Watch In the Heat of the Night with Fubo for $0 Today
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.
S5, EP16 "A Time to Trust"
Althea is at odds with Virgil over his pursuit of a suspected drug dealer because it threatens to break up the home life of one of her students.
S5, EP17 "By Means Most Foul"
A suspected revenge bombing may be a smoke screen for a restaurateur's (Shannon Eubanks) insurance scam.
S5, EP18 "Trundel's Will Be Done"
Harriet DeLong asks Chief Gillespie to mediate a custody dispute when a wealthy woman attempts to take guardianship of her nephew.
S3, EP15 "A Loss of Innocence"
Althea suspects a student has problems at home, then learns one parent is dead, the other is missing.
S5, EP15 "Odessa"
The police department attempts to prevent racial incidents when the city honors the first black woman to register to vote in Sparta.
S5, EP14 "Love, Honor and Obey"
While investigating an assault, Parker discovers an abused woman whose husband holds the key to her life -- or death.
S5, EP13 "Fool for Love"
Gillespie and Virgil become suspicious of a local doctor who implicates his mistress in the death of his wealthy but invalid wife.
S5, EP12 "The Landlord"
Gillespie is leery of the evidence in the murder of an abusive landlord (Hunter Van Leer). Directed by Larry Hagman.
