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In the Heat of the Night Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Brotherly Love: Part 1
Tue, Sep 18, 1990 60 mins
Tibbs travels to Philadelphia to uncover the truth behind the apparent suicide of a friend who had knowledge of a police coverup. Part 1 of two. D'Agostino: Peter Van Norden. Kasch: Jeffrey Hayenga. Hannah: Connie Sawyer. Ryan: Andy Romano. Jenkins: Geoffrey Lewis.
Episode 2
Brotherly Love
Tue, Sep 18, 1990 60 mins
Conclusion. While Althea prepares to deliver twins back at home, Tibbs and Gillespie plan to deliver justice to the men behind the corruption in the Philadelphia police force. Celia: Olivia Virgil Harper. Cassidy: Bruce Kirby. Jenkins: Geoffrey Lewis.
Episode 3
Lessons Learned
Tue, Sep 25, 1990 60 mins
Gillespie uncovers a prostitution ring while investigating the murder of a friend's teenage daughter (Tammy Amerson). Judd: Stuart Culpepper. J.W.: Ken Strong. Calvin: Mel Stewart. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne. Jamison: Hugh O'Connor. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 4
Perversions of Justice
Tue, Oct 2, 1990 60 mins
A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
Episode 5
And Justice For Some
Tue, Oct 23, 1990 60 mins
Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.
Episode 6
Hearts of Gold
Tue, Oct 30, 1990 60 mins
Bubba rekindles romance with an old flame who has returned to Sparta---unaware that her attorney also carries a torch for her. Ramsey Morgan: Gary Williams. Bubba: Alan Autry. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 7
Quick Fix
Tue, Nov 6, 1990 60 mins
A teen and her sister are questioned after Bubba finds the shoebox coffin of a newborn buried near their home. George Mastin: William Lucking. Willa: Tara Karsian. Tucker Carnes: Tim Black. Bubba: Alan Autry. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 8
Homecoming
Tue, Nov 13, 1990 60 mins
Gillespie and Tibbs investigate the murder of a parolee who returned to Sparta despite death threats. Sheila Meredith: Karen Carlson. Hubie Meredith: Greg Mullavey. Prosper Hoag: Pierre Perea. Emory Tanner: Sonny Shroyer. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 9
A Problem Too Personal
Tue, Nov 20, 1990 60 mins
Harriet DeLong's ex-husband could stand trial for murder unless the police find his accomplice---who's getting aid from her son. Gene: Rugg Williams. Lambry: Dabbs Greer. Harriet: Denise Nicholas.
Episode 10
A Final Arrangement
Tue, Nov 27, 1990 60 mins
Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
Episode 11
Family Matters
Tue, Dec 4, 1990 60 mins
Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a string of burglaries that result in murder.
Episode 12
Bounty Hunter
Tue, Dec 11, 1990 60 mins
A lothario (Stephen Meadows) is suspected of killing his married lover, whose husband has ordered them both killed. Kathleen: Romy Walthal. Tiny Randall: Tim Ware. R.J. Kincaide: Bob Hannah. Mimi Kincaide: Marilyn Martin.
Episode 13
Blessings
Tue, Dec 18, 1990 60 mins
Flashbacks augment officers' interviews for a story about "race relations in the civil service" by a local reporter (Judith Robinson), who hears only what she wants to hear. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Bubba: Alan Autry. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne.
Episode 14
Shine on Sparta Moon
Tue, Jan 8, 1991 60 mins
A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
Episode 15
Execution of Trust
Tue, Jan 15, 1991 60 mins
A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be executed for, but she refuses to divulge his identity.
Episode 16
Child of Promise
Tue, Feb 5, 1991 60 mins
A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.
Episode 17
Paper Castles
Tue, Feb 12, 1991 60 mins
Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
Episode 18
Laid to Waste
Tue, Feb 26, 1991 60 mins
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
Episode 19
First Deadly Sin
Tue, Feb 26, 1991 60 mins
A man (Joseph Lambie) fears his son's chances of entering a seminary will be hurt if the boy (Bryan Dattilo) tells the police what he knows about a rape case. Marcella: Sally Spencer. Cruthers: Eddie King. Dee: Dee Shaw. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 20
Just A Country Boy
Tue, Mar 19, 1991 60 mins
Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with a pretty insurance investigator to solve the crime.
Episode 21
No Other Road
Tue, Mar 26, 1991 60 mins
The murder trial of her ex-husband (John Wesley) takes a toll on Harriet DeLong and her son (Denise Nicholas, Rugg Williams), while both suspects in similar cases claim the other pulled the trigger. Marcus: Thom Gossom. Glenn: Michael Genevie.
Episode 22
A Turning
Tue, Apr 30, 1991 60 mins
The stress of being a policeman's wife gets to Althea as Tibbs investigates the robbery-murder of two suspected drug couriers. Haynes Brooke. Davy: Craig Thomas. Ronnie: Ed Price. Jimmy: Afemo Omilami. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
