Ranked #5 of 8 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg
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
Carroll O'Connor
Bill Gillespie
Howard Rollins
Virgil Tibbs
Alan Autry
Bubba Skinner
Anne-Marie Johnson
Althea Tibbs
David Hart
Parker Williams
Geoffrey Thorne
Wilson Sweet
Hugh O'Connor
Lonnie Jamison
Christian LeBlanc
Junior Abernathy
Kathy McCormick
Writer
Richard Fielder
Writer
Leo Penn
Director
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"Road Kill" is episode 3 of In the Heat of the Night season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 176 votes, ranking #5 of 8 episodes this season (season average 8.3). Directed by Leo Penn and written by Kathy McCormick, Richard Fielder, it aired on March 15, 1988.
