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In the Heat of the Night•Season 5•Episode 17

By Means Most Foul

8.3/10 · 75 votesFeb 25, 199260 min

Ranked #8 of 22 in Season 5•matches the season avg

A restaurateur and her mechanic boyfriend plot to eliminate her husband, but their scheme backfires.Gillespie takes heat over a string of mailbox bashings.And Virgil soon regrets ignoring Parker's theory regarding where the vandals would strike next.

Directed byRuss Mayberry

Written byJoe Gannon

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Cast9

Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor

Bill Gillespie

Howard Rollins

Howard Rollins

Virgil Tibbs

Alan Autry

Alan Autry

Bubba Skinner

Anne-Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson

Althea Tibbs

David Hart

David Hart

Parker Williams

Geoffrey Thorne

Geoffrey Thorne

Wilson Sweet

Hugh O'Connor

Hugh O'Connor

Lonnie Jamison

Crystal R. Fox

Crystal R. Fox

Luann Corbin

Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas

Harriet DeLong

Crew2

J

Joe Gannon

Writer

Russ Mayberry

Russ Mayberry

Director

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Episode Summary

"By Means Most Foul" is episode 17 of In the Heat of the Night season 5. It scored 8.3/10 from 75 votes, ranking #8 of 22 episodes this season (season average 8.3). Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Joe Gannon, it aired on February 25, 1992.

Next: E18 · Trundel's Will Be Done Best of Season 5