In the Heat of the Night

  • Premiered: Mar 1988
  • Episodes: 146
  • Followers: 5
  • Ended
  • CBS
  • Unknown
  • Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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Season 3
3x1
Rape
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 24, 1989
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 .. show full overview
3x2
Fairest of Them All
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 1989
A beauty contest is marred by blackmail and the ambitious mother of a contestant.
3x3
Murder Most Ancient
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Air date
Nov 07, 1989
An unhappy wife asks her lover to place a bomb in her abusive husband's truck.
3x4
First Girl
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Air date
Nov 14, 1989
Sparta P.D. gets it's first black policewoman.
3x5
Crackdown
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 21, 1989
Someone is selling crack to teenagers and Sweet tries desperately to save a young addict.
3x6
Anniversary
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 28, 1989
After being released by his captors, the chief discovers that his abduction is part of a plot to assassinate a visiting civil rights leader.
3x7
Time of the Stranger
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 05, 1989
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.
3x8
Vengeance
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Air date
Dec 12, 1989
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.
3x9
My Name is Hank
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 19, 1989
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 .. show full overview
3x10
King's Ransom
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Air date
Jan 02, 1990
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.
3x11
Epitaph for a Lady
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 16, 1990
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.
3x12
Triangle
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Air date
Jan 23, 1990
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.
3x13
Hello in There
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Air date
Jan 30, 1990
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 .. show full overview
3x14
December Days
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Air date
Feb 13, 1990
The Sparta police investigate a suspicious death in a nursing home.
3x15
A Loss of Innocence
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Air date
Feb 20, 1990
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.
3x16
Bubba's Baby
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 27, 1990
Someone abandons a baby at Bubba's door.
3x17
Home is Where The Heart Is
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Air date
Mar 06, 1990
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.
3x18
An Angry Woman
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Air date
Mar 13, 1990
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.
3x19
Indiscretions
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Air date
Mar 20, 1990
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.
3x20
Night of the Killing
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Air date
Mar 27, 1990
Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.
3x21
Citizen Trundel (1)
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Air date
May 01, 1990
Harriet's sister is murdered on the orders of the wealthy white man who fathered her child.
3x22 Season finale
Citizen Trundel (2)
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 1990
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.

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