James Lee Barrett
Director
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Season 2
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
Released March 6, 1988
Episode 61 min
13+
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Production Companies: MGM Television, Fred Silverman Productions, Juanita Bartlett Production, Fred Silverman Company, MGM/UA TelevisionJADDA Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Don't Look Back (1)
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.
Dec. 4, 1988, midnight
S2E2 - Don't Look Back (2)
Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.
Dec. 4, 1988, midnight
S2E3 - Family Secret
The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.
Dec. 6, 1988, midnight
S2E4 - The Hammer and the Glove
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.
Dec. 13, 1988, midnight
S2E5 - Prisoners
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.
Dec. 20, 1988, midnight
S2E6 - Hot Nights
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.
Dec. 27, 1988, midnight
S2E7 - Gunshots
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.
Jan. 3, 1989, midnight
S2E8 - Country Mouse, City Mouse
Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee.
Jan. 10, 1989, midnight
S2E9 - Stranger in Town
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.
Jan. 17, 1989, midnight
S2E10 - Tear Down the Walls
A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.
Jan. 31, 1989, midnight
S2E11 - A Trip Upstate
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.
Feb. 7, 1989, midnight
S2E12 - A.k.a Kelly Kay
The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.
Feb. 14, 1989, midnight
S2E13 - These Things Take Time
None
Feb. 21, 1989, midnight
S2E14 - Intruders
The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.
March 7, 1989, midnight
S2E15 - The Creek
The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.
March 14, 1989, midnight
S2E16 - Sister, Sister
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.
March 21, 1989, midnight
S2E17 - Walkout
A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.
March 28, 1989, midnight
S2E18 - Accused
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.
April 4, 1989, midnight
S2E19 - Fifteen, Forever
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.
April 25, 1989, midnight
S2E20 - Ladybug, Ladybug
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.
May 2, 1989, midnight
S2E21 - The Pig Woman of Sparta
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.
May 9, 1989, midnight
S2E22 - Missing
None
May 16, 1989, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 61 min.
Season Runtime: 9000 min.
Released: March 6, 1988
Last Air Date: May 16, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 13+
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