Episode 1
Child's Play
Sep 16, 1993
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.
Episode 2
Hatton's Turn (1)
Sep 18, 1993
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.
Episode 3
Hatton's Turn (2)
Sep 18, 1993
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.
Episode 4
A Depraved Heart
Sep 23, 1993
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
Episode 5
Incident at Brewer's Pond
Sep 30, 1993
A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.
Episode 6
A Love Lost
Oct 14, 1993
Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.
Episode 7
Singin' the Blues
Oct 28, 1993
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.
Episode 8
Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
Nov 4, 1993
Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.
Episode 9
Every Man's Family
Nov 10, 1993
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.
Episode 10
A Baby Called Rocket
Nov 25, 1993
A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.
Episode 11
Little Girl Lost
Dec 9, 1993
Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.
Episode 12
Your Own Kind
Dec 16, 1993
Episode 13
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Jan 6, 1994
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.
Episode 14
Maybelle Returns
Jan 12, 1994
Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.
Episode 15
The Last Round
Jan 19, 1994
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.
Episode 16
Ches and the Grand Lady
Jan 26, 1994
Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.
Episode 17
Conspiracy of One
Feb 2, 1994
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.
Episode 18
The Rabbi
Feb 9, 1994
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.
Episode 19
Hard Choices
Mar 9, 1994
Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.
Episode 20
Time's Long Shadow
Mar 16, 1994
Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.
Episode 21
Poor Relations
Mar 30, 1994
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.
Episode 22
Dangerous Engagement
May 4, 1994
Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.
Episode 23
Give Me Your Life (1)
May 11, 1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life is a film directed by Russ Mayberry released on May 11, 1994.
Episode 24
Give Me Your Life (2)
May 11, 1994
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.
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