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In the Heat of the Night Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1991 - 1992
Episode 1
A Woman Much Admired
Tue, Oct 1, 1991 60 mins
Gillespie learns some surprising news and says a painful goodbye when a former flame (Stella Stevens) returns to Sparta. Lana: Christine Elise. Ramon: George DiCenzo. Ken: Tony Mockus. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne.
Episode 2
Baby for Sale
Tue, Oct 8, 1991 60 mins
A baby's natural father (Rick Dean) threatens to challenge the adoption unless the new dad (Mark Rolston)---married to Bubba's cousin---aids in a theft. Patty: Beth Burns. Candice: Glenn Younger. Ralph: Jack Swanson. Bubba: Alan Autry.
Episode 3
Obsession
Tue, Oct 22, 1991 60 mins
A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.
Episode 4
Liar's Poker
Tue, Oct 29, 1991 60 mins
A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.
Episode 5
Ruda's Awakening
Tue, Nov 5, 1991 60 mins
When Bubba's struggle with a teenage burgular ends in the boy's death, Tibbs' vengeful aunt (Fran Bennett) reports that she's witnessed a murder. Bubba: Alan Autry. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 6
Unfinished Business
Tue, Nov 12, 1991 60 mins
Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from killers sent to prevent him from testifying.
Episode 7
The More Thing's Change
Tue, Nov 19, 1991 60 mins
A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the man's business and his wife.
Episode 8
Sweet, Sweet Blues
Tue, Nov 26, 1991 60 mins
A singer may hold the key to the mystery surrounding the murder of Sweet's grandfather. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne. Luann: Crystal R. Fox. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 9
Sparta Gold
Tue, Dec 3, 1991 60 mins
Sparta police discover a marijuana crop after Bubba and his girlfriend are chased from the area by shotgun fire. Barney: Mark Boone Junior. Darrell: Anthony Haynes. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 10
An Eye for an Eye
Tue, Dec 10, 1991 60 mins
The police butt heads with the FBI when DA Darnelle's daughter is kidnapped, while Darnelle comes face to face with the kidnapper. Sloan: Claude Akins. Becky Darnelle: Jonna Volz. Faye Darnelle: Katherine Cannon. Agent Hayes: Jeff McCarthy.
Episode 11
The Littlest Victim
Tue, Dec 17, 1991 60 mins
An investigation of child abuse leads Jammson to a bittersweet reunion with his high-school sweetheart now an alcoholic. Jimmy Miller: Jason Presson. Althea: Anne Marie Johnson. Bubba: Alan Autry. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 12
The Landlord
Tue, Jan 7, 1992 60 mins
Tenants are angry enough to do away with their slumlord, but it's the man's activity in the drug trade that brings his downfall. Hunter Von Leer. Harriet: Denise Nicholas. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 13
Fool for Love
Tue, Jan 14, 1992 60 mins
A doctor asks for an autopsy following his wife's apparent heart attack, which occurred during her meeting with her husband's lover. Robert Ginty. Sally Nash: Arlene Golonka. Miss Reynolds: Laurie Franks. Ardice Talbott: Lenore Kasdorf.
Episode 14
Love, Honor, Obey
Tue, Feb 4, 1992 60 mins
A battered wife (Blanche Baker) lies to the Sparta police about her latest beating, and takes the matter---and her spouse's fate---into her own hands. Susan: Christine Healy. Parker: David Hart. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 15
Odessa
Tue, Feb 11, 1992 60 mins
Racial tensions erupt when Sparta plans to honor their first registered black voter (Deborah Duke). Earle Colmer Sr.: Wallace Merck. Earle Colmer Jr.: Eugene Glasgow. Brent: Charles Lawlor. Darnell: Wilbur Fitzgerald.
Episode 16
A Time to Trust
Tue, Feb 18, 1992 60 mins
The Sparta police suspect criminal activity when several truck drivers are killed after losing control of their vehicles outside of town. Foster: Richard Grove. Shelly: Jillian Boyd. Myrna: Lane Bradbury. Dr. Robb: Dan Biggers. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 17
By Means Most Foul
Tue, Feb 25, 1992 60 mins
A man's attempt to kill his lover's husband leaves the victim on life support---and leaves the wife unable to collect the insurance money. Moss: Brett Rice. Rebecca: Shannon Eubanks. Peter: Scott Higgs. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
Episode 18
Trundel's Will Be Done
Tue, Mar 3, 1992 60 mins
Harriet is determined to gain custody of her late sister's illegitimate son (Nicholas Cowan) after learning that the boy is to be raised by his father's widow. Emily: Adair Simon. Harriet: Denise Nicholas. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 19
Moseley's Lot
Tue, Mar 31, 1992 60 mins
A man's father agrees to bail him out of six-figure gambling losses---but his brother would rather let him drown in debt. Warren: Graham Jarvis. Brian: Justin Lazard. Lewis: Kevin Page. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Chief Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 20
Family Reunion
Tue, Apr 7, 1992 60 mins
A paroled thief returns to Sparta to claim the money he stole, but it's in the possession of his ex-wife who intends to keep it. Laine: Terry Hobbs. Purdy: Charlie Hunter. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Chief Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 21
Sanctuary
Tue, May 12, 1992 60 mins
A monastery shelters an escaped prisoner (Francesco Quinn) whose only crime is being an illegal alien. Part 1 of two. Father DeMarco: Cesare Danova. Sweet: Geoffrey Thorne. Jamison: Hugh O'Connor. Tibbs: Howard Rollins. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor.
Episode 22
The Law on Trial
Tue, May 19, 1992 60 mins
Conclusion. Tibbs, Gillespie and Father DeMarco are charged with obstruction of justice after they try to help Ramon escape. Carlos: Julio Vivas. Gillespie: Carroll O'Connor. Tibbs: Howard Rollins.
