The police forces of Sparta, Mississippi, and surrounding areas tackle gripping cases and thrilling adventures.
Bill Gillespie, a small-town police chief turned sheriff, navigates the complexities of crime-solving and local politics in the American South.
Aired: Mar 5, 1988Chief Gillespie reluctantly accepts visiting Sparta native Virgil Tibbs as hi...
Aired: Mar 5, 1988Gillespie and Tibbs learn to get used to each other's working habits and bond...
Aired: Mar 14, 1988Despite compelling evidence, Gillespie refuses to believe that his best frien...
Aired: Mar 21, 1988Racial tensions boil over in Sparta when a married, white woman has an extram...
Aired: Mar 28, 1988When two local locksmiths uncover a cocaine fencing operation, all evidence p...
Aired: Apr 5, 1988Tibbs gets a long overdue dose of self-satisfaction when the Sparta Police cl...
Aired: Apr 12, 1988Gillespie and Tibb's reluctant investigation of a bigamy case becomes absurd ...
Aired: May 3, 1988Althea Tibbs is kidnapped and taken hostage by the prime suspect in a serial ...
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