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In the Heat of the Night Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
Rape
Tue, Oct 24, 1989 60 mins
A fellow teacher rapes Althea, who recognizes his voice but doesn't see his face, and his wife provides him with an alibi. Linda Ainslee: Stacy Ray. District Attorney: Wilbur Fitzgerald. Maggie: Robby Preddy. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 2
Fairest of Them All
Tue, Oct 31, 1989 60 mins
A beauty-pageant contestant commits suicide, and another contestant whose friendship with the woman ended can't recall the details surrounding their parting. Lizbeth Hagen: Martha Byrne. Clay: Kevin Corrigan. Bubba: Alan Autry.
Episode 3
Murder Most Ancient
Tue, Nov 7, 1989 60 mins
The Sparta police use a ruse to gather evidence on the person they believe killed one of the town's citizens, who was despised by his wife and son and his employees. Jefry: Grainger Hines. Rochelle: Clare Wren. Jon: Tim Griffin.
Episode 4
First Girl
Tue, Nov 14, 1989 60 mins
A new officer joins a probe into the dumping of a bullet-ridden body in an area where the locals waited at least an hour before notifying the police. Al Bosworth: Randy Hall. Lance Bosworth: Billy Gillespie. Abe Gillins: Freddie Hendricks.
Episode 5
Crackdown
Tue, Nov 21, 1989 60 mins
Sweet recognizes symptoms of the crack epidemic in a teenage girl caught trying to pawn items taken from her parents. The Krollers: Carrie Snodgress, James Sutorius. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 6
Anniversary
Tue, Nov 28, 1989 60 mins
Gillespie fears that the visit of a civil-rights leader may bring an attempt on the man's life from the culprits responsible for Dugan's murder and Gillespie's kidnapping. Crowley: Billy Ray Reynolds. Curt Breynard: Trent Bross. Barriman: John McMurtrey.
Episode 7
Time of the Stranger
Tue, Dec 5, 1989 60 mins
A New York PI falls to her death after the meeting she'd set up with a local dance teacher, in whom Parker has more than a passing interest. Kate Morell: Frances Fisher. Jaycee Morell: Shannon Beaty. Marge Winthrop: Laura White. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 8
Vengeance
Tue, Dec 12, 1989 60 mins
After Bubba kills a suspect during an armed-robbery attempt, the man's brothers are dead set on revenge. Tom Wormlee: Bill Gribble. Carmen Wormlee: Dyana Ortelli. Jack Whalen: Tim Powell. Mary Ann: Jacqueline Schultz. Bubba: Alan Autry.
Episode 9
My Name is Hank
Tue, Dec 19, 1989 60 mins
Two armed robbers assume their actions go unheard by their sleeping hitchhiker, an orphaned Amerasian teen on his way to see his father's old friend---Gillespie (Carrol O'Connor). Skip Jensen: David Olsen. Summers: Charlie Deppish. Lisa: Lois Berg.
Episode 10
King's Ransom
Tue, Jan 2, 1990 60 mins
An ex-prizefighter who once chauffeured for the mob tries to sell his silence to his former mob boss instead of testifying for the FBI. Li'l Calvin: Art Evans. Alvin Epp: Bob Penny. Etta: Charmin Talbert. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 11
Epitaph for a Lady
Tue, Jan 16, 1990 60 mins
A doctor accused of incompetence in the death of a woman is killed with a rifle owned by her husband (James Greene). Roy Chandler: Ken Strong. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Bubba: Alan Autry. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 12
Triangle
Tue, Jan 23, 1990 60 mins
A man regarded as docile kills his wife and her longtime lover and takes his teenage daughter to the family's cabin. John Sevrance: John Diehl. Karen: Kerri Green. Tad: Andrew Winton. Dan Loomis: Steve Boles. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 13
Hello in There
Tue, Jan 30, 1990 60 mins
Bubba doubts the evidence surrounding the suicide of a pal whose 8-year-old son hasn't spoken since witnessing the death. Winston: Whitman Mayo. Cora: Donna Biscoe. Daryl: Kenny Leon. DeLong: Denise Nicholas. Dan Williams: Tim Ware.
Episode 14
December Days
Tue, Feb 13, 1990 60 mins
The doctor says a nursing-home death was an accident, but the victim's nephew charges negligence, while another resident says it was murder and fears she's next. Richard Pooley: Andrew Prine. Tom McCauley: Ken Curtis.
Episode 15
A Loss of Innocence
Tue, Feb 20, 1990 60 mins
Althea is worried about a student's home life, but the Chief's visit to the girl's home reveals nothing---no appliances, no furniture and no parents. Jana: Pierrette Grace. Colleen Craven: Deborah Hobart. Althea: Anne-Marie Johnson. Randy Calhoun: Scott Higgs.
Episode 16
Bubba's Baby
Tue, Feb 27, 1990 60 mins
Bubba recognizes the name left by a woman who was looking for him, but not the infant he finds on his doorstep. Cassie Chapin: Katy Boyer. Paul Borden: Michael Zelniker. Roger Selworth: Andy Stahl. Mrs. Barrett: Mary Nell Santacroce. Bubba: Alan Autry.
Episode 17
Home is Where The Heart Is
Tue, Mar 6, 1990 60 mins
Gillespie and Tibbs (Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins) investigate the murder of a minister who had been caught lurking outside the windows of a brothel, and discover that the pastor was more than just a peeping Tom. Maybelle: Diane Ladd. Joelle: Banks Harper.
Episode 18
An Angry Woman
Tue, Mar 13, 1990 60 mins
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.
Episode 19
Indiscretions
Tue, Mar 20, 1990 60 mins
Althea plays matchmaker for Sweet and her friend from Philadelphia, which is also the home of a hit-and-run victim found the day her friend arrives. Regina: Patrice Chanel. Nathan Baxter: Barry Scott. Althea: Anne-Marie Johnson. Calhoun: Scott Higgs.
Episode 20
Night of the Killing
Tue, Mar 27, 1990 60 mins
Racial tensions run high when a white cabbie is murdered in the bottoms.
Episode 21
Citizen Trundel
Tue, May 1, 1990 60 mins
Councilwoman DeLong (Denise Nicholas) is sure of who ordered her sister's murder, but the Chief urges her to let him get the actual killer. Part 1 of two. Willins: Tony Franciscus. Turkus: Marco St. John. Effrem Tally: John Lawhorn. Eric DeLong: Jonathan Proby.
Episode 22
Citizen Trundel (2)
Tue, May 8, 1990 60 mins
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.
