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Season 1 – In the Heat of the Night

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Carroll O'Connor stars as a small-town police chief (and later a sheriff) in fictional Sparta, Miss. For a small town, Sparta has its share of murder, rape, corruption, racism and drunken driving, so O'Connor's Chief William Gillespie has his hands full. The TV series is based on the novel and film of the same name.

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In the Heat of the Night — Season 1

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Carroll O'Connor

William Gillespie

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Virgil Tibbs

Anne-Marie Johnson

Althea Tibbs

Alan Autry

Bubba Skinner

Denise Nicholas

Harriet DeLong

David Hart

Parker Williams

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 6, 1988 Pilot Politics motivates the mayor to have Gillespie and newcomer Tibbs investigate, together, a high-school girl's murder. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 6, 1988 Pilot Politics motivates the mayor to have Gillespie and newcomer Tibbs investigate, together, a high-school girl's murder. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 15, 1988 Road Kill Gillespie and Tibbs (Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins) are at odds when Virgil suspects that the chief's friend is a murderer. Lane Smith and Gail O'Grady guest star. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 22, 1988 Fate Tension mounts when a black businessman is rumored to be romancing the married white owner of a newspaper. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 29, 1988 Blind Spot A supply of cocaine, a double disappearance and Virgil's reluctance to forget a grudge are somehow linked together. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 5, 1988 Blind Spot Virgil narrowly escapes death at the hands of Richie Epson's henchmen, but Gillespie still hasn't garnered enough evidence to prove Epson is a major drug supplier. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 12, 1988 A Necessary Evil The six wives of an imprisoned polygamist bring him gifts of food, only to become murder suspects when the man dies of poisoning. Details Episode 8 Aired May 3, 1988 And Then You Die ... A murderous escaped convict (Will Bledsoe) and his girlfriend take Althea (Anne-Marie Johnson) and a boy hostage. Details
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Season Info

Director
David Hemmings, Anthony Wilkinson, Leo Penn, Winrich Kolbe
Executive Producer
Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett
Screenwriter
Kathy McCormick, William Gray, James Lee Barrett, Josef Anderson, Richard Fielder
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 6, 1988