In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Tuesday, March 18

First Girl

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Tuesday, March 18

Random's Child

Season 6 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, March 18

An Occupational Hazard

Season 6 • Episode 7

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

Tuesday, March 18

Last Rights

Season 6 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, March 19

Crackdown

Season 3 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, March 19

When the Music Stopped

Season 6 • Episode 9

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

Wednesday, March 19

Flowers From a Lady

Season 6 • Episode 10

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

Wednesday, March 19

Private Sessions

Season 6 • Episode 11

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

Thursday, March 20

Time of the Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 7

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

Thursday, March 20

Judgment Day

Season 6 • Episode 12

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

Thursday, March 20

Falsely Accused

Season 6 • Episode 13

Arrested after harassing Gillespie and DeLong, a businessman accuses Sweet of soliciting a bribe.

Thursday, March 20

A Step Removed

Season 6 • Episode 14

Parker's volatile, recently fired stepfather (Pat Hingle) is arrested for murdering his ex-boss.

Friday, March 21

Vengeance

Season 3 • Episode 8

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

Friday, March 21

Deadly Affection

Season 6 • Episode 15

A man's harassment of a tenant (Teri Austin) he once dated may be linked to a womanizer's murder.

Friday, March 21

The Leftover Man

Season 6 • Episode 16

Politician and his campaign manager stage assassination attempt.

Sunday, March 23

By Duty Bound

Season 8 • Episode 5

A murder suspect works for a businessman running against Gillespie for sheriff.

Sunday, March 23

Grow Old Along With Me (1 & 2)

Season 8 •

Gillespie and Forbes link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.

Sunday, March 23

Pilot

Season 1 • Episode 1

A high-school girl's murder is investigated by Gillespie and Tubbs.

Monday, March 24

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

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

Monday, March 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 24

A Dish Best Served Cold

Season 6 • Episode 18

Gillespie is pressured to reopen a 20-year-old embezzlement case.

Monday, March 24

Legacy

Season 6 • Episode 19

Black sharecropper's daughter arrives to claim father's property.

Monday, March 24

Even Nice People

Season 6 • Episode 20

Local mobsters try to force Gillespie's daughter from her home.

Tuesday, March 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 25

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.

Tuesday, March 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 25

Lake Winahatchie

Season 6 • Episode 21

Lana's (Christine Elise) inherited home plays an important part in a mob-related real estate scam.

Tuesday, March 25

A Correct Settling

Season 6 • Episode 22

Fearing loss of her son, Harriet agrees to help get her ex-husband's murder sentence reversed.

Tuesday, March 25

Child's Play

Season 7 • Episode 1

The city council replaces Bill with an ex-FBI agent (Carl Weathers).

Wednesday, March 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 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.

Wednesday, March 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 26

Hatton's Turn

Season 7 • Episode 2

Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth.

Wednesday, March 26

Hatton's Turn

Season 7 • Episode 3

Gillespie becomes sheriff; the murders of two Spartans link to a mentally impaired youth.

Wednesday, March 26

A Depraved Heart

Season 7 • Episode 4

Bubba's friend (Lisa Rieffel) is accused of killing the man who infected her with HIV.

Thursday, March 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 27

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

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

Thursday, March 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 27

Incident at Brewer's Pond

Season 7 • Episode 5

A mysterious caller leads police to a body at the bottom of a pond.

Thursday, March 27

A Love Lost

Season 7 • Episode 6

Gillespie's daughter suspects her boyfriend is smuggling guns.

Thursday, March 27

Singing the Blues

Season 7 • Episode 7

LuAnn learns her new boyfriend (Willie Gault) is involved with drug dealers.

Friday, March 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, March 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, March 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, March 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, March 28

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, March 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, March 28

Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law

Season 7 • Episode 8

Tibbs returns with a law degree, news of his failed marriage, and a murder suspect to defend.

Friday, March 28

Every Man's Family

Season 7 • Episode 9

Bubba races to Atlanta to care for his nephew (Chad Allen), who has overdosed on drugs.

Friday, March 28

A Baby Called Rocket

Season 7 • Episode 10

LuAnn becomes attached to an undernourished 4-month-old baby found in a crack house.

Saturday, March 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, March 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, March 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, March 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Road Kill

Season 1 • Episode 3

Gillespie and Tibbs have conflicting suspicions about a woman's murder.

Sunday, March 30

Fate

Season 1 • Episode 4

A black businessman bids for the town's newspaper amid rumors that he is romancing its publisher.

Sunday, March 30

Blind Spot

Season 1 • Episode 5

Seemingly random events become connected when Gillespie's friend is shot.

Sunday, March 30

Blind Spot

Season 1 • Episode 6

Though Tibbs was nearly killed, Gillespie still can't prove Epson is a drug trafficker.

Sunday, March 30

A Necessary Evil

Season 1 • Episode 7

A man's six wives become murder suspects when he dies of food poisoning.

Sunday, March 30

And Then You Die ...

Season 1 • Episode 8

An escaped killer and his girlfriend take Althea and a child hostage to ensure a getaway.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 31

Little Girl Lost

Season 7 • Episode 11

A woman with a history of drunken driving is involved in a girl's hit-and-run death.

Monday, March 31

Your Own Kind

Season 7 • Episode 12

The sniper-shooting of a high-school track star may have been racially motivated.

Monday, March 31

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Season 7 • Episode 13

Tibbs defends Parker against charges that he assaulted an ex-girlfriend's fiance.

Tuesday, April 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, April 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, April 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, April 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, April 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, April 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, April 1

Maybelle Returns

Season 7 • Episode 14

A former madam's (Elizabeth Ashley) phone-sex business creates an uproar.

Tuesday, April 1

The Last Round

Season 7 • Episode 15

Forbes' fiancee delivers an ultimatum; a boxer Forbes has been grooming commits a burglary.

Tuesday, April 1

Ches and the Grand Lady

Season 7 • Episode 16

Someone threatens the life of Sparta blues singer Ches Collins.

Wednesday, April 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, April 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, April 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, April 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, April 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, April 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, April 2

Conspiracy of One

Season 7 • Episode 17

Attorney Virgil Tibbs is caught between a client and the certainty that the man murdered his wife.

Wednesday, April 2

The Rabbi

Season 7 • Episode 18

A rabbi returns to Sparta, his hometown, and faces anti-Semitism.

Wednesday, April 2

Hard Choices

Season 7 • Episode 19

Harriet DeLong's son Eugene witnesses a robbery in which a store owner is wounded.

Thursday, April 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, April 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, April 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, April 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, April 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, April 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, April 3

Time's Long Shadow

Season 7 • Episode 20

Harriet tries to stop construction at a site where pre-Civil War artifacts have been found.

Thursday, April 3

Poor Relations

Season 7 • Episode 21

Parker's stepfather returns, pursued by murderous art thieves.

Thursday, April 3

Dangerous Engagement

Season 7 • Episode 22

Harriet and Bill become targets of a crazed gunman on the eve of their wedding.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

Give Me Your Life

Season 7 • Episode 23

Cult leader's (Peter Fonda) activities get Forbes' attention.

Friday, April 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, April 4

A Matter of Justice (Pt. 1 & 2)

Season 8 •

The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff and police chief to a citizen in Sparta, Miss.