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

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

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  1. 8.9/10(140 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:N/A
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  2. 8.8/10(118 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Lee Maddux
  3. 8.7/10(93 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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  4. 8.6/10(103 votes)

    #4 - Family Secret

    S2:E3

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

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Nancy Bond
  5. 8.4/10(119 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. 8.3/10(89 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. 8.2/10(100 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. 8.2/10(87 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. 8.2/10(74 votes)

    #9 - Walkout

    S2:E17

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

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  11. 8.2/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Fifteen, Forever

    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.

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  12. 8.2/10(123 votes)

    #11 - Missing

    S2:E22

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  13. 8.1/10(112 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. 8.1/10(79 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. 8.1/10(75 votes)

    #14 - Tear Down the Walls

    S2:E10

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

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  16. 8.1/10(107 votes)

    #15 - A.k.a Kelly Kay

    S2:E12

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

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  17. 8.1/10(79 votes)

    #16 - These Things Take Time

    S2:E13

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  18. 8.0/10(69 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. 8.0/10(80 votes)

    #18 - The Creek

    S2:E15

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

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  20. 8.0/10(79 votes)

    #19 - Accused

    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.

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    Director:Chuck Bowman
  21. 7.7/10(82 votes)

    #20 - Ladybug, Ladybug

    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.

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  22. 7.5/10(86 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.2/10(84 votes)

    #22 - The Pig Woman of Sparta

    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.

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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 8.9/10 based on 140 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/7/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Prisoners".