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- The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.
- 1988–19951h 32mTV-147.6 (145)TV EpisodeAn local retired judge's depraved grandson goes on a serial killing spree in Sparta.
- A former resident of the bottoms, who is now a famous movie star, returns to Sparta to try to persuaded her sister to go after a better quality of life.
- When Gillespie runs for a permanent position as county sheriff, his running mate is investigated for allegations of insurance fraud, corruption and murder.
- 1988–19951h 36mTV-147.8 (124)TV EpisodeWhen a former cop marries a wealthy widow, his ex-girlfriend sees an opportunity for blackmail. But their plan to keep her quiet and out of their lives does not exactly go as planned.
- 1988–19951h 29mTV-147.7 (101)TV EpisodeSparta Police and the Newman County Sheriff's Department join forces to investigate the antics of a religious cult that has taken up residence in an abandoned school building.
- Luann tries desperately to adopt a baby that was abandoned in a crack house raid.
- Sparta Police investigate the possibility of a prison bishop being forced off the road being racially motivated. Bill Gillespie and Harriet Delong discuss taking their relationship to the next level.
- Bubba Skinner is determined to have a womanizing real estate agent charged with attempted murder after the man knowingly infected Bubba's friend with HIV.
- 1988–199546mTV-PG7.9 (59)TV EpisodeWhen an embezzler returns to Sparta after serving a prison sentence, quite a few people become suspects when the man is killed.
- Wilson Sweet has a hard time believing that his good friend murdered his wife, who had been diagnosed with cancer.
- A troubled high school student murders his ex-girlfriend's lover, then fixes it so her stepfather is blamed for the crime. Althea suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing the student's suicide.
- The Sparta Police uncover the shocking living conditions of a high school student, after Althea Tibbs asks them to investigate the residence after the girl's fifth truancy.
- When Lana's ex-boyfriend comes to Sparta, dim-witted Randy Calhoun stumbles upon the real reason for his visit: an illegal gun running operation.
- 1988–199547mTV-PG7.8 (56)TV EpisodeComputer thieves provide a man with a window of opportunity to cover up for his wife's violent retaliation against her abusive boss.
- 1988–199547mTV-PG7.8 (52)TV EpisodeHarriet Delong's son is implicated in the investigation of an armed robbery committed by her ex-husband.
- While Sparta's police chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie celebrates a mis-trial with Harriet DeLong, they worry about her son Eugene Glendon, who is out on probation. He was tricked into waiting in his friend Byron's car while Byron bought cocaine from dealer Clay Wilson. The crack pusher gang 'the Crew' from Jackson kills both by shooting through the wall. Sparta's police investigates and tries to keep the drug pests from spreading from the city. The Crew returns to spread free drug samples, soon causing an OD wave.
- Despite his disdain for Bill Gillespie, Harriet's son Eugene helps the Sparta Police bring down the crack house after he is an eyewitness to his best friend's drug-related murder.
- A threat made in anger makes Parker's stepfather the prime suspect in the murder of his former boss.
- The stepfather of one of Althea's students is implicated in a drug trafficking investigation.
- Gillespie is asked by a condemned prisoner to be present at his execution.
- Althea is starting to feel the strain of being the wife of one police officer and the daughter of another.
- Gillespie receives a life altering shock when an old flame comes for a visit and is later murdered.
- Joanne must reveal a painful part of her past to Gillespie after a long lost acquaintance escapes from prison.
- Bubba and Virgil bond as friends and coworkers is tested when Bubba is accused of rape by two different women.
- Althea grieves when an impoverished coworker dies in a hit-and-run accident, while the Police investigate the incident.
- A psychiatrist, bound by her own rule of confidentiality, holds information proving that a man about to be executed for murder may actually be innocent.
- D.A. Darnell's daughter is kidnapped by the father of a man Darnelle sent to prison, who committed suicide.
- Virgil's young neighbor is badly injured in a hit-and-run accident caused by a cocky drug trafficker.
- Chief Gillespie recounts the events surrounding his kidnapping and the killing of his temporary replacement.
- Bubba discovers that his cousins have adopted their baby under questionable circumstances.
- During the Christmas season, a flirtatious newspaper reporter prints an unflattering story about the Sparta Police Department.
- Bubba's friend is put in danger when a bounty hunter is on the trail of her brother.
- Luann is furious when her slacker brother returns and is immediately accused of robbing a shady sports bar. Her mother is in denial and insists her son has changed.
- Virgil Tibbs returns to Philadelphia to investigate his best man's death and uncovers police corruption within his friend's precinct.
- When Gillespie travels to Philadelphia to assist Virgil in his investigation, they are able to bring down the vigilante cops and clear his friend's name. The two return to Sparta just in time for Virgil to welcome his children, William & Sarah, into the world.
- Bubba's former acquaintance leaves a baby on his doorstep.
- When a woman plots to kill her husband in order to continue her torrid love affair, things don't go exactly as planned.
- 1988–199546mTV-PG7.7 (60)TV EpisodeJazz musician Ches Collins returns to Sparta and it is soon evident that he has a history with Cordelia, the grande dame of Sparta. Cordelia's nephew, Raoul, will stop at nothing to put an end to any hope of a union between the two. It is up to Cordelia's other nephew, Lonnie Jameson, to put an end to Raoul's antics.
- A promising high school student is determined to encourage his younger brother to make positive choices in his life.
- Many changes come to Sparta. Virgil Tibbs has left the Sparta Police Department and he, Althea and their twins have returned to Philadelphia, PA so Virgil can complete his law school studies. Bill Gillespie has been voted out as chief and is replaced by FBI Agent Hampton Forbes from Memphis, TN. Forbes inherits the case of a reclusive man who is murdered as he is awaiting trial for manslaughter.
- 1988–199547mTV-PG8.3 (71)TV EpisodeHarriet Delong's sister is killed in a murder ordered by her married lover, the wealthiest man in Sparta. Harriet accuses the police department of not properly bringing the mam to justice.
- 1988–199547mTV-PG8.7 (85)TV EpisodeThrough a search of the killer's house, the smoking gun is found to pin the guilty party. Bill Gillespie and Harriet Delong are asked to be godparents to the Tibbs' expectant child.
- Virgil Tibbs finds himself on both sides of the law when he is asked to handle the probate of a verbally abusive alcoholic woman, whose death may not have been an accident.
- 1988–19951hTV-PG8.3 (98)TV EpisodeBubba's nephew and Virgil's visiting niece become friendly and are chased by a dangerous criminal thought to have died in an explosion.
- Wilson Sweet puts his job on the line when he takes a personal stake in the case of a 13-year-old drug addict.
- A newspaper misprint makes Bill Gillespie the target of an escaped killer in the days leading up to he and Harriet's wedding. Bill and Harriet are married in a beautiful, simple ceremony with Chief Forbes serving as best man.
- A single mother is harassed by her landlord, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend.
- When Chief Gillespie investigates a death at a nursing home, he receives assistance from another resident there who is a former cop.
- Virgil enlists the help of Dr. Levi Atwill to help bring Althea out of her funk and return to her teaching job. The murder investigation is complicated when the dead student's ex-girlfriend acquires yet another boyfriend who murders her stepfather and seriously injured one of Gillespie's good friends.