In the Heat of the Night (Staffel 2)

In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.

  • Poster for Don't Look Back (1)

    Don't Look Back (1) (Folge 1) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1988-12-04

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past.Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that Virgil should become the Chief.The situation becomes more tense after Virgil criticizes Parker and Bubba's actions.

  • Poster for Don't Look Back (2)

    Don't Look Back (2) (Folge 2) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1988-12-04

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.

  • Poster for Family Secret

    Family Secret (Folge 3) 8.0

    Autor: Nancy Bond

    Sendedatum: 1988-12-06

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.

  • Poster for The Hammer and the Glove

    The Hammer and the Glove (Folge 4) 9.0

    Sendedatum: 1988-12-13

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Virgil is delighted when Matthew his former partner from Philidelphia comes to visit.But he soon learns his friend has another purpose for coming to Sparta.Althea is uncomfortable because she and Matthew were romantically involved before she met Virgil and she realizes that he is unwilling to accept the fact that she chose Virgil over him.Meanwhile the F.B.I. enlist Sparta P.D.'s aid in hiding a witness.

  • Poster for Prisoners

    Prisoners (Folge 5) 8.0

    Autor: Lee Maddux

    Sendedatum: 1988-12-20

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a young man that Sweet was friends with in high school.

  • Poster for Hot Nights

    Hot Nights (Folge 6) 7.0

    Autor: Mark Edward Edens

    Sendedatum: 1988-12-27

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Bubba is seduced by an alluring writer who has more on her mind than romance.Bill and Virgil worry that he is in over his head.Bubba tries to protect her from her estranged husband, but things get complicated after she shoots someone.

  • Poster for Gunshots

    Gunshots (Folge 7) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-01-03

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery.He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, after he realizes the person he shot was a teenaged girl - and no one can locate the gun he believed she was pointing at him.

  • Poster for Country Mouse, City Mouse

    Country Mouse, City Mouse (Folge 8) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-01-10

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee.

  • Poster for Stranger in Town

    Stranger in Town (Folge 9) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-01-17

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Gillespie suspects that JoAnn's new cook is connected to the murder of a young prostitute.But Virgil suspects the culprit maybe a local pimp who has been intimidating the women.

  • Poster for Tear Down the Walls

    Tear Down the Walls (Folge 10) 9.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-01-31

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.

  • Poster for A Trip Upstate

    A Trip Upstate (Folge 11) 10.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-02-07

    Laufzeit: 47 min

    Übersicht: In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death.

  • Poster for A.k.a Kelly Kay

    A.k.a Kelly Kay (Folge 12) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-02-14

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.

  • Poster for These Things Take Time

    These Things Take Time (Folge 13) 7.0

    Autor: Lee Maddux

    Sendedatum: 1989-02-21

    Laufzeit: 48 min

  • Poster for Intruders

    Intruders (Folge 14) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-03-07

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.

  • Poster for The Creek

    The Creek (Folge 15) 8.0

    Autor: Jo William Phillip

    Sendedatum: 1989-03-14

    Laufzeit: 47 min

    Übersicht: The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.

  • Poster for Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister (Folge 16) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-03-21

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: A vivacious socialites return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less than thrilled at her homecoming.After their father is poisoned the jealous siblings become suspects in his murder.

  • Poster for Walkout

    Walkout (Folge 17) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-03-28

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.

  • Poster for Accused

    Accused (Folge 18) 8.0

    Autor: James Novack

    Sendedatum: 1989-04-04

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious district attorney who plans to use the case to further his career.

  • Poster for Fifteen, Forever

    Fifteen, Forever (Folge 19) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-04-25

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: Sparta grieves after a drunk driver causes a fatal crash with high school cheerleaders on their way home from a game.While the officers try to find other driver, Althea tries to help the victim's families deal with their loss. The accident brings back painful memories for retired officer Tom Dugan.Meanwhile, district attorney Dutton accuses the department of being inadequate.

  • Poster for Ladybug, Ladybug

    Ladybug, Ladybug (Folge 20) 8.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-05-02

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in one of the fires.And Councilwoman White stirs things up by appointing Tom Dugan acting chief of police in Gillespie's absence.

  • Poster for The Pig Woman of Sparta

    The Pig Woman of Sparta (Folge 21) 9.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-05-09

    Laufzeit: 48 min

    Übersicht: It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers to as ""Sparta's Howard Hughes"". Suspicion immediately falls on an eccentric woman who lives in the woods with her pigs and chases away trespassers with a shotgun.The officers ask the landowner's disturbed son for help and Bubba is surprised to find that a woman he attended high school with is working as the man's ""nurse"".Also Parker and Sweet compete with one another to solve the case.

  • Poster for Missing

    Missing (Folge 22) 10.0

    Sendedatum: 1989-05-16

    Laufzeit: 48 min

In the Heat of the Night - Movie poster from The Movie Database (TMDB)

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