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Season 1

E1 Pilot: Part 1 1988-03-06 · 60m
E2 Pilot: Part 2 1988-03-06 · 60m
E3 Road Kill 1988-03-15 · 60m
E4 Fate 1988-03-22 · 60m
E5 Blind Spot: Part 1 1988-03-29 · 60m
E6 Blind Spot: Part 2 1988-04-05 · 60m
E7 A Necessary Evil 1988-04-12 · 60m
E8 ...And Then You Die 1988-05-03 · 60m

Season 2

E1 Don't Look Back (1) 1988-12-04 · 48m 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.
E2 Don't Look Back (2) 1988-12-04 · 48m Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.
E3 Family Secret 1988-12-06 · 48m The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.
E4 The Hammer and the Glove 1988-12-13 · 48m 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.
E5 Prisoners 1988-12-20 · 48m Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a young man that Sweet was friends with in high school.
E6 Hot Nights 1988-12-27 · 48m 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.
E7 Gunshots 1989-01-03 · 48m Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery.He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, after he realizes the person he shot was a teenaged girl - and no one can locate the gun he believed she was pointing at him.
E8 Country Mouse, City Mouse 1989-01-10 · 60m
E9 Stranger in Town 1989-01-17 · 48m 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.
E10 Tear Down the Walls 1989-01-31 · 48m A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.
E11 A Trip Upstate 1989-02-07 · 47m 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.
E12 A.k.a Kelly Kay 1989-02-14 · 48m The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.
E13 These Things Take Time 1989-02-21 · 48m
E14 Intruders 1989-03-07 · 48m The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.
E15 The Creek 1989-03-14 · 47m The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.
E16 Sister, Sister 1989-03-21 · 48m 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.
E17 Walkout 1989-03-28 · 48m A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.
E18 Accused 1989-04-04 · 48m Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious district attorney who plans to use the case to further his career.
E19 Fifteen, Forever 1989-04-25 · 48m 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.
E20 Ladybug, Ladybug 1989-05-02 · 48m 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.
E21 The Pig Woman of Sparta 1989-05-09 · 48m 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.
E22 Missing 1989-05-16 · 60m

Season 3

E1 Rape 1989-10-24 · 60m After being released by his captors, the chief discovers that his abduction is part of a plot to assassinate a visiting civil rights leader.
E2 Fairest of Them All 1989-10-31 · 60m 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.
E3 Murder Most Ancient 1989-11-07 · 60m A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.
E4 First Girl 1989-11-14 · 60m An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.
E5 Crackdown 1989-11-21 · 60m Sparta P.D. gets it's first black policewoman.
E6 Anniversary 1989-11-28 · 60m Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.
E7 Time of the Stranger 1989-12-05 · 60m 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.
E8 Vengeance 1989-12-12 · 60m An outlaw family seeks revenge against Bubba after he is forced to shoot one of them during a holdup.The chief wants him to stay out of sight until they are arrested - a suggestion that does not set well with Bubba.
E9 My Name is Hank 1989-12-19 · 60m 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.
E10 King's Ransom 1990-01-02 · 60m 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.
E11 Epitaph for a Lady 1990-01-16 · 60m 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.
E12 Triangle 1990-01-23 · 60m A man murders his wife and her lover after he catches them together,then flees to a remote cabin with his daughter who does not know what he has done.The chief and the boys hope to talk him into surrendering without resorting to violence.
E13 Hello in There 1990-01-30 · 60m 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.
E14 December Days 1990-02-13 · 60m The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.
E15 A Loss of Innocence 1990-02-20 · 60m 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.
E16 Bubba's Baby 1990-02-27 · 60m Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.
E17 Home is Where The Heart Is 1990-03-06 · 60m 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.
E18 An Angry Woman 1990-03-13 · 60m 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.
E19 Indiscretions 1990-03-20 · 60m 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.
E20 Night of the Killing 1990-03-27 · 60m Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.
E21 Citizen Trundel (1) 1990-05-01 · 60m Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.
E22 Citizen Trundel (2) 1990-05-08 · 60m 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.

Season 4

E1 Brotherly Love (1) 1990-09-18 · 60m Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
E2 Brotherly Love (2) 1990-09-18 · 60m Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
E3 Lessons Learned 1990-09-25 · 60m 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.
E4 Perversions of Justice 1990-10-02 · 60m A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
E5 And Justice For Some 1990-10-23 · 60m 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.
E6 Hearts of Gold 1990-10-30 · 60m 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.
E7 Quick Fix 1990-11-06 · 60m The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.
E8 Homecoming 1990-11-13 · 60m 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.
E9 A Problem Too Personal 1990-11-20 · 60m Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
E10 A Final Arrangement 1990-11-27 · 60m Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
E11 Family Matters 1990-12-04 · 60m 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.
E12 Bounty Hunter 1990-12-11 · 60m 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.
E13 Blessings 1990-12-18 · 60m In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.
E14 Shine on Sparta Moon 1991-01-08 · 60m A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
E15 Execution of Trust 1991-01-15 · 60m 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.
E16 Child of Promise 1991-02-05 · 60m 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.
E17 Paper Castles 1991-02-12 · 60m Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
E18 Laid to Waste 1991-02-19 · 60m Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
E19 First Deadly Sin 1991-02-26 · 60m A serial rapist stalks Sparta.
E20 Just A Country Boy 1991-03-19 · 60m 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.
E21 No Other Road 1991-03-26 · 60m 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.
E22 A Turning 1991-04-30 · 60m Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil finds himself in danger when they arrest the man who committed the crime.

Season 5

E1 A Woman Much Admired 1991-10-01 · 60m 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.
E2 Baby for Sale 1991-10-08 · 60m 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.
E3 Obsession 1991-10-22 · 60m
E4 Liar's Poker 1991-10-29 · 60m A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
E5 Ruda's Awakening 1991-11-05 · 60m 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.
E6 Unfinished Business 1991-11-12 · 60m 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.
E7 The More Thing's Change 1991-11-19 · 60m 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.
E8 Sweet, Sweet Blues 1991-11-26 · 60m 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.
E9 Sparta Gold 1991-12-03 · 60m 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.
E10 An Eye for an Eye 1991-12-10 · 60m The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.
E11 The Littlest Victim 1991-12-17 · 60m Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.
E12 The Landlord 1992-01-07 · 60m A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.
E13 Fool for Love 1992-01-14 · 60m A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
E14 Love, Honor and Obey 1992-02-04 · 60m Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
E15 Odessa 1992-02-11 · 60m Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.
E16 A Time to Trust 1992-02-18 · 60m 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.
E17 By Means Most Foul 1992-02-25 · 60m 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.
E18 Trundel's Will Be Done 1992-03-03 · 60m 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.
E19 Moseley's Lot 1992-03-31 · 60m 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.
E20 Family Reunion 1992-04-07 · 60m An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.
E21 Sanctuary 1992-05-12 · 60m A political prisoner who entered the country illegally,seeks sanctuary in a monastary.Gillespie and Tibbs find themselves at odds with Sheriff McComb when they try to help the man.
E22 The Law on Trial 1992-05-19 · 60m Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.

Season 6

E1 A Small War (1) 1992-10-28 · 60m 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.
E2 A Small War (2) 1992-11-04 · 60m 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.
E3 Brother's Keeper 1992-11-11 · 60m Louann's ne'er-do-well brother returns home after being paroled.
E4 A Frenzied Affair 1992-11-18 · 60m 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.
E5 Discovery 1992-11-18 · 60m Althea has trouble dealing with the violent death of a student.Young Megan Fowler quickly finds herself yet another dangerous boyfriend and they are soon wanted by the police.
E6 Random's Child 1992-11-25 · 60m 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.
E7 An Occupational Hazard 1992-12-02 · 60m A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
E8 Last Rites 1992-12-09 · 60m Virgil fears for his Aunt Ruda's safety after several killings occur in the hospital where she is being treated.
E9 When the Music Stopped 1992-12-16 · 60m 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.
E10 Flowers from a Lady 1993-01-06 · 60m A city councilwoman becomes dangerously obsessed with Bubba.
E11 Private Sessions 1993-01-13 · 60m 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.
E12 Judgement Day 1993-01-20 · 60m 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.
E13 Falsely Accused 1993-02-03 · 60m Sweet is the target of false accusations by two corrupt and racist car salesmen.
E14 A Step Removed 1993-02-10 · 60m Parker's stepfather Roy threatens his former employer after an altercation.When the boss is murdered Roy is arrested.
E15 A Deadly Affection 1993-02-17 · 60m 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.
E16 The Leftover Man (1) 1993-03-03 · 60m A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
E17 The Leftover Man (2) 1993-03-03 · 60m A white supremacist politician plans to have his wife's lover murdered and blame it on black radicals.
E18 A Dish Best Served Cold 1993-03-17 · 60m A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.
E19 Legacy 1993-03-24 · 60m A wealthy man plans to grant a promise made to a black sharecropper many years ago by giving land to the man's descendant.But his greedy son disapproves.
E20 Even Nice People 1993-04-28 · 60m 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.
E21 Lake Winahatchie 1993-05-05 · 60m 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.
E22 A Correct Settling 1993-05-12 · 60m 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.