In the Heat of the Night

Épisode 1 - Pilot (1)

6 mars 1988

Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie - who resents having an officer hired without his approval.Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force.Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell.

Épisode 2 - Pilot (2)

6 mars 1988

The investigation into the brutal murders of a young girl and the suspect in her death, leads Tibbs and Gillespie to the son of one of Sparta's wealthiest and most influential citizens.As they come closer to the truth things become dangerous for Virgil.

Épisode 3 - Road Kill

15 mars 1988

The affair between the husband of a wealthy woman and her distant cousin leads to her murder. Virgil immediately suspects the pair.But he has a difficult time persuading Gillespie, who is a long time friend of the man and Bubba, who has been seeing the cousin.Bubba and Virgil clash again and Virgil is frustrated when the Chief rejects his theory about the crime.

Épisode 4 - Fate

22 mars 1988

Racial tensions run high when a married white woman has an affair with a black businessman from New York.Meanwhile Virgil is not happy when the Chief enlists his aid in tracking down Bubba's cousin, a suspected moonshiner.

Épisode 5 - Blind Spot (1)

29 mars 1988

Virgil refuses to let go of a grudge against a wealthy former classmate who cheated him out of a scholarship.The man has promised city leaders that he will move his business to Sparta,but not all of his business interests are legal.The nephew of an old friend of Gillespie's finds his life in danger after he steals drugs stored in the businessman's mansion.

Épisode 6 - Blind Spot (2)

5 avril 1988

An angry Gillespie seeks answers when an old friend is shot.And Virgil narrowly escapes death after trying to ascertain the real reason behind an old adversary's return to Sparta.Nan finds herself in danger after she finds out the truth about her new love.

Épisode 7 - A Necessary Evil

12 avril 1988

In this humorous episode Virgil and the Chief arrest a man for bigamy.It soon becomes a polygamy case after an endless parade of wives come to visit their husband.

Épisode 8 - ...And Then You Die

3 mai 1988

The Sparta police search for a killer and his girlfriend.But the case becomes personal when they take Althea and the grandson of one of the victims hostage.

Épisode 1 - Don't Look Back (1)

4 décembre 1988

A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past.Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that Virgil should become the Chief.The situation becomes more tense after Virgil criticizes Parker and Bubba's actions.

Épisode 2 - Don't Look Back (2)

4 décembre 1988

Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.

Épisode 3 - The Family Secret

6 décembre 1988

The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.

Épisode 4 - The Hammer and the Glove

13 décembre 1988

Virgil is delighted when Matthew his former partner from Philidelphia comes to visit.But he soon learns his friend has another purpose for coming to Sparta.Althea is uncomfortable because she and Matthew were romantically involved before she met Virgil and she realizes that he is unwilling to accept the fact that she chose Virgil over him.Meanwhile the F.B.I. enlist Sparta P.D.'s aid in hiding a witness.

Épisode 5 - Prisoners

20 décembre 1988

Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a young man that Sweet was friends with in high school.

Épisode 6 - Hot Nights

27 décembre 1988

Bubba is seduced by an alluring writer who has more on her mind than romance.Bill and Virgil worry that he is in over his head.Bubba tries to protect her from her estranged husband, but things get complicated after she shoots someone.

Épisode 7 - Gunshot

3 janvier 1989

Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery.He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, after he realizes the person he shot was a teenaged girl - and no one can locate the gun he believed she was pointing at him.

Épisode 8 - Country Mouse, City Mouse

10 janvier 1989

Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee.

Épisode 9 - Stranger in Town

17 janvier 1989

Gillespie suspects that JoAnn's new cook is connected to the murder of a young prostitute.But Virgil suspects the culprit maybe a local pimp who has been intimidating the women.

Épisode 10 - Tear Down the Walls

31 janvier 1989

A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.

Épisode 11 - A Trip Upstate

7 février 1989

In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death.

Épisode 12 - A.k.a. Kelly Kay

14 février 1989

The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.

Épisode 13 - These Things Take Time

21 février 1989

A teenage mother from an impoverished family is arrested for murder after her infant is found dead, but Virgil believes there is more to the case than meets the eye.Meanwhile Althea believes the situation could have been prevented if the school had offered sex education classes.

Épisode 14 - Intruders

7 mars 1989

The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.

Épisode 15 - The Creek

14 mars 1989

The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.

Épisode 16 - Sister, Sister

21 mars 1989

A vivacious socialite's return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less than thrilled at her homecoming.After their father is poisoned the jealous siblings become suspects in his murder.

Épisode 17 - Walkout

28 mars 1989

A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.

Épisode 18 - Accused

4 avril 1989

Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious district attorney who plans to use the case to further his career.

Épisode 19 - Fifteen, Forever

25 avril 1989

Sparta grieves after a drunk driver causes a fatal crash with high school cheerleaders on their way home from a game.While the officers try to find other driver, Althea tries to help the victim's families deal with their loss. The accident brings back painful memories for retired officer Tom Dugan.Meanwhile, district attorney Dutton accuses the department of being inadequate.

Épisode 20 - Ladybug, Ladybug

2 mai 1989

With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in one of the fires.And Councilwoman White stirs things up by appointing Tom Dugan acting chief of police in Gillespie's absence.

Épisode 21 - The Pig Woman of Sparta

9 mai 1989

It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers to as ""Sparta's Howard Hughes"". Suspicion immediately falls on an eccentric woman who lives in the woods with her pigs and chases away trespassers with a shotgun.The officers ask the landowner's disturbed son for help and Bubba is surprised to find that a woman he attended high school with is working as the man's ""nurse"".Also Parker and Sweet compete with one another to solve the case.

Épisode 22 - Missing

16 mai 1989

Gillespie is kidnapped and Virgil believes that Tom Dugan is involved.

Épisode 1 - Rape

24 octobre 1989

Virgil struggles to help Althea after she is raped by a fellow teacher.Darnell does not think they can get a conviction because the man's wife has given him an alibi.Virgil tries to control his anger - until the man returns to intimidate Althea.And Gillespie tries to convince the wife to tell the truth.

Épisode 2 - Fairest of Them All

31 octobre 1989

A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.

Épisode 3 - Murder Most Ancient

7 novembre 1989

An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.

Épisode 4 - First Girl

14 novembre 1989

Sparta P.D. gets it's first black policewoman.

Épisode 5 - Crackdown

21 novembre 1989

Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.

Épisode 6 - Anniversary

28 novembre 1989

After being released by his captors, the chief discovers that his abduction is part of a plot to assassinate a visiting civil rights leader.

Épisode 7 - Time of the Stranger

5 décembre 1989

After a private investigator searching for a missing child is found dead, the evidence points to a local dance teacher - a neighbor that Parker has become very fond of.

Épisode 8 - Vengeance

12 décembre 1989

An outlaw family seeks revenge against Bubba after he is forced to shoot one of them during a holdup.The chief wants him to stay out of sight until they are arrested - a suggestion that does not set well with Bubba.

Épisode 9 - My Name is Hank

19 décembre 1989

A young refugee claims to be the son of a Sparta cop who died in the war.But quickly becomes a suspect in a murder/robbery after he accepts a ride with the criminals who actually committed the crime.Gillespie looks into his story, while Virgil and the boys track down the shooter.Meanwhile, the young mans presence triggers a surprisingly bitter reaction from Parker, who views him as a painful reminder of the war.

Épisode 10 - King's Ransom

2 janvier 1990

The F.B.I. tries to talk an ex-boxer into testifying against a mobster he once worked for, but the fighter sees the situation as an opportunity for blackmail.

Épisode 11 - Epitaph for a Lady

16 janvier 1990

A long time friend of the Chief makes threats against a doctor he believes is responsible for his wife's death .When the doctor is killed he becomes the prime suspect.But Gillespie doubts his guilt - even after he confesses.

Épisode 12 - Triangle

23 janvier 1990

A man murders his wife and her lover after he catches them together,then flees to a remote cabin with his daughter who does not know what he has done.The chief and the boys hope to talk him into surrendering without resorting to violence.

Épisode 13 - Hello in There

30 janvier 1990

Bubba refuses to believe that a former teamate embezzled funds from the bank where he worked.And sets out to prove that his friend was framed and murdered.Harriet hopes that art therapy can help the man's traumatized son,who becomes a target himself when the killer realizes he witnessed the crime.

Épisode 14 - December Days

13 février 1990

The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.

Épisode 15 - A Loss of Innocence

20 février 1990

Darnell plans on indicting a teenager for murder after her father is found in the basement and her mother turns up missing.But Gillespie and his men don't believe she is guilty.

Épisode 16 - Bubba's Baby

27 février 1990

Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.

Épisode 17 - Home is Where The Heart Is

6 mars 1990

Maybelle the madam returns to Sparta with her "" nieces "".And sets up shop just out of Gillespie's jurisdiction.Her return is not without controversy and soon one of her most vocal critics is found murdered.

Épisode 18 - An Angry Woman

13 mars 1990

First the mother,then the father of two young children are murdered.Althea takes responsibility for the children. The killings appear to be related to a shady trucking firm.

Épisode 19 - Indiscretions

20 mars 1990

Althea does not realize that an old friend from Philly is hiding a dark secret, nor does Sweet who has fallen in love with the woman.

Épisode 20 - Night of the Killing

27 mars 1990

Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.

Épisode 21 - Citizen Trundel (1)

1 mai 1990

Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.

Épisode 22 - Citizen Trundel (2)

8 mai 1990

Harriet's efforts to bring V.J. Trundel to trial are fruitless.The Chief does not believe they will ever get enough evidence to get an indictment,so he tries another method to bring Trundel to justice.

Épisode 1 - Brotherly Love (1)

18 septembre 1990

Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.

Épisode 2 - Brotherly Love (2)

18 septembre 1990

Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.

Épisode 3 - Lessons Learned

25 septembre 1990

Gillespie sends Parker to confirm suspicions that a local truck stop is really a front for a prostitution business.When a young prostitute is found dead Gillespie is shocked at her fathers reaction.Parker is dismayed when he recognizes one of the ladies.

Épisode 4 - Perversions of Justice

2 octobre 1990

A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.

Épisode 5 - And Justice For Some

23 octobre 1990

Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.

Épisode 6 - Heart of Gold

30 octobre 1990

Bubba is reunited with his high school sweetheart, but his happiness is short lived after she resorts to murder to silence an attorney who was threatening to stop her from inheriting her late husband's estate.

Épisode 7 - Quick Fix

6 novembre 1990

The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.

Épisode 8 - Homecoming

13 novembre 1990

A lawyer has personal reasons for trying to gain early release for a man who was sent to prison after an accident he caused while drinking and driving.

Épisode 9 - A Problem Too Personal

20 novembre 1990

Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.

Épisode 10 - A Final Arrangement

27 novembre 1990

Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.

Épisode 11 - Family Matters

4 décembre 1990

Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a string of burglaries that result in murder.

Épisode 12 - Bounty Hunter

11 décembre 1990

Gillespie receives word that a former Spartan is wanted for the murder of a socialite in Houston.But a ruthless bounty hunter, sent by the victim's jealous husband is already in Sparta and sees the man's sister as a means to locate his quarry.

Épisode 13 - Blessings

18 décembre 1990

In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.

Épisode 14 - Shine on Sparta Moon

8 janvier 1991

A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.

Épisode 15 - An Execution of Trust

15 janvier 1991

A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be executed for, but she refuses to divulge his identity.

Épisode 16 - Child of Promise

5 février 1991

A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.

Épisode 17 - Paper Castles

12 février 1991

Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.

Épisode 18 - Laid to Waste

26 mars 1991

Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.

Épisode 19 - First Deadly Sin

26 février 1991

A serial rapist stalks Sparta.

Épisode 20 - Just A Country Boy

19 mars 1991

Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with a pretty insurance investigator to solve the crime.

Épisode 21 - No Other Road

26 mars 1991

Harriet tries to keep Eugene from giving up when his father faces the death penalty.And the police search for three suspects in connection to a robbery/murder.

Épisode 22 - A Turning

30 avril 1991

Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil finds himself in danger when they arrest the man who committed the crime.

Épisode 1 - A Woman Much Admired

1 octobre 1991

Gillespie's old flame returns to Sparta to settle some business matters and see Bill. When she is murdered he travels to Gulfport and meets his daughter Lana for the first time.

Épisode 2 - Baby for Sale

8 octobre 1991

After Bubba's cousin adopts a baby her husband is blackmailed by the child's real parents - they want him to help them steal the payroll where he works.

Épisode 3 - Obsession

22 octobre 1991

A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.

Épisode 4 - Liar's Poker

29 octobre 1991

A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.

Épisode 5 - Ruda's Awakening

5 novembre 1991

Virgil's Aunt Ruda is the only witness to a struggle between Bubba and a young robbery suspect that ends in the young mans death.But her prejudice against the police -- and Virgil clouds her memory of the incident.

Épisode 6 - Unfinished Business

12 novembre 1991

Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from killers sent to prevent him from testifying.

Épisode 7 - The More Things Change

19 novembre 1991

A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the man's business and his wife.

Épisode 8 - Sweet, Sweet Blues

26 novembre 1991

The lyrics to a blues song recall a murder that happened 50 years earlier.The victim - Sweet's grandfather.And the only people left with the answers are the bluesman who wrote the song and a retired sheriff.

Épisode 9 - Sparta Gold

3 décembre 1991

A deputy provides protection for a cotton grower who is running a pot growing operation.But the deputy makes a big mistake when he wounds Bubba's girlfriend.

Épisode 10 - An Eye for an Eye

10 décembre 1991

The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.

Épisode 11 - The Littlest Victim

17 décembre 1991

Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.

Épisode 12 - The Landlord

7 janvier 1992

A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.

Épisode 13 - Fool for Love

14 janvier 1992

A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.

Épisode 14 - Love, Honor and Obey

4 février 1992

Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.

Épisode 15 - Odessa

11 février 1992

Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.

Épisode 16 - A Time to Trust

18 février 1992

Althea fears for one of her students after her mother's boyfriend is linked to a criminal operation that has resulted in the deaths of several truckers.

Épisode 17 - By Means Most Foul

25 février 1992

A restaurateur and her mechanic boyfriend plot to eliminate her husband, but their scheme backfires.Gillespie takes heat over a string of mailbox bashings.And Virgil soon regrets ignoring Parker's theory regarding where the vandals would strike next.

Épisode 18 - Trundel's Will Be Done

3 mars 1992

V.J. Trundel's widow takes Harriet to court to gain custody of Eric.But Harriet is determined that her nephew will not be raised in the home of the man who ordered the murder of her sister.

Épisode 19 - Moseley's Lot

31 mars 1992

Gillespie learns that the son of an old friend is a compulsive gambler.The young man wants his father to pay off his losses.But when two gangsters show up from New Orleans to collect, his jealous sibling sees the perfect opportunity to get rid of his troubled brother.

Épisode 20 - Family Reunion

7 avril 1992

An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.

Épisode 21 - Sanctuary

12 mai 1992

A political prisoner who entered the country illegally,seeks sanctuary in a monastary.Gillespie and Tibbs find themselves at odds with Sheriff McComb when they try to help the man.

Épisode 22 - The Law on Trial

19 mai 1992

Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.

Épisode 1 - A Small War (1)

28 octobre 1992

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.

Épisode 2 - A Small War (2)

4 novembre 1992

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.

Épisode 3 - Brother's Keeper

11 novembre 1992

Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.

Épisode 4 - A Frenzied Affair

18 novembre 1992

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.

Épisode 5 - Discovery

18 novembre 1992

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.

Épisode 6 - Random's Child

25 novembre 1992

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.

Épisode 7 - An Occupational Hazard

2 décembre 1992

A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.

Épisode 8 - Last Rights

9 décembre 1992

Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.

Épisode 9 - When the Music Stopped

16 décembre 1992

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.

Épisode 10 - Flowers from a Lady

6 janvier 1993

A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.

Épisode 11 - Private Sessions

13 janvier 1993

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.

Épisode 12 - Judgment Day

20 janvier 1993

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.

Épisode 13 - Falsely Accused

3 février 1993

Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.

Épisode 14 - A Step Removed

10 février 1993

Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.

Épisode 15 - Deadly Affection

17 février 1993

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.

Épisode 16 - Leftover Man (1)

3 mars 1993

A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.

Épisode 17 - Leftover Man (2)

3 mars 1993

A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.

Épisode 18 - A Dish Best Served Cold

17 mars 1993

A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.

Épisode 19 - Legacy

24 mars 1993

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.

Épisode 20 - Even Nice People

28 avril 1993

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.

Épisode 21 - Lake Winahatchie

5 mai 1993

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.

Épisode 22 - A Correct Settling

12 mai 1993

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.

Épisode 1 - Child's Play

16 septembre 1993

Chief Gillespie is fired by the city council and Sparta's new police chief Hampton Forbes arrives in town.Bill's last case with Sparta P.D. is a murder investigation in which a young boy has been implicated.

Épisode 2 - Hatton's Turn (1)

18 septembre 1993

Hampton Forbes assumes the office of Chief of Police and Bill becomes the Sheriff of Newman county.Former Spartan Wade Hatton returns to Sparta hoping to make sense of his life and rekindle his relationship with Sarah Hallisey.Bubba and Covey take the new chief on a tour of Sparta and Bill takes Wade to visit some distant cousins.Meanwhile two young criminals involve a mentally handicapped young man in a terrible crime.

Épisode 3 - Hatton's Turn (2)

18 septembre 1993

Wade and Sarah try to keep young Henry from being punished for a crime he did not commit and Forbes and his officers search for the two men who are really responsible.

Épisode 4 - A Depraved Heart

23 septembre 1993

The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.

Épisode 5 - Incident at Brewer's Pond

30 septembre 1993

A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.

Épisode 6 - A Love Lost

14 octobre 1993

Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.

Épisode 7 - Singin' the Blues

28 octobre 1993

Luann moonlights as a singer at a nightclub and finds romance with the clubs owner.Her happiness is shortlived when she realizes that the bartender is dealing drugs.

Épisode 8 - Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law

4 novembre 1993

Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.

Épisode 9 - Every Man's Family

10 novembre 1993

Bubba travels to Atlanta to help his nephew after the boy overdoses on drugs.He soon teams up with a street wise cop to take down the drug ring.

Épisode 10 - A Baby Called Rocket

25 octobre 1993

A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.

Épisode 11 - Little Girl Lost

9 décembre 1993

Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.

Épisode 12 - Your Own Kind

16 décembre 1993

Épisode 13 - Good Cop, Bad Cop

6 janvier 1994

Virgil defends Parker after he is falsely accused of police brutality by a drug dealer.The prosecution's main witness - the man's girlfriend, who was once engaged to Parker.

Épisode 14 - Maybelle Returns

12 janvier 1994

Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.

Épisode 15 - The Last Round

19 janvier 1994

Forbes is delighted when his fiancee Angela comes to see him,but is disappointed when he realizes that they have very different plans for the future.

Épisode 16 - Ches and the Grand Lady

26 janvier 1994

Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.

Épisode 17 - Conspiracy of One

2 février 1994

Virgil accepts a position at a prominent law firm.But as a former police officer he feels conflicting emotions when he realizes that one of their clients is guilty of murder.

Épisode 18 - The Rabbi

9 février 1994

A Rabbi returns to Sparta after many years.Racists vandalize his synagogue and soon after their Torah is stolen.Forbes investigates but the Rabbi refuses to trust Bill because of his inaction while investigating a hate crime many years ago.

Épisode 19 - Hard Choices

9 mars 1994

Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.

Épisode 20 - Time's Long Shadow

16 mars 1994

Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.

Épisode 21 - Poor Relations

30 mars 1994

Comedic episode in which Parker's ne'er-do-well stepfather returns to Sparta with a new wife, a stolen painting and two inept art thieves who are determined to steal the painting back.

Épisode 22 - Dangerous Engagement

4 mai 1994

Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.

Épisode 23 - Give Me Your Life (1)

11 mai 1994 - 4/5

Bill and Harriet travel to New Orleans for their honeymoon.Forbes learns that a cult which has rented an old school building may be involved in child abuse and other illegal activities.While inspecting the premises Bubba and Dee rescue a frightened young girl.Bubba finds a foster home for the girl but the girl's mother tries to regain custody in court - with Sarah Hallisey as their attorney.

Épisode 24 - Give Me Your Life (2)

11 mai 1994

Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And Forbes and his men arrest a man who has been supplying drugs used to keep the cult members under control.Soon a standoff develops and the officers realize that they have no intention of surrendering.Sarah is taken hostage.As they attempt to rescue the women and children Lonnie and Parker find themselves defusing a bomb and Bubba risks his life to rescue a small child from the building.

Épisode 1 - A Matter of Justice

21 octobre 1994

The daughter of a close friend of Forbes is murdered and the officers must prove that the deranged grandson of a retired judge is guilty.

Épisode 2 - Who Was Geli Bendl ?

9 décembre 1994

A famous Italian actress returns to Sparta to take care of some unfinished business and rescue her younger sister from a life of drugs and poverty.

Épisode 3 - By Duty Bound

17 février 1995

Acting Sheriff Gillespie must decide whether he should run for sheriff or retire from law enforcement.It soon becomes apparent that the other candidate is corrupt and dangerous.

Épisode 4 - Grow Old Along with Me

16 mai 1995

Ex-cop Tom Harwood's happiness with his new bride is threatened by an old flame who sees an opportunity for blackmail.