8.7/1070 votes#1 - A Small War (1)
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/1992
Big city crack dealers invade Sparta.Eugene witnesses the drive by shooting of a friend and his offer to help the police identify the shooters leaves Harriet frightened and angry at Bill.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Joe Gannon
8.5/1059 votes#2 - A Small War (2)
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/1992
The police wage war against the big city drug dealers who have moved into Sparta.Eugene identifies the men who murdered his friend.And Bubba is teamed with and intrigued by a lady police lieutenant from Jackson.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.3/1066 votes#3 - Brother's Keeper
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1992
Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
8.2/1064 votes#4 - A Frenzied Affair
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1992
Althea places herself in harms way trying to help one of her students, a disturbed and violent young man; after he is implicated in a murder case.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
8.2/1043 votes#5 - Discovery
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/1992
Althea has trouble dealing with the violent death of a student.Young Megan Fowler quickly finds herself yet another dangerous boyfriend and they are soon wanted by the police.
Director: Carroll O'Connor
Writer: N/A
8.5/1060 votes#6 - Random's Child
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/1992
Lana Gillespie comes to Sparta to claim her inheritance,but is stalked by a mobster who dated her mother.Meanwhile Harriet encourages Bill to talk to his daughter,but Lana doesn't seem to be interested.Officer Randy Goode helps keep the bad guys at bay by playing them a little tune on the guitar.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
7.8/1058 votes#7 - An Occupational Hazard
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/1992
A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1067 votes#8 - Last Rites
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1992
Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.2/1067 votes#9 - When the Music Stopped
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1992
Singer Eddie Larran returns to Sparta for a concert,but not everyone is a fan.An angry man insists that Eddie owes him money.And their dispute soon ends in violence.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
8.3/1051 votes#10 - Flowers from a Lady
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1993
A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
8.5/1062 votes#11 - Private Sessions
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/1993
One of Virgil's classmates from law school is arrested following the death of his former girlfriend, but the man insists that her death was the result of her relationship with her psychiatrist.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
8.1/1055 votes#12 - Judgement Day
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1993
A judge schemes to get rid of his wife after she tries to blackmail him into giving her a divorce and a generous settlement by revealing a secret from his past.
Director: Larry Hagman
Writer: N/A
8.1/1052 votes#13 - Falsely Accused
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1993
Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Joe Gannon
7.5/1051 votes#14 - A Step Removed
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1993
Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1055 votes#15 - A Deadly Affection
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/1993
A woman asks Harriet to help her get an eviction order rescinded.The chief gives Parker a new radar gun - and soon comes to regret it.Sheriff McComb requests that Gillespie and Bubba help investigate a murder.Meanwhile Lonnie and Luann search for the boy who reported the murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Joe Gannon
7.9/1051 votes#16 - The Leftover Man (1)
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1993
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
Director: Larry Hagman
Writer: N/A
7.9/1043 votes#17 - The Leftover Man (2)
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1993
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
Director: Larry Hagman
Writer: N/A
7.8/1063 votes#18 - A Dish Best Served Cold
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1993
A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
7.7/1066 votes#19 - Legacy
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/1993
A wealthy man plans to grant a promise made to a black sharecropper many years ago by giving land to the man's descendant.But his greedy son disapproves.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1060 votes#20 - Even Nice People
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1993
Corrupt developers set their sights on Lana's farm. When she refuses to sell they enlist the services of an arsonist to force her out.
Director: Carroll O'Connor
Writer: N/A
8.3/1060 votes#21 - Lake Winahatchie
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1993
Bill discovers the motivation behind a crime syndicates attempt to muscle in on Sparta and the reason they are determined to get Lana's land.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.4/1048 votes#22 - A Correct Settling
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1993
Eugene hopes a well known minister can save his father from Death Row.But someone runs the Reverend off the road on his way into town and the Sparta police try to protect him and track down his assailent.Meanwhile Harriet struggles with what her part in her ex-husbands appeal should be and is even more unsettled when Eugene demands that she break up with Bill.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night Season 6
Every episode of In the Heat of the Night Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night Season 6!
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Network:CBS
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"A Small War (1)" is the best rated episode of "In the Heat of the Night" season 6. It scored 8.7/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Joe Gannon, it aired on 10/28/1992. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Small War (2)".