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The Best Episodes of In the Heat of the Night Season 7

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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 7 Episode 1 - Child's Play
    8.7/10(72 votes)

    #1 - Child's Play

    S7:E1

    Chief Gillespie is fired by the city council and Sparta's new police chief Hampton Forbes arrives in town.Bill's last case with Sparta P.D. is a murder investigation in which a young boy has been implicated.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 2 - Hatton's Turn (1)
    8.3/10(82 votes)

    #2 - Hatton's Turn (1)

    S7:E2

    Hampton Forbes assumes the office of Chief of Police and Bill becomes the Sheriff of Newman county.Former Spartan Wade Hatton returns to Sparta hoping to make sense of his life and rekindle his relationship with Sarah Hallisey.Bubba and Covey take the new chief on a tour of Sparta and Bill takes Wade to visit some distant cousins.Meanwhile two young criminals involve a mentally handicapped young man in a terrible crime.

    Director:Carroll O'Connor
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 3 - Hatton's Turn (2)
    8.7/10(72 votes)

    #3 - Hatton's Turn (2)

    S7:E3

    Wade and Sarah try to keep young Henry from being punished for a crime he did not commit and Forbes and his officers search for the two men who are really responsible.

    Director:Carroll O'Connor
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 4 - A Depraved Heart
    9.0/10(93 votes)

    #4 - A Depraved Heart

    S7:E4

    The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 5 - Incident at Brewer's Pond
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #5 - Incident at Brewer's Pond

    S7:E5

    A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 6 - A Love Lost
    8.2/10(60 votes)

    #6 - A Love Lost

    S7:E6

    Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.

    Director:Larry Hagman
    Writer:Joe Gannon

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  7. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 7 - Singin' the Blues
    8.7/10(77 votes)

    #7 - Singin' the Blues

    S7:E7

    Luann moonlights as a singer at a nightclub and finds romance with the clubs owner.Her happiness is shortlived when she realizes that the bartender is dealing drugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 8 - Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #8 - Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law

    S7:E8

    Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 9 - Every Man's Family
    8.4/10(78 votes)

    #9 - Every Man's Family

    S7:E9

    Bubba travels to Atlanta to help his nephew after the boy overdoses on drugs.He soon teams up with a street wise cop to take down the drug ring.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 10 - A Baby Called Rocket
    8.2/10(58 votes)

    #10 - A Baby Called Rocket

    S7:E10

    A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 11 - Little Girl Lost
    8.5/10(78 votes)

    #11 - Little Girl Lost

    S7:E11

    Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.

    Director:Larry Hagman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 12 - Your Own Kind
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #12 - Your Own Kind

    S7:E12

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    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 13 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
    8.1/10(59 votes)

    #13 - Good Cop, Bad Cop

    S7:E13

    Virgil defends Parker after he is falsely accused of police brutality by a drug dealer.The prosecution's main witness - the man's girlfriend, who was once engaged to Parker.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 14 - Maybelle Returns
    7.9/10(65 votes)

    #14 - Maybelle Returns

    S7:E14

    Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Joe Gannon

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  15. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 15 - The Last Round
    7.9/10(52 votes)

    #15 - The Last Round

    S7:E15

    Forbes is delighted when his fiancee Angela comes to see him,but is disappointed when he realizes that they have very different plans for the future.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 16 - Ches and the Grand Lady
    7.8/10(73 votes)

    #16 - Ches and the Grand Lady

    S7:E16

    Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 17 - Conspiracy of One
    7.8/10(56 votes)

    #17 - Conspiracy of One

    S7:E17

    Virgil accepts a position at a prominent law firm.But as a former police officer he feels conflicting emotions when he realizes that one of their clients is guilty of murder.

    Director:Joe Gannon
    Writer:Joe Gannon

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  18. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 18 - The Rabbi
    7.2/10(64 votes)

    #18 - The Rabbi

    S7:E18

    A Rabbi returns to Sparta after many years.Racists vandalize his synagogue and soon after their Torah is stolen.Forbes investigates but the Rabbi refuses to trust Bill because of his inaction while investigating a hate crime many years ago.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Elsye O'Connor, David O'Connor

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  19. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 19 - Hard Choices
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #19 - Hard Choices

    S7:E19

    Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 20 - Time's Long Shadow
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #20 - Time's Long Shadow

    S7:E20

    Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Elsye O'Connor, David O'Connor

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  21. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 21 - Poor Relations
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #21 - Poor Relations

    S7:E21

    Comedic episode in which Parker's ne'er-do-well stepfather returns to Sparta with a new wife, a stolen painting and two inept art thieves who are determined to steal the painting back.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 22 - Dangerous Engagement
    8.7/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Dangerous Engagement

    S7:E22

    Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 23 - In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
    7.3/10(121 votes)

    #23 - In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

    S7:E23

    In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life is a film directed by Russ Mayberry released on May 11, 1994.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. In the Heat of the Night Season 7 Episode 24 - Give Me Your Life (2)
    8.3/10(84 votes)

    #24 - Give Me Your Life (2)

    S7:E24

    Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And Forbes and his men arrest a man who has been supplying drugs used to keep the cult members under control.Soon a standoff develops and the officers realize that they have no intention of surrendering.Sarah is taken hostage.As they attempt to rescue the women and children Lonnie and Parker find themselves defusing a bomb and Bubba risks his life to rescue a small child from the building.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Carroll O'Connor
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Child's Play" is the best rated episode of "In the Heat of the Night" season 7. It scored 8.7/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/16/1993. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Hatton's Turn (1)".