8 Season
146 Episode
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.
- Year : 1995
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Crime, Drama
- Studio : CBS
- Keyword : police chief, police, racism, police detective
- Director : James Lee Barrett
- Cast : Carroll O'Connor, Alan Autry, David Hart, Hugh O'Connor, Crystal R. Fox, Denise Nicholas
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