Child's Play

S07 E01 • Thursday, Sep 16, 1993 • Sep 16 • 1h

Chief Gillespie is fired by the city council and Sparta's new police chief Hampton Forbes arrives in town.Bill's last case with Sparta P.D. is a murder investigation in which a young boy has been implicated.

Hatton's Turn (1)

S07 E02 • Saturday, Sep 18, 1993 • Sep 18 • 1h

Hampton Forbes assumes the office of Chief of Police and Bill becomes the Sheriff of Newman county.Former Spartan Wade Hatton returns to Sparta hoping to make sense of his life and rekindle his relationship with Sarah Hallisey.Bubba and Covey take the new chief on a tour of Sparta and Bill takes Wade to visit some distant cousins.Meanwhile two young criminals involve a mentally handicapped young man in a terrible crime.

Hatton's Turn (2)

S07 E03 • Saturday, Sep 18, 1993 • Sep 18 • 1h

Wade and Sarah try to keep young Henry from being punished for a crime he did not commit and Forbes and his officers search for the two men who are really responsible.

A Depraved Heart

S07 E04 • Thursday, Sep 23, 1993 • Sep 23 • 1h

The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.

Incident at Brewer's Pond

S07 E05 • Thursday, Sep 30, 1993 • Sep 30 • 1h

A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.

A Love Lost

S07 E06 • Thursday, Oct 14, 1993 • Oct 14 • 1h

Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.

Singin' the Blues

S07 E07 • Thursday, Oct 28, 1993 • Oct 28 • 1h

Luann moonlights as a singer at a nightclub and finds romance with the clubs owner.Her happiness is shortlived when she realizes that the bartender is dealing drugs.

Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law

S07 E08 • Thursday, Nov 4, 1993 • Nov 4 • 1h

Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.

Every Man's Family

S07 E09 • Wednesday, Nov 10, 1993 • Nov 10 • 1h

Bubba travels to Atlanta to help his nephew after the boy overdoses on drugs.He soon teams up with a street wise cop to take down the drug ring.

A Baby Called Rocket

S07 E10 • Thursday, Nov 25, 1993 • Nov 25 • 1h

A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.

Little Girl Lost

S07 E11 • Thursday, Dec 9, 1993 • Dec 9 • 1h

Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.

Your Own Kind

S07 E12 • Thursday, Dec 16, 1993 • Dec 16 • 1h

Good Cop, Bad Cop

S07 E13 • Thursday, Jan 6, 1994 • Jan 6 • 1h

Virgil defends Parker after he is falsely accused of police brutality by a drug dealer.The prosecution's main witness - the man's girlfriend, who was once engaged to Parker.

Maybelle Returns

S07 E14 • Wednesday, Jan 12, 1994 • Jan 12 • 1h

Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.

The Last Round

S07 E15 • Wednesday, Jan 19, 1994 • Jan 19 • 1h

Forbes is delighted when his fiancee Angela comes to see him,but is disappointed when he realizes that they have very different plans for the future.

Ches and the Grand Lady

S07 E16 • Wednesday, Jan 26, 1994 • Jan 26 • 1h

Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.

Conspiracy of One

S07 E17 • Wednesday, Feb 2, 1994 • Feb 2 • 1h

Virgil accepts a position at a prominent law firm.But as a former police officer he feels conflicting emotions when he realizes that one of their clients is guilty of murder.

The Rabbi

S07 E18 • Wednesday, Feb 9, 1994 • Feb 9 • 1h

A Rabbi returns to Sparta after many years.Racists vandalize his synagogue and soon after their Torah is stolen.Forbes investigates but the Rabbi refuses to trust Bill because of his inaction while investigating a hate crime many years ago.

Hard Choices

S07 E19 • Wednesday, Mar 9, 1994 • Mar 9 • 1h

Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.

Time's Long Shadow

S07 E20 • Wednesday, Mar 16, 1994 • Mar 16 • 1h

Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.

Poor Relations

S07 E21 • Wednesday, Mar 30, 1994 • Mar 30 • 1h

Comedic episode in which Parker's ne'er-do-well stepfather returns to Sparta with a new wife, a stolen painting and two inept art thieves who are determined to steal the painting back.

Dangerous Engagement

S07 E22 • Wednesday, May 4, 1994 • May 4 • 1h

Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

S07 E23 • Wednesday, May 11, 1994 • May 11 • 1h

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life is a film directed by Russ Mayberry released on May 11, 1994.

Give Me Your Life (2)

S07 E24 • Wednesday, May 11, 1994 • May 11 • 1h

Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And Forbes and his men arrest a man who has been supplying drugs used to keep the cult members under control.Soon a standoff develops and the officers realize that they have no intention of surrendering.Sarah is taken hostage.As they attempt to rescue the women and children Lonnie and Parker find themselves defusing a bomb and Bubba risks his life to rescue a small child from the building.