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The Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night

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The Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night

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...

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  1. Background image for A Baby Called Rocket
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Baby Called Rocket

    S7:E10

    A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Pilot (1)
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    #2 - Pilot (1)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Pilot (2)
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    #3 - Pilot (2)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Leo Penn
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  4. Background image for Road Kill
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    #4 - Road Kill

    S1:E3

    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.

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  5. Background image for Fate
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    #5 - Fate

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Blind Spot (1)
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    #6 - Blind Spot (1)

    S1:E5

    Virgil refuses to let go of a grudge against a wealthy former classmate who cheated him out of a scholarship.The man has promised city leaders that he will move his business to Sparta,but not all of his business interests are legal.The nephew of an old friend of Gillespie's finds his life in danger after he steals drugs stored in the businessman's mansion.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Blind Spot (2)
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    #7 - Blind Spot (2)

    S1:E6

    An angry Gillespie seeks answers when an old friend is shot.And Virgil narrowly escapes death after trying to ascertain the real reason behind an old adversary's return to Sparta.Nan finds herself in danger after she finds out the truth about her new love.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for A Necessary Evil
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    #8 - A Necessary Evil

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for ...And Then You Die
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    #9 - ...And Then You Die

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Don't Look Back (1)
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    #10 - Don't Look Back (1)

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Don't Look Back (2)
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    #11 - Don't Look Back (2)

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Family Secret
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    #12 - Family Secret

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Nancy Bond
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  14. Background image for The Hammer and the Glove
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    #13 - The Hammer and the Glove

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - Prisoners

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Lee Maddux
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  16. Background image for Hot Nights
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    #15 - Hot Nights

    S2:E6

    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.

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  17. Background image for Gunshots
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    #16 - Gunshots

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Country Mouse, City Mouse
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    #17 - Country Mouse, City Mouse

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Stranger in Town
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    #18 - Stranger in Town

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Tear Down the Walls
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    #19 - Tear Down the Walls

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for A Trip Upstate
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    #20 - A Trip Upstate

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for A.k.a Kelly Kay
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    #21 - A.k.a Kelly Kay

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for These Things Take Time
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    #22 - These Things Take Time

    S2:E13

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  24. Background image for Intruders
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    #23 - Intruders

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Creek
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    #24 - The Creek

    S2:E15

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

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  26. Background image for Sister, Sister
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    #25 - Sister, Sister

    S2:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"A Baby Called Rocket" is the best rated episode of "In the Heat of the Night". It scored 2/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/25/1993. This episode scored 2.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot (1)".