Don't Look Back (1)

S02 E01 • Sunday, Dec 4, 1988 • Dec 4 • 48m

A copycat recreates a shocking unsolved murder from the past.Gillespie feels threatened after Ted Marcus suggests that Virgil should become the Chief.The situation becomes more tense after Virgil criticizes Parker and Bubba's actions.

Don't Look Back (2)

S02 E02 • Sunday, Dec 4, 1988 • Dec 4 • 48m

Tibbs,Gillespie and Bubba pursue different leads in a bizarre murder case and the Chief realizes that the killer has plans for him.

Family Secret

S02 E03 • Tuesday, Dec 6, 1988 • Dec 6 • 48m

The murder of well respected man turns up a shocking secret about his family.

The Hammer and the Glove

S02 E04 • Tuesday, Dec 13, 1988 • Dec 13 • 48m

Virgil is delighted when Matthew his former partner from Philidelphia comes to visit.But he soon learns his friend has another purpose for coming to Sparta.Althea is uncomfortable because she and Matthew were romantically involved before she met Virgil and she realizes that he is unwilling to accept the fact that she chose Virgil over him.Meanwhile the F.B.I. enlist Sparta P.D.'s aid in hiding a witness.

Prisoners

S02 E05 • Tuesday, Dec 20, 1988 • Dec 20 • 48m

Sweet risks his life to prove that the Sheriff of a neighboring county is guilty of the racially motivated murder of a young man that Sweet was friends with in high school.

Hot Nights

S02 E06 • Tuesday, Dec 27, 1988 • Dec 27 • 48m

Bubba is seduced by an alluring writer who has more on her mind than romance.Bill and Virgil worry that he is in over his head.Bubba tries to protect her from her estranged husband, but things get complicated after she shoots someone.

Gunshots

S02 E07 • Tuesday, Jan 3, 1989 • Jan 3 • 48m

Virgil is forced to shoot a suspect in an armed robbery.He has trouble dealing with the consequences of his actions, after he realizes the person he shot was a teenaged girl - and no one can locate the gun he believed she was pointing at him.

Country Mouse, City Mouse

S02 E08 • Tuesday, Jan 10, 1989 • Jan 10 • 48m

Virgil's visiting niece and Bubba's nephew team up in an effort to escape the boredom of small town life.But they get more excitement than they bargained for when they cross paths with a dangerous parolee.

Stranger in Town

S02 E09 • Tuesday, Jan 17, 1989 • Jan 17 • 48m

Gillespie suspects that JoAnn's new cook is connected to the murder of a young prostitute.But Virgil suspects the culprit maybe a local pimp who has been intimidating the women.

Tear Down the Walls

S02 E10 • Tuesday, Jan 31, 1989 • Jan 31 • 48m

A minister who was integrating his church(by inviting Virgil and Althea to attend services)is poisoned.

A Trip Upstate

S02 E11 • Tuesday, Feb 7, 1989 • Feb 7 • 47m

In this thought provoking episode.Gillespie is surprised when a man he arrested asks to see him on the eve of his execution.He must confront his feelings about the death penalty when the prisoner asks him to witness his death.

A.k.a Kelly Kay

S02 E12 • Tuesday, Feb 14, 1989 • Feb 14 • 48m

The past comes back to haunt JoAnn in the form of an escaped convict.

These Things Take Time

S02 E13 • Tuesday, Feb 21, 1989 • Feb 21 • 48m

Intruders

S02 E14 • Tuesday, Mar 7, 1989 • Mar 7 • 48m

The police search for a burglar who preys on elderly women.And the prime suspect is the son of a city councilwoman.

The Creek

S02 E15 • Tuesday, Mar 14, 1989 • Mar 14 • 47m

The investigation of a possible assault brings back nightmarish and confusing childhood memories for Virgil.

Sister, Sister

S02 E16 • Tuesday, Mar 21, 1989 • Mar 21 • 48m

A vivacious socialites return to Sparta delights her ailing father and childhood friend Virgil, but her sister is less than thrilled at her homecoming.After their father is poisoned the jealous siblings become suspects in his murder.

Walkout

S02 E17 • Tuesday, Mar 28, 1989 • Mar 28 • 48m

A bitter strike leads to a murder investigation on a snowy day in Sparta.

Accused

S02 E18 • Tuesday, Apr 4, 1989 • Apr 4 • 48m

Bubba tries to rescue a woman from a rapist, but she mistakes him for her attacker.Gillespie tangles with an ambitious district attorney who plans to use the case to further his career.

Fifteen, Forever

S02 E19 • Tuesday, Apr 25, 1989 • Apr 25 • 48m

Sparta grieves after a drunk driver causes a fatal crash with high school cheerleaders on their way home from a game.While the officers try to find other driver, Althea tries to help the victim's families deal with their loss. The accident brings back painful memories for retired officer Tom Dugan.Meanwhile, district attorney Dutton accuses the department of being inadequate.

Ladybug, Ladybug

S02 E20 • Tuesday, May 2, 1989 • May 2 • 48m

With the Chief in Quantico Bubba and Virgil try to catch a serial arsonist.Things get complicated after a man dies in one of the fires.And Councilwoman White stirs things up by appointing Tom Dugan acting chief of police in Gillespie's absence.

The Pig Woman of Sparta

S02 E21 • Tuesday, May 9, 1989 • May 9 • 48m

It seems that a serial killer has been burying his victims in a wooded area owned by a wealthy hermit that Virgil refers to as ""Sparta's Howard Hughes"". Suspicion immediately falls on an eccentric woman who lives in the woods with her pigs and chases away trespassers with a shotgun.The officers ask the landowner's disturbed son for help and Bubba is surprised to find that a woman he attended high school with is working as the man's ""nurse"".Also Parker and Sweet compete with one another to solve the case.

Missing

S02 E22 • Tuesday, May 16, 1989 • May 16 • 48m