In the Heat of the Night (1988)

Tuesday, July 16

Your Own Kind

Season 7 • Episode 12

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

Tuesday, July 16

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Season 7 • Episode 13

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

Tuesday, July 16

Maybelle Returns

Season 7 • Episode 14

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

Tuesday, July 16

The Last Round

Season 7 • Episode 15

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

Wednesday, July 17

Ches and the Grand Lady

Season 7 • Episode 16

Someone threatens the life of Sparta blues singer Ches Collins.

Wednesday, July 17

Dangerous Engagement

Season 7 • Episode 22

Harriet and Bill become targets of a crazed gunman on the eve of their wedding.

Wednesday, July 17

The Creek

Season 2 • Episode 15

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

Wednesday, July 17

Sister, Sister

Season 2 • Episode 16

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

Wednesday, July 17

Walkout

Season 2 • Episode 17

An ambitious councilman won't support black workers who crossed an all-white picket line.

Wednesday, July 17

Conspiracy of One

Season 7 • Episode 17

Attorney Virgil Tibbs is caught between a client and the certainty that the man murdered his wife.

Wednesday, July 17

The Rabbi

Season 7 • Episode 18

A rabbi returns to Sparta, his hometown, and faces anti-Semitism.

Wednesday, July 17

Hard Choices

Season 7 • Episode 19

Harriet DeLong's son Eugene witnesses a robbery in which a store owner is wounded.

Wednesday, July 17

Time's Long Shadow

Season 7 • Episode 20

Harriet tries to stop construction at a site where pre-Civil War artifacts have been found.

Thursday, July 18

Poor Relations

Season 7 • Episode 21

Parker's stepfather returns, pursued by murderous art thieves.

Thursday, July 18

Pilot

Season 1 • Episode 1

Bill Gillespie is reunited with Virgil Tibbs in Sparta, Miss.

Thursday, July 18

Accused

Season 2 • Episode 18

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

Thursday, July 18

Fifteen Forever

Season 2 • Episode 19

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

Thursday, July 18

Ladybug, Ladybug

Season 2 • Episode 20

Tibbs searches for an arsonist under the scrutiny of acting police chief Dugan.

Thursday, July 18

Dangerous Engagement

Season 7 • Episode 22

Harriet and Bill become targets of a crazed gunman on the eve of their wedding.

Thursday, July 18

Pilot

Season 1 • Episode 1

A high-school girl's murder is investigated by Gillespie and Tubbs.

Thursday, July 18

Road Kill

Season 1 • Episode 3

Gillespie and Tibbs have conflicting suspicions about a woman's murder.

Friday, July 19

Fate

Season 1 • Episode 4

A black businessman bids for the town's newspaper amid rumors that he is romancing its publisher.

Friday, July 19

Pilot

Season 1 • Episode 2

A high-school girl's murder is investigated by Gillespie and Tubbs.

Friday, July 19

The Pigwoman of Sparta

Season 2 • Episode 21

A local eccentric is linked to dismembered skeletons found on a rich recluse's estate.

Friday, July 19

Rape

Season 3 • Episode 1

An acquaintance rapes Althea, but police don't have enough evidence to prosecute.

Friday, July 19

The Fairest of Them All

Season 3 • Episode 2

The investigation of a beauty contestant's death uncovers extortion and overambition.

Friday, July 19

Blind Spot

Season 1 • Episode 5

Seemingly random events become connected when Gillespie's friend is shot.

Friday, July 19

Blind Spot

Season 1 • Episode 6

Though Tibbs was nearly killed, Gillespie still can't prove Epson is a drug trafficker.

Friday, July 19

A Necessary Evil

Season 1 • Episode 7

A man's six wives become murder suspects when he dies of food poisoning.

Friday, July 19

And Then You Die ...

Season 1 • Episode 8

An escaped killer and his girlfriend take Althea and a child hostage to ensure a getaway.

Saturday, July 20

Family Secrets

Season 2 • Episode 3

A woman's (Susan Blakely) claim she murdered her father because of incest shocks Gillespie.

Sunday, July 21

The Littlest Victim

Season 5 • Episode 11

A robbery suspect threatens the lives of a boozing woman (Denise Miller) and her infant.

Sunday, July 21

The Landlord

Season 5 • Episode 12

Gillespie is leery of the evidence in the murder of an abusive landlord.

Sunday, July 21

Fool for Love

Season 5 • Episode 13

Tibbs and Gillespie suspect a doctor who made his girlfriend the prime suspect in his wife's murder.

Sunday, July 21

Love, Honor and Obey

Season 5 • Episode 14

A mugging investigation uncovers the plight of an abused wife.

Sunday, July 21

Odessa

Season 5 • Episode 15

The honoring of Sparta's first black woman voter may touch off a racial incident.

Sunday, July 21

A Time to Trust

Season 5 • Episode 16

Virgil tries to gather evidence on a drug dealer connected to a student of Althea's.

Sunday, July 21

Don't Look Back

Season 2 • Episode 1

Gillespie is stalked by a killer who re-created a bizarre 20-year-old murder.

Sunday, July 21

The Hammer and the Glove

Season 2 • Episode 4

Several murders occur while Tibbs' former partner is visiting.

Sunday, July 21

Prisoners

Season 2 • Episode 5

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

Sunday, July 21

Hot Nights

Season 2 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, July 21

Gunshots

Season 2 • Episode 7

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

Sunday, July 21

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.

Sunday, July 21

Stranger in Town

Season 2 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, July 21

Tear Down the Walls

Season 2 • Episode 10

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

Sunday, July 21

A Trip Upstate

Season 2 • Episode 11

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

Monday, July 22

Road Kill

Season 1 • Episode 3

Gillespie and Tibbs have conflicting suspicions about a woman's murder.

Monday, July 22

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 22

Murder Most Ancient

Season 3 • Episode 3

Gillespie investigates the murder of a man by his wife and her lover.

Monday, July 22

First Girl

Season 3 • Episode 4

Gillespie feels responsible for the death of his first black policewoman.

Monday, July 22

Crackdown

Season 3 • Episode 5

Sweet tries to save a 14-year-old crack addict and jail her supplier.

Tuesday, July 23

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 23

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 23

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 23

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 23

Fate

Season 1 • Episode 4

A black businessman bids for the town's newspaper amid rumors that he is romancing its publisher.

Tuesday, July 23

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 23

Anniversary

Season 3 • Episode 6

Gillespie investigates Dugan's murder and impedes the visit of an endangered civil rights leader.

Tuesday, July 23

Time of the Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 7

Parker has a crush on a dance teacher linked to an unsolved death.

Tuesday, July 23

Vengeance

Season 3 • Episode 8

The widow and brothers of a man Bubba killed during a holdup seek revenge.

Wednesday, July 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 24

Blind Spot

Season 1 • Episode 5

Seemingly random events become connected when Gillespie's friend is shot.

Wednesday, July 24

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 24

My Name Is Hank

Season 3 • Episode 9

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

Wednesday, July 24

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.

Wednesday, July 24

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.

Thursday, July 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, July 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, July 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, July 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, July 25

Blind Spot

Season 1 • Episode 6

Though Tibbs was nearly killed, Gillespie still can't prove Epson is a drug trafficker.

Thursday, July 25

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, July 25

Triangle

Season 3 • Episode 12

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

Thursday, July 25

Hello in There

Season 3 • Episode 13

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

Thursday, July 25

December Days

Season 3 • Episode 14

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

Friday, July 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, July 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, July 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, July 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, July 26

A Necessary Evil

Season 1 • Episode 7

A man's six wives become murder suspects when he dies of food poisoning.

Friday, July 26

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, July 26

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.

Friday, July 26

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.

Friday, July 26

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.

Saturday, July 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, July 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, July 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, July 27

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

By Means Most Foul

Season 5 • Episode 17

A suspected revenge bombing may be a smoke screen for a restaurateur's insurance scam.

Sunday, July 28

Trundel's Will Be Done

Season 5 • Episode 18

A wealthy widow claims Harriet DeLong's nephew, saying her husband fathered him.

Sunday, July 28

Moseley's Lot

Season 5 • Episode 19

A man comes to his son's rescue when the lad is caught gambling with someone else's money.

Sunday, July 28

Family Reunion

Season 5 • Episode 20

An ex-convict learns his wife has spent his cache of stolen cash.

Sunday, July 28

Sanctuary

Season 5 • Episode 21

Gillespie and Tibbs try to prevent a political refugee's extradition.

Sunday, July 28

The Law on Trial

Season 5 • Episode 22

The sheriff argues that Tibbs and Gillespie's obstruction of justice led to Salazar's death.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Sunday, July 28

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

And Then You Die ...

Season 1 • Episode 8

An escaped killer and his girlfriend take Althea and a child hostage to ensure a getaway.

Monday, July 29

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Monday, July 29

An Angry Woman

Season 3 • Episode 18

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

Monday, July 29

Indiscretions

Season 3 • Episode 19

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

Monday, July 29

Night of the Killing

Season 3 • Episode 20

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

Tuesday, July 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 30

Don't Look Back

Season 2 • Episode 1

Gillespie is stalked by a killer who re-created a bizarre 20-year-old murder.

Tuesday, July 30

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Tuesday, July 30

Citizen Trundel

Season 3 • Episode 22

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

Tuesday, July 30

... 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, July 30

Hearts of Gold

Season 4 • Episode 6

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

Wednesday, July 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 31

Don't Look Back

Season 2 • Episode 2

As Tibbs and Gillespie fight for control of the department, a murderer stalks Gillespie.

Wednesday, July 31

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Wednesday, July 31

Quick Fix

Season 4 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, July 31

Homecoming

Season 4 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, July 31

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.

Thursday, August 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, August 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, August 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, August 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, August 1

Family Secrets

Season 2 • Episode 3

A woman's (Susan Blakely) claim she murdered her father because of incest shocks Gillespie.

Thursday, August 1

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Thursday, August 1

A Final Arrangement

Season 4 • Episode 10

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

Thursday, August 1

Family Matters

Season 4 • Episode 11

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

Thursday, August 1

Bounty Hunter

Season 4 • Episode 12

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

Friday, August 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, August 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, August 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, August 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, August 2

The Hammer and the Glove

Season 2 • Episode 4

Several murders occur while Tibbs' former partner is visiting.

Friday, August 2

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Friday, August 2

Blessings

Season 4 • Episode 13

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

Friday, August 2

Shine on Sparta Moon

Season 4 • Episode 14

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

Friday, August 2

Execution of Trust

Season 4 • Episode 15

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

Saturday, August 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, August 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, August 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.

Saturday, August 3

Investigators tackle difficult cases.