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1. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET MOVIE
2. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET PROFESSIONAL
3. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET SERIES
4. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET TV

He believed that the key to this show's success was to express its small-town locale and characters through the stories. He was disappointed in the writing, feeling that the writers were taking big-city stories and imposing them on a small town. O'Connor described these as "recycled material from other crime shows". After the pilot, however, she ordered scripts from her writers.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET SERIES

At first, she allowed him to consult on the series per his contract. Many conflicts arose between Juanita Bartlett and series star Carroll O'Connor over the writing of the series. The series premiered on March 6, 1988, with the season finale airing on May 3, 1988.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET MOVIE

Eight episodes were filmed-the two-hour pilot movie and six regular one-hour episodes. The producers had difficulty finding usable filming locations, because other, more modern structures were close enough to be picked up in the images. Hammond was selected by executive producer Juanita Bartlett to represent the small southern town of Sparta, Mississippi. The first season was filmed in Hammond, Louisiana. Main article: List of In the Heat of the Night episodes Season The show dealt with a variety of issues, including racism, police brutality, interracial relationships, hate crimes, drug trafficking, drug addiction, alcoholism, teenage pregnancy, rape, AIDS, misogyny, incest, child abuse, sexual harassment, euthanasia, anti-Semitism, political corruption, prostitution, domestic violence, mental disorders, dysfunctional families, suicide, capital punishment, poverty, and drunk driving.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET PROFESSIONAL

The two senior police officials find that they get along excellently, in both professional and personal spheres. Gillespie finds a new post of equivalent authority as county sheriff. Forbes is the town's first African American to serve in that position. The council selects Hampton Forbes ( Carl Weathers) to take Gillespie's place.

Meanwhile, the Sparta city council dismisses Gillespie as chief of police. Rollins' final appearance on the series was February 2, 1994. He begins practicing law when he accepts a position in Ben Taylor's law office. Through the hard work of Sparta Councilwoman Harriet DeLong, Tibbs is able to retire and keep his city pension, although he was two months shy of the qualifying period. She moves back to Philadelphia with their twins to be near her parents. Upon his return to Sparta, he and his wife Althea have separated, and they later divorce. Although the team suffers friction over Tibbs' dissatisfaction with the department's limited resources and racial attitudes, and Gillespie is annoyed at the detective's condescending suspicions about his hometown, the two men prove highly effective in enforcing the law.Īt the beginning of the seventh season, Tibbs takes a leave of absence, moving to Jackson, Mississippi, to complete his law degree on a compressed schedule. Mayor Findlay himself has an ulterior motive for hiring Tibbs: he wants to have some kind of record on civil rights to run for Congress, and hiring Tibbs to integrate the all-white Sparta police department would help to overcome the local squad's reputation of being racist and underskilled - and it also benefits him. The events of the first film, although 21 years in the past, are said to have occurred "a few years ago" in a type of retcon to explain the ages of the characters. Under his relationship with Bill Gillespie, the white police chief fostered during a previous murder investigation in which he assisted, Tibbs is persuaded by the mayor to remain in Sparta as Chief of Detectives. In the premiere episode, Philadelphia homicide detective and criminal profiler Virgil Tibbs has returned to his fictional hometown of Sparta, Mississippi, for his mother's funeral. The show itself is a sequel to the 1967 film, set several years in the future.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT FAMILY SECRET TV

2.8 TV movies and Hugh O'Connor's death.