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Chief Gillespie refuses to point out the obvious suspect in the murder of Councilwoman DeLong's sister.

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Night of the Killing

Althea (Anne-Marie Johnson) does not know that a visiting friend (Patrice Chanel) is a fugitive from justice. With Carroll O'Connor.

Indiscretions

Althea finds a woman's death especially tragic, and Gillespie investigates whether the woman's ex-husband ran her down.

An Angry Woman

When a fundamentalist preacher is found dead, an ironclad alibi prevents Gillespie from pursuing the case against a traveling madam.

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Bubba downplays the gossip that he is the father of a baby left on his doorstep; blackmail and murder surface in the search for the baby's parents.

Bubba's Baby

Althea suspects a student has problems at home, then learns one parent is dead, the other is missing.

A Loss of Innocence

A retired detective (Ken Curtis) assists Gillespie's probe of a murder at a rest home; guest Louise Fletcher.

December Days

A councilwoman (Denise Nicholas) tries art therapy on a mute boy who may have witnessed his father's murder.

Hello in There

A murderer (John Diehl) is on the run, and Gillespie (Carroll O'Connor) does everything he can to prevent him from killing again. With Alan Autry.

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Althea is raped by an acquaintance, and Tibbs is faced with the possibility that they do not have enough evidence to prosecute the man.

S3 E1 | Rape