In the Heat of the Night

Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot (1)

Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and joins the police force as chief of detectives.His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie - who resents having an officer hired without his approval.Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force.Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell.

Genre:

Crime, Drama

Seasons:

8

Episodes:

146

Actor:

Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1988

IMDb:

7.6