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In the Heat of the Night Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Don't Look Back
Sun, Dec 4, 1988 60 mins
Gillespie and Tibbs investigate a young woman's murder that is identical in pattern to a 20-year-old case, and Gillespie is targeted as the next victim. Part 1 of two. Marie: Iman. Luke: Thomas Ian Griffith. Joann St. John: Lois Nettleton. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 2
Don't Look Back
Sun, Dec 4, 1988 60 mins
Conclusion. Gillespie and Tibbs discover missing pieces in the puzzling murder case involving voodoo rituals, and then invent a plan to draw the murderer out. Marie: Iman. Luke: Thomas Ian Griffith. Joanne St. John: Lois Nettleton. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 3
The Family Secret
Tue, Dec 6, 1988 60 mins
Gillespie has trouble accepting the evidence in the murder of a friend and leader, who didn't have an enemy in the world---outside his family. Claudia: Susan Blakely. Bernice: Muriel Moore. Mary Lynn: Suzanne Ventulett. Stuart: Wallace Wilkinson.
Episode 4
The Hammer and the Glove
Tue, Dec 13, 1988 60 mins
Althea holds a secret about Tibbs' former partner, who's only too happy to help out when things go awry in the protection of a Federal witness. Matthew: Michael Warren. McGraw: Hugh Gillin. Mrs. Sherman: Ellen Heard. Henry: Cliff Brand.
Episode 5
Prisoners
Tue, Dec 20, 1988 60 mins
Sweet's first felony bust is a boyhood friend who claims he broke out of a neighboring county jail to escape a brutal sheriff who's an old pal of Gillespie's. Lisa: Shelley Robertson. Randall: Daryl Wilcher. Mrs. Gray: Tonea Stewart. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne.
Episode 6
Hot Nights
Tue, Dec 27, 1988 60 mins
The town's abuzz about Bubba and a big-city writer staying near town to work in quiet---and avoid her ex, who desperately wants her back. Jackie: Barbara Stock. Huell: Ralph Pace. Frank: Peter Thomasson. Tom: Bill Ash. Bubba: Alan Autry.
Episode 7
Gunshots
Tue, Jan 3, 1989 60 mins
Tibbs becomes a stranger after killing a robbery suspect who appeared to have a gun---which was nowhere to be found at the scene. Hannah: Ketty Lester. Jimmy: Afemo Omilami. Albert: De'voreaux White. Frank: Danny Nelson.
Episode 8
Country Mouse, City Mouse
Tue, Jan 10, 1989 60 mins
While the police investigate the death of a paroled robber with a number of enemies, Bubba's nephew and Althea's niece are becoming fast friends. Nicole: Traci Wolfe. Bobby: Mitchell Anderson. Willie: Mickey Jones. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 9
Stranger in Town
Tue, Jan 17, 1989 60 mins
A drifter becomes a lifesaver for Joann, but Gillespie thinks the man may have killed a prostitute, although Tibbs is convinced someone else did it. Topaz: Renee Jones. Clay: Eric Pierpoint. Atticus: Maceo Walker. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 10
Tear Down the Walls
Tue, Jan 31, 1989 60 mins
Not everyone at an all-white church supports the minister when he invites the Tibbses to attend a service. Howard Rollins, Carroll O'Connor. Ed Rowen: Jon DeVries. Claire: Joan Riordan. Harris: Roberts Blossom. Lane: Randall Martin.
Episode 11
A Trip Upstate
Tue, Feb 7, 1989 60 mins
A murderer due to be executed asks to see his arresting officer---Gillespie; Bubba recognizes two murder suspects. George Brownlow: Paul Benjamin. Sheriff Monroe: James Gammon. Melvin: David Dwyer.
Episode 12
A.k.a Kelly Kay
Tue, Feb 14, 1989 60 mins
Joann claims her interest in a prison break exists because one fugitive may be the friend of a friend, but Gillespie senses there's more to it than that. Jude: Kevin Conway. Donna: Bobbi Jo Lathan. Nibby: Tiger Haynes. Gun-Store Clerk: Gil Roper.
Episode 13
These Things Take Time
Tue, Feb 21, 1989 60 mins
Althea lobbies for sex education and child care after a teenage mother is suspected of abandoning her newborn. Shawna: A.J. Johnson. Louise: Rose Weaver. Martin: Czerny Miller. Dan Mackey: Tony Evans. Althea: Anne-Marie Johnson.
Episode 14
Intruders
Tue, Mar 7, 1989 60 mins
City council demands action after a death results from a series of robbery-assaults on seniors. Calvin Peterson: J.A. Preston. Mrs. White: Pamela Gorman. Andy White: Tony Higgins. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 15
The Creek
Tue, Mar 14, 1989 60 mins
Flashbacks to an incident in his past provoke strange behavior in Tibbs, who's trying to catch the man who assaulted a woman. Lauren: Caryn West. Phillip Casey: Michael Keys Hall. Jimmy Dawes: Afemo Omilami. Dr. Perry: Edith Ivey.
Episode 16
Sister, Sister
Tue, Mar 21, 1989 60 mins
Sisters clash over their father's will, and the family physician suspects that the man was a victim of foul play. J.D. Sinclaire: Mary Crosby. Charlotte Sinclaire: Judith Chapman. Sidney Wallace: Ric Reitz. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 17
Walkout
Tue, Mar 28, 1989 60 mins
Tibbs and Gillespie are aided by a local prostitute in solving the murders of two men trying to prevent a strike at the Sparta mill. Stiles: O.J. Simpson. Wade Britten: Lonnie Smith. Red Cahill: Fred Covington. Bobby Dobbs: Darnell Williams.
Episode 18
Accused
Tue, Apr 4, 1989 60 mins
Bubba is knocked unconscious trying to stop an assault on a woman, who claims she hit him as he was trying to rape her. Audrey: Vanessa Bell Calloway. Frances: Jill Jane Clements. DA Sutton: Christopher Allport. Tim Sherman: Ernest Dixon.
Episode 19
Fifteen, Forever
Tue, Apr 25, 1989 60 mins
Joe Don Baker plays a sheriff who returns to town to retire, and gets involved in a probe of a hit-and-run that killed three cheerleaders and left a fourth in a coma. Nora Womack: Belinda Montgomery. Buddy: Benji Wilhoite. DA Dutton: Christopher Allport.
Episode 20
Ladybug, Ladybug
Tue, May 2, 1989 60 mins
The arrest of an arsonist whose third fire claimed a life is the first task for acting chief Dugan, whose appointment doesn't sit well with Tibbs. Evan Winslow: Leo Geter. Christine Tate: Christopher Templeton. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 21
Missing
Tue, May 16, 1989 60 mins
The Chief's men pay him a surprise visit only to find his home ransacked, Joann unconscious and the Chief missing. Dugan: Joe Don Baker. Curt Breynard: Trent Bross. Agent Barriman: Joan McMurtrey.
