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Season 3 – 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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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 Oct 24, 1989 Rape Althea is raped by an acquaintance, and Tibbs is faced with the possibility that they do not have enough evidence to prosecute the man. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 31, 1989 The Fairest of Them All After a beauty contestant suffers what appears to be an accidental death, Gillespie and Virgil discover otherwise and fight to uncover the perpetrators. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 7, 1989 Murder Most Ancient Chief Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) attempts to trap a pair of lovers (Grainger Hines, Clare Wren) who have murdered the woman's husband. Guest star: Tim Griffin. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 14, 1989 First Girl Sparta's first black female cop is killed while on duty, and an angry Chief Gillespie assumes responsibility for tracking down her killer. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 21, 1989 Crackdown Sweet (Geoffrey Thorne) defies Chief Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) when he takes a personal interest in saving a 13-year-old crack addict (Dana Barron). Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 28, 1989 Anniversary Released by his kidnappers, Chief Gillespie hunts for Dugan's killers while attempting to prevent the assassination of a civil rights leader. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 5, 1989 Time of the Stranger The death of a stranger has serious repercussions for Parker when the woman he loves is linked to the unfortunate occurrence. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 12, 1989 Vengeance Bubba (Alan Autry) becomes a target after fatally shooting a former Spartan during an attempted robbery. With Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 19, 1989 My Name Is Hank An Amerasian suspected of robbery and murder claims to be the son of a former Sparta cop. With Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 2, 1990 King's Ransom A down-and-out former boxer decides to earn his living by blackmailing an organized-crime faction over a murder he once witnessed. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 16, 1990 Epitaph for a Lady After the wife of a close friend dies because of a doctor's misdiagnosis, Gillespie fights his suspicions when the doctor is murdered. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 23, 1990 Triangle A murderer (John Diehl) is on the run, and Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) does everything he can to prevent him from killing again. With Alan Autry. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 30, 1990 Hello in There A councilwoman (Denise Nicholas) tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 13, 1990 December Days A retired detective (Ken Curtis) assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 20, 1990 A Loss of Innocence Althea suspects a student has problems at home, then learns one parent is dead, the other is missing. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 27, 1990 Bubba's Baby Bubba downplays the gossip that he is the father of a baby left on his doorstep; blackmail and murder surface in the search for the baby's parents. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 6, 1990 Home Is Where the Heart Is When a fundamentalist preacher is found dead, an ironclad alibi prevents Gillespie from pursuing the case against a traveling madam. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 13, 1990 An Angry Woman Althea finds a woman's death especially tragic, and Gillespie investigates whether the woman's ex-husband ran her down. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 20, 1990 Indiscretions Althea (Anne-Marie Johnson) does not know that a visiting friend (Patrice Chanel) is a fugitive from justice. With Carroll O'Connor. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 27, 1990 Night of the Killing Tempers flare over the arrest of a black man (Steve Coulter) suspected of murder. With Howard Rollins and Carroll O'Connor. Details Episode 21 Aired May 1, 1990 Citizen Trundel Chief Gillespie refuses to point out the obvious suspect in the murder of Councilwoman DeLong's sister. Details Episode 22 Aired May 8, 1990 Citizen Trundel Councilwoman DeLong ventures outside Sparta to find the powerful figure responsible for her sister's murder. Details
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Season Info

Director
E.W. Swackhamer, Paul Lynch, Mario Azzopardi, Vincent McEveety, Harry Harris, Chuck Bowman, Winrich Kolbe, Gene Reynolds, Leo Penn, Jeffrey Hayden
Executive Producer
Fred Silverman, Carroll O'Connor
Screenwriter
William Royce, Edward DeBlasio, Nancy Bond, Mark Rodgers, Cynthia Deming, Carroll O'Connor, Kim C. Friese, Rick Kelbaugh
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG (V)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 24, 1989