Carroll O'Connor como Bill Gillespie
Episódios 146
A.k.a Kelly Kay
The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.
Ler MaisPilot (1)
Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie - who resents having an officer hired without his approval.Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force.Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell.
Ler MaisRoad Kill
The affair between the husband of a wealthy woman and her distant cousin leads to her murder. Virgil immediately suspects the pair.But he has a difficult time persuading Gillespie, who is a long time friend of the man and Bubba, who has been seeing the cousin.Bubba and Virgil clash again and Virgil is frustrated when the Chief rejects his theory about the crime.
Ler MaisBlind Spot (1)
Virgil refuses to let go of a grudge against a wealthy former classmate who cheated him out of a scholarship.The man has promised city leaders that he will move his business to Sparta,but not all of his business interests are legal.The nephew of an old friend of Gillespie's finds his life in danger after he steals drugs stored in the businessman's mansion.
Ler MaisBlind Spot (2)
An angry Gillespie seeks answers when an old friend is shot.And Virgil narrowly escapes death after trying to ascertain the real reason behind an old adversary's return to Sparta.Nan finds herself in danger after she finds out the truth about her new love.
Ler MaisA Necessary Evil
In this humorous episode Virgil and the Chief arrest a man for bigamy.It soon becomes a polygamy case after an endless parade of wives come to visit their husband.
Ler Mais...And Then You Die
The Sparta police search for a killer and his girlfriend.But the case becomes personal when they take Althea and the grandson of one of the victims hostage.
Ler MaisDon't Look Back (1)
A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past.Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that Virgil should become the Chief.The situation becomes more tense after Virgil criticizes Parker and Bubba's actions.
Ler MaisDon't Look Back (2)
Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.
Ler MaisFamily Secret
The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.
Ler MaisThe Hammer and the Glove
Virgil is delighted when Matthew his former partner from Philidelphia comes to visit.But he soon learns his friend has another purpose for coming to Sparta.Althea is uncomfortable because she and Matthew were romantically involved before she met Virgil and she realizes that he is unwilling to accept the fact that she chose Virgil over him.Meanwhile the F.B.I. enlist Sparta P.D.'s aid in hiding a witness.
Ler MaisHot Nights
Bubba is seduced by an alluring writer who has more on her mind than romance.Bill and Virgil worry that he is in over his head.Bubba tries to protect her from her estranged husband, but things get complicated after she shoots someone.
Ler MaisThese Things Take Time
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Country Mouse, City Mouse
Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee.
Ler MaisStranger in Town
Gillespie suspects that JoAnn's new cook is connected to the murder of a young prostitute.But Virgil suspects the culprit maybe a local pimp who has been intimidating the women.
Ler MaisTear Down the Walls
A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.
Ler MaisA Trip Upstate
In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death.
Ler MaisSister, Sister
A vivacious socialites return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less than thrilled at her homecoming.After their father is poisoned the jealous siblings become suspects in his murder.
Ler MaisFifteen, Forever
Sparta grieves after a drunk driver causes a fatal crash with high school cheerleaders on their way home from a game.While the officers try to find other driver, Althea tries to help the victim's families deal with their loss. The accident brings back painful memories for retired officer Tom Dugan.Meanwhile, district attorney Dutton accuses the department of being inadequate.
Ler MaisLadybug, Ladybug
With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in one of the fires.And Councilwoman White stirs things up by appointing Tom Dugan acting chief of police in Gillespie's absence.
Ler MaisThe Pig Woman of Sparta
It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers to as ""Sparta's Howard Hughes"". Suspicion immediately falls on an eccentric woman who lives in the woods with her pigs and chases away trespassers with a shotgun.The officers ask the landowner's disturbed son for help and Bubba is surprised to find that a woman he attended high school with is working as the man's ""nurse"".Also Parker and Sweet compete with one another to solve the case.
Ler MaisMissing
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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.
Ler MaisMurder Most Ancient
A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.
Ler MaisFirst Girl
An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.
Ler MaisAnniversary
Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.
Ler MaisTime 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.
Ler MaisMy 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.
Ler MaisKing'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.
Ler MaisEpitaph 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.
Ler MaisHello 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.
Ler MaisDecember Days
The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisBubba's Baby
Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.
Ler MaisHome 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.
Ler MaisAn 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.
Ler MaisIndiscretions
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.
Ler MaisNight of the Killing
Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.
Ler MaisCitizen Trundel (1)
Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.
Ler MaisCitizen 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.
Ler MaisBrotherly Love (1)
Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
Ler MaisBrotherly Love (2)
Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
Ler MaisLessons 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.
Ler MaisPerversions of Justice
A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
Ler MaisAnd 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.
Ler MaisHearts 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.
Ler MaisHomecoming
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.
Ler MaisA Problem Too Personal
Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
Ler MaisA Final Arrangement
Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
Ler MaisFamily 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.
Ler MaisBounty 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.
Ler MaisShine on Sparta Moon
A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
Ler MaisExecution 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.
Ler MaisChild 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.
Ler MaisPaper Castles
Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
Ler MaisFirst Deadly Sin
A serial rapist stalks Sparta.
Ler MaisJust 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.
Ler MaisLaid to Waste
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
Ler MaisNo 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.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisBaby 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.
Ler MaisLiar's Poker
A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
Ler MaisRuda'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.
Ler MaisUnfinished 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.
Ler MaisThe 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.
Ler MaisSweet, 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.
Ler MaisSparta 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.
Ler MaisAn Eye for an Eye
The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.
Ler MaisThe Littlest Victim
Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.
Ler MaisThe Landlord
A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.
Ler MaisFool for Love
A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
Ler MaisLove, Honor and Obey
Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisBy 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.
Ler MaisTrundel'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.
Ler MaisMoseley'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.
Ler MaisFamily Reunion
An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.
Ler MaisThe Law on Trial
Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisBrother's Keeper
Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisRandom'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.
Ler MaisAn Occupational Hazard
A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
Ler MaisLast Rites
Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.
Ler MaisWhen 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.
Ler MaisFlowers from a Lady
A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.
Ler MaisPrivate 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.
Ler MaisJudgement 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.
Ler MaisFalsely Accused
Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.
Ler MaisA Step Removed
Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisThe Leftover Man (1)
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
Ler MaisThe Leftover Man (2)
A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
Ler MaisA Dish Best Served Cold
A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.
Ler MaisEven 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.
Ler MaisLake 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.
Ler MaisA 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.
Ler MaisChild'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.
Ler MaisHatton'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.
Ler MaisHatton'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.
Ler MaisA Depraved Heart
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
Ler MaisIncident at Brewer's Pond
A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.
Ler MaisA Love Lost
Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.
Ler MaisA Baby Called Rocket
A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.
Ler MaisSingin' 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.
Ler MaisVirgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.
Ler MaisEvery 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.
Ler MaisLittle Girl Lost
Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.
Ler MaisYour 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.
Ler MaisMaybelle Returns
Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.
Ler MaisThe 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.
Ler MaisChes and the Grand Lady
Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.
Ler MaisConspiracy 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.
Ler MaisHard 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.
Ler MaisTime's Long Shadow
Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.
Ler MaisPoor 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.
Ler MaisDangerous Engagement
Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.
Ler MaisIn the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life is a film directed by Russ Mayberry released on May 11, 1994.
Ler MaisGive 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.
Ler MaisIn the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice is a film directed by Reza Badiyi released on Oct 21, 1994.
Ler MaisWho 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.
Ler MaisBy 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.
Ler MaisGrow 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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