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In the Heat of the Night - Season 1 Episode 1 Pilot (1)

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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.

First Air Date: Mar 06, 1988

Last Air date: May 16, 1995

Season: 8 Season

Episode: 146 Episode

Runtime: 60 minutes

IMDb: 7.50/10 by 56.00 users

Popularity: 45.605

Language: English