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.
In the Heat of the Night (Season 5)
A Woman Much Admired 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gillespie's old flame returns to Sparta to settle some business matters and see Bill. When she is murdered he travels to Gulfport and meets his daughter Lana for the first time.
Baby for Sale 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: After Bubba's cousin adopts a baby her husband is blackmailed by the child's real parents - they want him to help them steal the payroll where he works.
Obsession 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.
Liar's Poker 0.0
Air date: 1991-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
Ruda's Awakening 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Virgil's Aunt Ruda is the only witness to a struggle between Bubba and a young robbery suspect that ends in the young mans death.But her prejudice against the police -- and Virgil clouds her memory of the incident.
Unfinished Business 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from killers sent to prevent him from testifying.
The More Thing's Change 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the man's business and his wife.
Sweet, Sweet Blues 0.0
Air date: 1991-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The lyrics to a blues song recall a murder that happened 50 years earlier.The victim - Sweet's grandfather.And the only people left with the answers are the bluesman who wrote the song and a retired sheriff.
Sparta Gold 0.0
Air date: 1991-12-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A deputy provides protection for a cotton grower who is running a pot growing operation.But the deputy makes a big mistake when he wounds Bubba's girlfriend.
An Eye for an Eye 0.0
Air date: 1991-12-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.
The Littlest Victim 0.0
Air date: 1991-12-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.
The Landlord 0.0
Air date: 1992-01-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.
Fool for Love 0.0
Air date: 1992-01-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
Love, Honor and Obey 0.0
Air date: 1992-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
Odessa 0.0
Air date: 1992-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.
A Time to Trust 0.0
Air date: 1992-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Althea fears for one of her students after her mother's boyfriend is linked to a criminal operation that has resulted in the deaths of several truckers.
By Means Most Foul 0.0
Air date: 1992-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A restaurateur and her mechanic boyfriend plot to eliminate her husband, but their scheme backfires.Gillespie takes heat over a string of mailbox bashings.And Virgil soon regrets ignoring Parker's theory regarding where the vandals would strike next.
Trundel's Will Be Done 0.0
Air date: 1992-03-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: V.J. Trundel's widow takes Harriet to court to gain custody of Eric.But Harriet is determined that her nephew will not be raised in the home of the man who ordered the murder of her sister.
Moseley's Lot 0.0
Air date: 1992-03-31
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gillespie learns that the son of an old friend is a compulsive gambler.The young man wants his father to pay off his losses.But when two gangsters show up from New Orleans to collect, his jealous sibling sees the perfect opportunity to get rid of his troubled brother.
Family Reunion 0.0
Air date: 1992-04-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.
Sanctuary 0.0
Air date: 1992-05-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A political prisoner who entered the country illegally,seeks sanctuary in a monastary.Gillespie and Tibbs find themselves at odds with Sheriff McComb when they try to help the man.
The Law on Trial 0.0
Air date: 1992-05-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.
Seasons
Episodes 8
Episodes 22
Episodes 22
Episodes 22
Episodes 22
Episodes 22
Episodes 24
Episodes 4