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Carroll O'Connor stars as a small-town police chief (and later a sheriff) in fictional Sparta, Miss. For a small town, Sparta has its share of murder, rape, corruption, racism and drunken driving, so O'Connor's Chief William Gillespie has his hands full. The TV series is based on the novel and film of the same name.
S8 "Grow Old Along With Me (1 & 2)"
Gillespie and Forbes link a suspect to a witness of a hit-and-run fatality.
S1, EP1 "Pilot"
The politically motivated mayor forces Gillespie and newcomer Tibbs to work together on the investigation of a popular high school girl's murder.
S1, EP3 "Road Kill"
Gillespie and Tibbs (Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins) are at odds when Virgil suspects that the chief's friend is a murderer. Lane Smith and Gail O'Grady guest star.
S1, EP4 "Fate"
Tension mounts when a black businessman is rumored to be romancing the married white owner of a newspaper.
S8, EP5 "By Duty Bound"
Gillespie's enemies try to run a smear campaign against him while his opponent's employee becomes a murder suspect.
S8 "Who Was Geli Bendi?"
Only the sheriff knows the identity of an actress who has returned home to Sparta, Mississippi.
S8 "A Matter of Justice (Pt. 1 & 2)"
The trail of a serial killer leads the sheriff and police chief to a prominent citizen in Sparta, Miss.
