In the Heat of the Night - Season 1

In the Heat of the Night - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes8
DatesMar 6, 1988 - May 3, 1988
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Episodes

Pilot (1)
Season 1Episode 160 min

Pilot (1)

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.
Mar 6, 1988
Pilot (2)
Season 1Episode 260 min

Pilot (2)

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.
Mar 6, 1988
Road Kill
Season 1Episode 360 min

Road Kill

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.
Mar 15, 1988
Fate
Season 1Episode 460 min

Fate

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.
Mar 22, 1988
Blind Spot (1)
Season 1Episode 560 min

Blind Spot (1)

A supply of cocaine, a double disappearance and Virgil's reluctance to forget a grudge are somehow linked together.

Mar 29, 1988
Blind Spot (2)
Season 1Episode 660 min

Blind Spot (2)

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.

Apr 5, 1988
A Necessary Evil
Season 1Episode 760 min

A Necessary Evil

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.
Apr 12, 1988
...And Then You Die
Season 1Episode 860 min

...And Then You Die

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.
May 3, 1988

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