James Lee Barrett
Director
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Season 5
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
S5E1 - A Woman Much Admired
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.
Oct. 1, 1991, midnight
S5E2 - Baby for Sale
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.
Oct. 8, 1991, midnight
S5E3 - Obsession
A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.
Oct. 22, 1991, midnight
S5E4 - Liar's Poker
A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
Oct. 29, 1991, midnight
S5E5 - Ruda's Awakening
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.
Nov. 5, 1991, midnight
S5E6 - Unfinished Business
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.
Nov. 12, 1991, midnight
S5E7 - The More Thing's Change
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.
Nov. 19, 1991, midnight
S5E8 - Sweet, Sweet Blues
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.
Nov. 26, 1991, midnight
S5E9 - Sparta Gold
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.
Dec. 3, 1991, midnight
S5E10 - An Eye for an Eye
The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.
Dec. 10, 1991, midnight
S5E11 - The Littlest Victim
Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.
Dec. 17, 1991, midnight
S5E12 - The Landlord
A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.
Jan. 7, 1992, midnight
S5E13 - Fool for Love
A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
Jan. 14, 1992, midnight
S5E14 - Love, Honor and Obey
Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
Feb. 4, 1992, midnight
S5E15 - Odessa
Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.
Feb. 11, 1992, midnight
S5E16 - A Time to Trust
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.
Feb. 18, 1992, midnight
S5E17 - By Means Most Foul
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.
Feb. 25, 1992, midnight
S5E18 - Trundel's Will Be Done
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.
March 3, 1992, midnight
S5E19 - Moseley's Lot
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.
March 31, 1992, midnight
S5E20 - Family Reunion
An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.
April 7, 1992, midnight
S5E21 - Sanctuary
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.
May 12, 1992, midnight
S5E22 - The Law on Trial
Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.
May 19, 1992, 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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