8.6/1088 votes#1 - Brotherly Love (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1990
Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.5/1082 votes#2 - Brotherly Love (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1990
Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.1/1082 votes#3 - Lessons Learned
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1990
Gillespie sends Parker to confirm suspicions that a local truck stop is really a front for a prostitution business.When a young prostitute is found dead Gillespie is shocked at her fathers reaction.Parker is dismayed when he recognizes one of the ladies.
Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi
Writer: N/A
8.7/1082 votes#4 - Perversions of Justice
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1990
A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Robert Bielak
9.0/1099 votes#5 - And Justice For Some
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1990
Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.1/1063 votes#6 - Hearts of Gold
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1990
Bubba is reunited with his high school sweetheart, but his happiness is short lived after she resorts to murder to silence an attorney who was threatening to stop her from inheriting her late husband's estate.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
8.1/1061 votes#7 - Quick Fix
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1990
The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
8.1/1061 votes#8 - Homecoming
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1990
A lawyer has personal reasons for trying to gain early release for a man who was sent to prison after an accident he caused while drinking and driving.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1060 votes#9 - A Problem Too Personal
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1990
Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
8.4/1059 votes#10 - A Final Arrangement
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1990
Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
7.6/1061 votes#11 - Family Matters
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1990
Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a string of burglaries that result in murder.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
8.3/1069 votes#12 - Bounty Hunter
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1990
Gillespie receives word that a former Spartan is wanted for the murder of a socialite in Houston.But a ruthless bounty hunter, sent by the victim's jealous husband is already in Sparta and sees the man's sister as a means to locate his quarry.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
8.0/1067 votes#13 - Blessings
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1990
In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.
Director: David Soul
Writer: N/A
8.2/1073 votes#14 - Shine on Sparta Moon
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1991
A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Robert Bielak
7.7/1065 votes#15 - Execution of Trust
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1991
A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be executed for, but she refuses to divulge his identity.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
8.2/1080 votes#16 - Child of Promise
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1991
A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.8/1060 votes#17 - Paper Castles
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1991
Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Arthur Bernard Lewis
8.3/1082 votes#18 - Laid to Waste
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/26/1991
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
8.2/1067 votes#19 - First Deadly Sin
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1991
A serial rapist stalks Sparta.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1069 votes#20 - Just A Country Boy
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1991
Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with a pretty insurance investigator to solve the crime.
Director: Carroll O'Connor
Writer: N/A
7.6/1052 votes#21 - No Other Road
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/26/1991
Harriet tries to keep Eugene from giving up when his father faces the death penalty.And the police search for three suspects in connection to a robbery/murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1057 votes#22 - A Turning
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/1991
Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil finds himself in danger when they arrest the man who committed the crime.
Director: N/A
Writer: Joe Gannon
The Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night Season 4
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Network:CBS
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Brotherly Love (1)" is the best rated episode of "In the Heat of the Night" season 4. It scored 8.6/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1990. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Brotherly Love (2)".