In the Heat of the Night

1A Woman Much Admired

60 minOct 1, 1991

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.

2Baby for Sale

60 minOct 8, 1991

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.

3Obsession

60 minOct 22, 1991

A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.

4Liar's Poker

60 minOct 29, 1991

A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.

5Ruda's Awakening

60 minNov 5, 1991

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.

6Unfinished Business

60 minNov 12, 1991

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.

7The More Thing's Change

60 minNov 19, 1991

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.

8Sweet, Sweet Blues

60 minNov 26, 1991

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.

9Sparta Gold

60 minDec 3, 1991

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.

10An Eye for an Eye

60 minDec 10, 1991

The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.

11The Littlest Victim

60 minDec 17, 1991

Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.

12The Landlord

60 minJan 7, 1992

A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.

13Fool for Love

60 minJan 14, 1992

A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.

14Love, Honor and Obey

60 minFeb 4, 1992

Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.

15Odessa

60 minFeb 11, 1992

Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.

16A Time to Trust

60 minFeb 18, 1992

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.

17By Means Most Foul

60 minFeb 25, 1992

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.

18Trundel's Will Be Done

60 minMar 3, 1992

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.

19Moseley's Lot

60 minMar 31, 1992

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.

20Family Reunion

60 minApr 7, 1992

An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.

21Sanctuary

60 minMay 12, 1992

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.

22The Law on Trial

60 minMay 19, 1992

Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.