Denise Nicholas as Harriet DeLong
Episodes 116
Fairest of Them All
Virgil struggles to help Althea after she is raped by a fellow teacher.Darnell does not think they can get a conviction because the man's wife has given him an alibi.Virgil tries to control his anger - until the man returns to intimidate Althea.And Gillespie tries to convince the wife to tell the truth.
Read MoreMurder Most Ancient
A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.
Read MoreFirst Girl
An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.
Read MoreAnniversary
Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.
Read MoreTime of the Stranger
After a private investigator searching for a missing child is found dead, the evidence points to a local dance teacher - a neighbor that Parker has become very fond of.
Read MoreMy Name is Hank
A young refugee claims to be the son of a Sparta cop who died in the war.But quickly becomes a suspect in a murder/robbery after he accepts a ride with the criminals who actually committed the crime.Gillespie looks into his story, while Virgil and the boys track down the shooter.Meanwhile, the young mans presence triggers a surprisingly bitter reaction from Parker, who views him as a painful reminder of the war.
Read MoreKing's Ransom
The F.B.I. tries to talk an ex-boxer into testifying against a mobster he once worked for, but the fighter sees the situation as an opportunity for blackmail.
Read MoreEpitaph for a Lady
A long time friend of the Chief makes threats against a doctor he believes is responsible for his wife's death .When the doctor is killed he becomes the prime suspect.But Gillespie doubts his guilt - even after he confesses.
Read MoreHello in There
Bubba refuses to believe that a former teamate embezzled funds from the bank where he worked.And sets out to prove that his friend was framed and murdered.Harriet hopes that art therapy can help the man's traumatized son,who becomes a target himself when the killer realizes he witnessed the crime.
Read MoreDecember Days
The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.
Read MoreA Loss of Innocence
Darnell plans on indicting a teenager for murder after her father is found in the basement and her mother turns up missing.But Gillespie and his men don't believe she is guilty.
Read MoreBubba's Baby
Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.
Read MoreHome is Where The Heart Is
Maybelle the madam returns to Sparta with her "" nieces "".And sets up shop just out of Gillespie's jurisdiction.Her return is not without controversy and soon one of her most vocal critics is found murdered.
Read MoreAn Angry Woman
First the mother,then the father of two young children are murdered.Althea takes responsibility for the children. The killings appear to be related to a shady trucking firm.
Read MoreIndiscretions
Althea does not realize that an old friend from Philly is hiding a dark secret, nor does Sweet who has fallen in love with the woman.
Read MoreNight of the Killing
Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.
Read MoreCitizen Trundel (1)
Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.
Read MoreCitizen Trundel (2)
Harriet's efforts to bring V.J. Trundel to trial are fruitless.The Chief does not believe they will ever get enough evidence to get an indictment,so he tries another method to bring Trundel to justice.
Read MoreBrotherly Love (1)
Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
Read MoreBrotherly Love (2)
Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
Read MoreLessons Learned
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.
Read MorePerversions of Justice
A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
Read MoreAnd Justice For Some
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.
Read MoreHearts of Gold
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.
Read MoreHomecoming
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.
Read MoreA Problem Too Personal
Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
Read MoreA Final Arrangement
Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
Read MoreFamily Matters
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.
Read MoreBounty Hunter
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.
Read MoreShine on Sparta Moon
A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
Read MoreExecution of Trust
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.
Read MoreChild of Promise
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.
Read MorePaper Castles
Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
Read MoreFirst Deadly Sin
A serial rapist stalks Sparta.
Read MoreJust A Country Boy
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.
Read MoreLaid to Waste
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
Read MoreNo Other Road
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.
Read MoreA Woman Much Admired
Gillespie's old flame returns to Sparta to settle some business matters and see Bill. When she is murdered he travels to Gulfport and meets his daughter Lana for the first time.
Read MoreBaby for Sale
After Bubba's cousin adopts a baby her husband is blackmailed by the child's real parents - they want him to help them steal the payroll where he works.
Read MoreLiar's Poker
A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
Read MoreRuda's Awakening
Virgil's Aunt Ruda is the only witness to a struggle between Bubba and a young robbery suspect that ends in the young mans death.But her prejudice against the police -- and Virgil clouds her memory of the incident.
Read MoreUnfinished Business
Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from killers sent to prevent him from testifying.
Read MoreThe More Thing's Change
A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the man's business and his wife.
Read MoreSweet, Sweet Blues
The lyrics to a blues song recall a murder that happened 50 years earlier.The victim - Sweet's grandfather.And the only people left with the answers are the bluesman who wrote the song and a retired sheriff.
Read MoreSparta Gold
A deputy provides protection for a cotton grower who is running a pot growing operation.But the deputy makes a big mistake when he wounds Bubba's girlfriend.
Read MoreAn Eye for an Eye
The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.
Read MoreThe Littlest Victim
Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.
Read MoreThe Landlord
A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.
Read MoreFool for Love
A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
Read MoreLove, Honor and Obey
Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
Read MoreA Time to Trust
Althea fears for one of her students after her mother's boyfriend is linked to a criminal operation that has resulted in the deaths of several truckers.
Read MoreBy Means Most Foul
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.
Read MoreTrundel's Will Be Done
V.J. Trundel's widow takes Harriet to court to gain custody of Eric.But Harriet is determined that her nephew will not be raised in the home of the man who ordered the murder of her sister.
Read MoreMoseley's Lot
Gillespie learns that the son of an old friend is a compulsive gambler.The young man wants his father to pay off his losses.But when two gangsters show up from New Orleans to collect, his jealous sibling sees the perfect opportunity to get rid of his troubled brother.
Read MoreFamily Reunion
An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.
Read MoreThe Law on Trial
Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.
Read MoreA Small War (1)
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.
Read MoreA Small War (2)
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.
Read MoreBrother's Keeper
Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.
Read MoreA Frenzied Affair
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.
Read MoreRandom's Child
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.
Read MoreAn Occupational Hazard
A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
Read MoreLast Rites
Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.
Read MoreWhen the Music Stopped
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.
Read MoreFlowers from a Lady
A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.
Read MorePrivate Sessions
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.
Read MoreJudgement Day
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.
Read MoreFalsely Accused
Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.
Read MoreA Step Removed
Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.
Read MoreA Deadly Affection
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.
Read MoreThe Leftover Man (1)
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
Read MoreThe Leftover Man (2)
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
Read MoreA Dish Best Served Cold
A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.
Read MoreEven Nice People
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.
Read MoreLake Winahatchie
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.
Read MoreA Correct Settling
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.
Read MoreChild's Play
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.
Read MoreHatton's Turn (1)
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.
Read MoreHatton's Turn (2)
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.
Read MoreA Depraved Heart
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
Read MoreIncident at Brewer's Pond
A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.
Read MoreA Love Lost
Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.
Read MoreA Baby Called Rocket
A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.
Read MoreSingin' the Blues
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.
Read MoreVirgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.
Read MoreEvery Man's Family
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.
Read MoreLittle Girl Lost
Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.
Read MoreYour Own Kind
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Good Cop, Bad Cop
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.
Read MoreMaybelle Returns
Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.
Read MoreThe Last Round
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.
Read MoreChes and the Grand Lady
Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.
Read MoreConspiracy of One
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.
Read MoreHard Choices
Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.
Read MoreTime's Long Shadow
Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.
Read MorePoor Relations
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.
Read MoreDangerous Engagement
Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.
Read MoreIn the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
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Read MoreGive Me Your Life (2)
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.
Read MoreIn the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
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Read MoreWho Was Geli Bendl ?
A famous Italian actress returns to Sparta to take care of some unfinished business and rescue her younger sister from a life of drugs and poverty.
Read MoreBy Duty Bound
Acting Sheriff Gillespie must decide whether he should run for sheriff or retire from law enforcement.It soon becomes apparent that the other candidate is corrupt and dangerous.
Read MoreGrow Old Along with Me
Ex-cop Tom Harwood's happiness with his new bride is threatened by an old flame who sees an opportunity for blackmail.
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