In the Heat of the Night

Althea is raped, but the police department find it extremely difficult to bring the suspect to justice.

Sparta police must find out why a young beauty contestant committed suicide in a case involving drugs and extortion.

A love triangle is the basis of a murder case solved by the Sparta police force.

The first woman police officer on Sparta's force is killed during a case in which Gillespie apprehends a murderer and drug dealer.

Gillespie and the Sparta police force are challenged to halt the spread of cocaine among the young people of their town.

Vigil and Gillespie reunite to uncover a plot to murder a civil rights leader.

A woman is accused of murder, but Sparta police discover she is guilty of kidnapping her 'daughter'.

Two men avenge their brother's death at the hands of Bubba.

Gillespie helps a Vietnamese boy who is involved in a murder case.

A former prizefighter tries to blackmail the Mafia.

A young boy is the unlikely murderer in a case implicating his grandfather.

A Sparta businessman shoots his wife and her lover and the police must stop him from killing himself or his children.

A citizen of Sparta is set up for theft and suicide and only his young son knows the truth that will vindicate his father's name.

The Chief believes an old woman's strange story and consequently solves a murder in a nursing home.

Sparta police follow up on a truancy case and discover evidence which incriminates a minor in her father's murder.

Someone leaves a baby at Bubba's door and when police search for the mother, they uncover a murder.

A minister is murdered during his attempt to rid Sparta of prostitution and his own sins are exposed when police solve the case.

Sparta police solve a murder case involving a family whose children are left orphaned.

After committing theft and murder, an old friend of Althea's escapes to Sparta, but meets a tragic end.

Sparta Police have to solve a difficult case when a white man is murdered in the Bottoms.

Harriet Delong opposes Gillespie in her attempt to capture the man behind her sister's murder.

Natalie's murder is avenged when Trundel commits suicide after his deeds are exposed.