In the Heat of the Night
S01:E01 - Pilot
Resentment festers in Chief of Police Bill Gillespie when an African American detective joins his southern, small-town police force (Part 1 of 2).
S01:E03 - Road Kill
Chief Gillespie and Virgil Tibbs are at odds when Tibbs suspects that the chief's old friend killed his wife because he was having an affair.
S01:E04 - Fate
Emotions run high when a black businessman comes to Sparta to buy the town newspaper and is suspected of romancing the paper's married white owner.
S01:E05 - Blind Spot: Part 1
Sparta is elated when a local boy, turned successful businessman, offers to bring new prosperity by moving his business interests home. (Part 1 of 2)
S01:E06 - Blind Spot: Part 2
Even after Virgil escapes from Ritchie Epson's henchmen, Gillespie still does not have enough evidence to prove that Epson is a drug supplier.
S01:E07 - Necessary Evil
The Sparta jail is in chaos when the 6 wives of a bigamist show up to care for him. But when the mans end up dead, which of the them is the murderer?
S01:E08 - ...And Then You Die
An escaped convict and his girlfriend leave a trail of bodies in their wake and take Althea and Scooter as hostages in a desperate bid for freedom.