The BEST episodes of In the Heat of the Night season 7
Every episode of In the Heat of the Night season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of In the Heat of the Night season 7!
Based on the critically acclaimed novel and film of the same name, this series provides a hopeful, yet honest look at life in the new South. Set in the fictional Sparta, Mississippi, the show is a blend of heartfelt drama and folksy humor, portraying both the professional and personal pursuits of Sparta P.D's officers. Series star Carroll O'Connor, in a role far removed from Archie Bunker, served as executive producer. Using the pen name Matt Harris, O'Connor was also the story editor and wrote many of the episodes.
#1 - Conspiracy of One
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1994
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.
#2 - Hard Choices
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1994
Eugene tries to protect a friend who was an unwilling accomplice to a robbery and in doing so endangers his probation -- and his life.
#3 - Dangerous Engagement
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1994
Bill and Harriet's wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper who mistakes Bill for Sheriff McComb.
#4 - Child's Play
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1993
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.
#5 - A Depraved Heart
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/1993
The daughter of an old friend asks Bubba to arrest the man who knowingly gave her AIDS.
#6 - Little Girl Lost
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1993
Tragic story of an alcoholic teen who accidentally kills a little girl while she is drinking and driving.
#7 - Maybelle Returns
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1994
Maybelle's new phone sex business is a great success - until one her girls decides to moonlight as a prostitute.
#8 - Poor Relations
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/30/1994
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.
#9 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1994
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.
#10 - Ches and the Grand Lady
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1994
Lonnie must protect his Aunt Cordelia when her cherished friendship with Ches Collins angers one of his cousins.
#11 - Virgil Tibbs, Attorney at Law
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1993
Attorney Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta and is soon assigned his first case as a defense attorney.
#12 - Hatton's Turn (1)
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1993
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.
#13 - Hatton's Turn (2)
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1993
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.
#14 - Give Me Your Life (1)
Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1994
Bill and Harriet travel to New Orleans for their honeymoon.Forbes learns that a cult which has rented an old school building may be involved in child abuse and other illegal activities.While inspecting the premises Bubba and Dee rescue a frightened young girl.Bubba finds a foster home for the girl but the girl's mother tries to regain custody in court - with Sarah Hallisey as their attorney.
#15 - The Last Round
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1994
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.
#16 - Every Man's Family
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1993
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.
#17 - A Love Lost
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1993
Lana's ex- boyfriend comes to see her and brings a load of stolen rifles with him.
#18 - Singin' the Blues
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1993
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.
#19 - A Baby Called Rocket
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/1993
A neglected baby stirs maternal feelings in Luann.
#20 - Your Own Kind
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1993
#21 - Incident at Brewer's Pond
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1993
A night of revelry at a local pond turns deadly.
#22 - Give Me Your Life (2)
Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1994
Bill and Harriet return home. The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home. 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.
#23 - Time's Long Shadow
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/16/1994
Harriet tries to stop an arrogant developer from destroying an important archeological site.
#24 - The Rabbi
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1994
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.