hammer and the Glove

Season 2 • Episode 4

Several murders occur while Tibbs' former partner is visiting.

Monday, May 20

Prisoners

Season 2 • Episode 5

A rookie officer's first arrest, a childhood buddy, dies in jail; guest Ed Ames.

Monday, May 20

Hot Nights

Season 2 • Episode 6

Bubba falls for a woman (Barbara Stock) with devious plans for him.

Monday, May 20

Gunshots

Season 2 • Episode 7

Tibbs finds the robbery suspect he killed is a young, unarmed girl.

Monday, May 20

Country Mouse, City Mouse

Season 2 • Episode 8

Virgil's niece and Bubba's nephew are determined to uncover the truth after they witness a crime.

Monday, May 20

Stranger in Town

Season 2 • Episode 9

Tibbs and Gillespie clash over the prime suspect in a young prostitute's murder.

Monday, May 20

A Small War

Season 6 • Episode 1

Gillespie's affair with DeLong draws her son's wrath, which confirms her concerns.

Monday, May 20

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.

Monday, May 20

Hello in There

Season 3 • Episode 13

A councilwoman tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder.

Monday, May 20

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

Monday, May 20

The Fairest of Them All

Season 3 • Episode 2

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

Monday, May 20

Murder Most Ancient

Season 3 • Episode 3

Gillespie investigates the murder of a man by his wife and her lover.

Tuesday, May 21

Missing

Season 2 • Episode 22

Tibbs suspects Capt. Dugan knows more about Gillespie's kidnapping.

Tuesday, May 21

Rape

Season 3 • Episode 1

An acquaintance rapes Althea, but police don't have enough evidence to prosecute.

Tuesday, May 21

The Fairest of Them All

Season 3 • Episode 2

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

Tuesday, May 21

Murder Most Ancient

Season 3 • Episode 3

Gillespie investigates the murder of a man by his wife and her lover.

Tuesday, May 21

A Small War

Season 6 • Episode 2

Eugene (Rugg Williams) agrees to identify the killers, over his mother's objections.

Tuesday, May 21

A Loss of Innocence

Season 3 • Episode 15

Problems arise when a teenage girl's father is found dead and her mother is reported missing.

Tuesday, May 21

Bubba's Baby

Season 3 • Episode 16

The search for the parents of an abandoned baby leads Gillespie on a trail of blackmail and murder.

Tuesday, May 21

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Season 3 • Episode 17

The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.

Tuesday, May 21

Anniversary

Season 3 • Episode 6

Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.

Tuesday, May 21

Time of the Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 7

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

Wednesday, May 22

First Girl

Season 3 • Episode 4

Gillespie feels responsible for the death of his first black policewoman.

Wednesday, May 22

Crackdown

Season 3 • Episode 5

Sweet tries to save a 14-year-old crack addict and jail her supplier.

Wednesday, May 22

Anniversary

Season 3 • Episode 6

Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.

Wednesday, May 22

Time of the Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 7

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

Wednesday, May 22

A Frenzied Affair

Season 6 • Episode 4

A man is accused of killing his teen stepdaughter's married lover; guest Allan Arbus.

Wednesday, May 22

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.

Wednesday, May 22

Indiscretions

Season 3 • Episode 19

Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.

Wednesday, May 22

Night of the Killing

Season 3 • Episode 20

Tibbs and Gillespie clash over a black murder suspect, whose arrest causes racial strife.

Wednesday, May 22

King's Ransom

Season 3 • Episode 10

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

Wednesday, May 22

Epitaph for a Lady

Season 3 • Episode 11

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

Thursday, May 23

Vengeance

Season 3 • Episode 8

The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.

Thursday, May 23

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.

Thursday, May 23

King's Ransom

Season 3 • Episode 10

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

Thursday, May 23

Epitaph for a Lady

Season 3 • Episode 11

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

Thursday, May 23

Discovery

Season 6 • Episode 5

The suicide of an ex-boyfriend pushes Althea to the brink of a nervous breakdown; guest Allan Arbus.

Thursday, May 23

Citizen Trundel

Season 3 • Episode 21

Gillespie appears to know who killed Councilwoman DeLong's sister.

Thursday, May 23

Citizen Trundel

Season 3 • Episode 22

Gillespie won't pursue a murder case against a prominent citizen.

Thursday, May 23

Brotherly Love

Season 4 • Episode 1

Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.

Thursday, May 23

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

Thursday, May 23

A Loss of Innocence

Season 3 • Episode 15

Problems arise when a teenage girl's father is found dead and her mother is reported missing.

Friday, May 24

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.

Friday, May 24

Hello in There

Season 3 • Episode 13

A councilwoman tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder.

Friday, May 24

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

Friday, May 24

A Loss of Innocence

Season 3 • Episode 15

Problems arise when a teenage girl's father is found dead and her mother is reported missing.

Friday, May 24

Random's Child

Season 6 • Episode 6

Gillespie's estranged daughter from a brief romance returns to Sparta to settle her mother's estate.

Friday, May 24

Brotherly Love

Season 4 • Episode 2

Tibbs is jailed in Philadelphia for murdering a cop; Bubba acts as Althea's birthing coach.

Friday, May 24

Lessons Learned

Season 4 • Episode 3

A father's apathy toward the murder of his hooker daughter shocks Gillespie.

Friday, May 24

Perversions of Justice

Season 4 • Episode 4

Gillespie must discreetly investigate a child-molestation claim against a fifth-grade teacher.

Friday, May 24

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.

Friday, May 24

Indiscretions

Season 3 • Episode 19

Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.

Saturday, May 25

Bubba's Baby

Season 3 • Episode 16

The search for the parents of an abandoned baby leads Gillespie on a trail of blackmail and murder.

Saturday, May 25

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Season 3 • Episode 17

The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.

Saturday, May 25

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.

Saturday, May 25

Indiscretions

Season 3 • Episode 19

Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.

Sunday, May 26

Missing

Season 2 • Episode 22

Tibbs suspects Capt. Dugan knows more about Gillespie's kidnapping.

Sunday, May 26

Time of the Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 7

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

Sunday, May 26

Vengeance

Season 3 • Episode 8

The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.

Sunday, May 26

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.

Sunday, May 26

King's Ransom

Season 3 • Episode 10

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

Sunday, May 26

Epitaph for a Lady

Season 3 • Episode 11

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

Sunday, May 26

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.

Sunday, May 26

Time of the Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 7

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

Sunday, May 26

Vengeance

Season 3 • Episode 8

The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.

Sunday, May 26

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

A young Vietnamese robbery suspect may be the son of a former Sparta police officer.

Sunday, May 26

King's Ransom

Season 3 • Episode 10

A down-and-out boxer who witnessed a murder ignores Gillespie's advice to cooperate with the FBI.

Sunday, May 26

Epitaph for a Lady

Season 3 • Episode 11

A doctor is murdered after his misdiagnosis causes the death of the wife of Gillespie's friend.

Sunday, May 26

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

Gillespie tries to prevent a man who shot his wife and her lover from harming anyone else.

Sunday, May 26

Hello in There

Season 3 • Episode 13

A councilwoman tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder.

Sunday, May 26

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

Sunday, May 26

A Loss of Innocence

Season 3 • Episode 15

Problems arise when a teenage girl's father is found dead and her mother is reported missing.

Sunday, May 26

Bubba's Baby

Season 3 • Episode 16

The search for the parents of an abandoned baby leads Gillespie on a trail of blackmail and murder.

Sunday, May 26

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Season 3 • Episode 17

The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.

Monday, May 27

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.

Monday, May 27

Indiscretions

Season 3 • Episode 19

Althea does not know that a visiting friend is a fugitive from justice.

Monday, May 27

Missing

Season 2 • Episode 22

Tibbs suspects Capt. Dugan knows more about Gillespie's kidnapping.

Monday, May 27

Rape

Season 3 • Episode 1

An acquaintance rapes Althea, but police don't have enough evidence to prosecute.

Monday, May 27

The Fairest of Them All

Season 3 • Episode 2

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

Monday, May 27

Murder Most Ancient

Season 3 • Episode 3

Gillespie investigates the murder of a man by his wife and her lover.

Monday, May 27

An Occupational Hazard

Season 6 • Episode 7

An unemployed man is accused of murdering his wife's boss, who was sexually harassing her.

Monday, May 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, May 27

... And Justice for Some

Season 4 • Episode 5

Gillespie and Tibbs clash over turning a hit-and-run driver/drug dealer over to the FBI.

Monday, May 27

Hearts of Gold

Season 4 • Episode 6

The murder of a prominent attorney is linked to Bubba's new love interest, a wealthy widow.

Monday, May 27

Quick Fix

Season 4 • Episode 7

Evidence indicates a mentally impaired girl is the mother of an infant found in a shallow grave.

Tuesday, May 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, May 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, May 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, May 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, May 28

Last Rights

Season 6 • Episode 8

The doctor (Earl Holliman) of Virgil's terminally ill aunt is suspected of mercy killings.

Tuesday, May 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, May 28

Homecoming

Season 4 • Episode 8

The investigation of a convict's murder is hindered by too many willing suspects.

Tuesday, May 28

A Problem Too Personal

Season 4 • Episode 9

Gillespie tries to remain aloof in the prosecution of Harriet DeLong's ex, for robbery and murder.

Tuesday, May 28

A Final Arrangement

Season 4 • Episode 10

All signs point to bookstore owner Carl Tibbitts as a suspect in his wife's murder.

Wednesday, May 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, May 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, May 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, May 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, May 29

When the Music Stopped

Season 6 • Episode 9

A country singer accused of stealing songs accidentally kills his accuser.

Wednesday, May 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, May 29

Family Matters

Season 4 • Episode 11

Tibbs' attempts to reconcile family members stall when his cousin is implicated in a crime.

Wednesday, May 29

Bounty Hunter

Season 4 • Episode 12

Gillespie tries to stop a bounty hunter from killing a man wanted for a rich woman's murder.

Wednesday, May 29

Blessings

Season 4 • Episode 13

A reporter with questionable motives makes Gillespie the subject of an article.

Thursday, May 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, May 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, May 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, May 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, May 30

Flowers From a Lady

Season 6 • Episode 10

DeLong warns Gillespie about a carjacking victim, who has taken a romantic interest in Bubba.

Thursday, May 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, May 30

Shine on Sparta Moon

Season 4 • Episode 14

An accident blinds a high school football star and kills his girlfriend.

Thursday, May 30

Execution of Trust

Season 4 • Episode 15

Gillespie must pry a confessed killer's name from a psychiatrist.

Thursday, May 30

Child of Promise

Season 4 • Episode 16

Virgil's arrest of a young pusher affects one of Althea's students.

Friday, May 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, May 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, May 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, May 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, May 31

Private Sessions

Season 6 • Episode 11

A waitress under a psychiatrist's care dies mysteriously; Virgil's friend is a suspect.

Friday, May 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, May 31

Paper Castles

Season 4 • Episode 17

Tibbs tries to protect a friend from a shady real-estate venture, but the man is killed.

Friday, May 31

Laid to Waste

Season 4 • Episode 18

A blind woman hears an apparent murder in a neighboring duplex, and Parker uncovers a motive.

Friday, May 31

First Deadly Sin

Season 4 • Episode 19

A man forbids his son to tell police he saw a rape, for fear of the youth's chances for seminary.

Saturday, June 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, June 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, June 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, June 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Hello in There

Season 3 • Episode 13

A councilwoman tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder.

Sunday, June 2

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

A retired detective assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

Sunday, June 2

A Loss of Innocence

Season 3 • Episode 15

Problems arise when a teenage girl's father is found dead and her mother is reported missing.

Sunday, June 2

Bubba's Baby

Season 3 • Episode 16

The search for the parents of an abandoned baby leads Gillespie on a trail of blackmail and murder.

Sunday, June 2

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Season 3 • Episode 17

The madam (Diane Ladd) of a traveling bordello is suspected of murdering a preacher who opposed her.

Sunday, June 2

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

Gillespie investigates the hit-and-run death of a young woman.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, June 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Judgment Day

Season 6 • Episode 12

An ex-convict is accused of murdering a judge's (Ken Kercheval) alcoholic wife; guest Lois Chiles.

Monday, June 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, June 3

Just a Country Boy

Season 4 • Episode 20

Bubba searches Los Angeles for a Sparta fugitive who jumped bail.

Monday, June 3

No Other Road

Season 4 • Episode 21

Tibbs and Jamison urge Harriet DeLong's son to persevere after his father's death sentence.

Monday, June 3

A Turning

Season 4 • Episode 22

Gillespie and Tibbs pursue the killers of drug dealers; Althea worries about her husband's safety.