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The Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night Season 2

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 11 - A Trip Upstate
    9.0/10(188 votes)

    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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  2. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 5 - Prisoners
    8.8/10(152 votes)

    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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  3. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 1 - Don't Look Back (1)
    8.5/10(156 votes)

    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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  4. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 2 - Don't Look Back (2)
    8.5/10(128 votes)

    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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  5. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 3 - Family Secret
    8.5/10(141 votes)

    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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  6. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 7 - Gunshots
    8.3/10(133 votes)

    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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  7. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 9 - Stranger in Town
    8.3/10(109 votes)

    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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  8. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 13 - These Things Take Time
    8.3/10(108 votes)

    S2:E13

    No description available

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Lee Maddux, Mark Edward Edens

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  9. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 17 - Walkout
    8.3/10(105 votes)

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 22 - Missing
    8.3/10(161 votes)

    S2:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 4 - The Hammer and the Glove
    8.2/10(135 votes)

    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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  12. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 10 - Tear Down the Walls
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    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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  13. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 15 - The Creek
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Jo William Phillip

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  14. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 16 - Sister, Sister
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    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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  15. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 19 - Fifteen, Forever
    8.2/10(145 votes)

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 8 - Country Mouse, City Mouse
    8.1/10(148 votes)

    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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  17. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 12 - A.k.a Kelly Kay
    8.1/10(139 votes)

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 14 - Intruders
    8.1/10(100 votes)

    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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  19. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 18 - Accused
    8.1/10(115 votes)

    S2:E18

    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.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:James Novack

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  20. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 6 - Hot Nights
    7.8/10(117 votes)

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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  21. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 20 - Ladybug, Ladybug
    7.6/10(114 votes)

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episode 21 - The Pig Woman of Sparta
    7.4/10(114 votes)

    S2:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"A Trip Upstate" is the best rated episode of "In the Heat of the Night" season 2. It scored 9/10 based on 188 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/7/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Prisoners".