In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Monday, February 17

Prisoners

Season 2 • Episode 5

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

Monday, February 17

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

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

Monday, February 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.

Monday, February 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.

Tuesday, February 18

Hot Nights

Season 2 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, February 18

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

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

Tuesday, February 18

Hello in There

Season 3 • Episode 13

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

Tuesday, February 18

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

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

Wednesday, February 19

Gunshots

Season 2 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, February 19

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.

Wednesday, February 19

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.

Wednesday, February 19

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.

Thursday, February 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.

Thursday, February 20

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

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

Thursday, February 20

Indiscretions

Season 3 • Episode 19

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

Thursday, February 20

Night of the Killing

Season 3 • Episode 20

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

Friday, February 21

Stranger in Town

Season 2 • Episode 9

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

Friday, February 21

Citizen Trundel

Season 3 • Episode 21

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

Friday, February 21

Citizen Trundel

Season 3 • Episode 22

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

Friday, February 21

Brotherly Love

Season 4 • Episode 1

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

Sunday, February 23

Incident at Brewer's Pond

Season 7 • Episode 5

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

Sunday, February 23

A Love Lost

Season 7 • Episode 6

Gillespie's daughter suspects her boyfriend is smuggling guns.

Sunday, February 23

Singing the Blues

Season 7 • Episode 7

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

Sunday, February 23

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.

Sunday, February 23

Every Man's Family

Season 7 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, February 23

A Baby Called Rocket

Season 7 • Episode 10

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

Monday, February 24

Tear Down the Walls

Season 2 • Episode 10

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

Monday, February 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, February 24

Brotherly Love

Season 4 • Episode 2

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

Monday, February 24

Lessons Learned

Season 4 • Episode 3

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

Monday, February 24

Perversions of Justice

Season 4 • Episode 4

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

Tuesday, February 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, February 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, February 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, February 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, February 25

A Trip Upstate

Season 2 • Episode 11

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

Tuesday, February 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, February 25

... 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.

Tuesday, February 25

Hearts of Gold

Season 4 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, February 25

Quick Fix

Season 4 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, February 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, February 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, February 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, February 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, February 26

AKA Kelly Kay

Season 2 • Episode 12

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

Wednesday, February 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, February 26

Homecoming

Season 4 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, February 26

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.

Wednesday, February 26

A Final Arrangement

Season 4 • Episode 10

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

Thursday, February 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, February 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, February 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, February 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, February 27

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.

Thursday, February 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, February 27

Family Matters

Season 4 • Episode 11

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

Thursday, February 27

Bounty Hunter

Season 4 • Episode 12

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

Thursday, February 27

Blessings

Season 4 • Episode 13

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

Friday, February 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, February 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, February 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, February 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, February 28

Intruders

Season 2 • Episode 14

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

Friday, February 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, February 28

Shine on Sparta Moon

Season 4 • Episode 14

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

Friday, February 28

Execution of Trust

Season 4 • Episode 15

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

Friday, February 28

Child of Promise

Season 4 • Episode 16

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

Saturday, March 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, March 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, March 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, March 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

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.

Sunday, March 2

Your Own Kind

Season 7 • Episode 12

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

Sunday, March 2

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Season 7 • Episode 13

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

Sunday, March 2

Maybelle Returns

Season 7 • Episode 14

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

Sunday, March 2

The Last Round

Season 7 • Episode 15

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

Sunday, March 2

Ches and the Grand Lady

Season 7 • Episode 16

Someone threatens the life of Sparta blues singer Ches Collins.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, March 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

The Creek

Season 2 • Episode 15

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

Monday, March 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, March 3

Paper Castles

Season 4 • Episode 17

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

Monday, March 3

Laid to Waste

Season 4 • Episode 18

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

Monday, March 3

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.

Tuesday, March 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 4

Sister, Sister

Season 2 • Episode 16

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

Tuesday, March 4

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, March 4

Just a Country Boy

Season 4 • Episode 20

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

Tuesday, March 4

No Other Road

Season 4 • Episode 21

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

Tuesday, March 4

A Turning

Season 4 • Episode 22

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

Wednesday, March 5

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 5

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 5

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 5

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 5

Accused

Season 2 • Episode 18

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

Wednesday, March 5

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, March 5

A Woman Much Admired

Season 5 • Episode 1

Gillespie leaves town to investigate an ex-lover's murder and must face the daughter he never knew.

Wednesday, March 5

Baby for Sale

Season 5 • Episode 2

Threatened with losing his adopted son, Bubba aids the natural father in a robbery.

Wednesday, March 5

Obsession

Season 5 • Episode 3

Gillespie and Tibbs face legal obstacles when protecting a woman.

Thursday, March 6

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 6

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 6

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 6

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 6

Fifteen Forever

Season 2 • Episode 19

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

Thursday, March 6

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, March 6

Liar's Poker

Season 5 • Episode 4

Gillespie comes under scrutiny for trying to clear a prostitute charged with killing a wealthy man.

Thursday, March 6

Ruda's Awakening

Season 5 • Episode 5

Virgil's aunt (Fran Bennett) lets anger cloud her recollection of a young black man's shooting.

Thursday, March 6

Unfinished Business

Season 5 • Episode 6

In Los Angeles for a murder trial, Bubba encounters killers targeting the key witness.