In the Heat of the Night

Seasons

1988

7.6

TV-PG

The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot: Part 1

Chief Gillespie reluctantly accepts visiting Sparta native Virgil Tibbs as his new Chief of Detectives in the midst of a high-profile murder investigation.

S1 • E2

Pilot: Part 2

Gillespie and Tibbs learn to get used to each other's working habits and bond as workers and friends to solve the murder.

S1 • E3

Road Kill

Despite compelling evidence, Gillespie refuses to believe that his best friend used another person's playful gunfire to cover up for the murder of his alcoholic wife.

S1 • E4

Fate

Racial tensions boil over in Sparta when a married, white woman has an extramarital affair with a black businessman.

S1 • E5

Blind Spot: Part 1

When two local locksmiths uncover a cocaine fencing operation, all evidence points to the personal staff of Virgil Tibbs' former high school rival.

S1 • E6

Blind Spot: Part 2

Tibbs gets a long overdue dose of self-satisfaction when the Sparta Police close in on the masterminds of the drug trafficking operation.

S1 • E7

A Necessary Evil

Gillespie and Tibb's reluctant investigation of a bigamy case becomes absurd with the accused's half dozen wives, and serious when he is found dead in his cell.