The BEST episodes written by Cynthia Deming
#1 - Witness to Murder
Diagnosis Murder - Season 3 - Episode 2
Dr. Sloan takes in an abandoned young girl found at the scene of a murder, while Steve and Jesse go about tracking down the killer.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Citizen Trundel (2)
In the Heat of the Night - Season 3 - Episode 22
Harriet's efforts to bring V.J. Trundel to trial are fruitless.The Chief does not believe they will ever get enough evidence to get an indictment,so he tries another method to bring Trundel to justice.
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#3 - Big Easy Murder
Murder, She Wrote - Season 12 - Episode 4
Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Child of Promise
In the Heat of the Night - Season 4 - Episode 16
A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The More Things Change
In the Heat of the Night - Season 5 - Episode 7
A man murders his business partner and frames the man's illegitimate daughter for the crime in an attempt to gain the man's business and his wife.
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#6 - An Innocent Murder
Diagnosis Murder - Season 3 - Episode 1
Ashley York murders her wealthy father and cleverly manipulates it to appear as though he killed himself. Dr. Sloan picks away at holes in the story, which leads him directly to Ashley.
#7 - Brotherly Love (2)
In the Heat of the Night - Season 4 - Episode 2
Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Lake Winahatchie
In the Heat of the Night - Season 6 - Episode 21
Bill discovers the motivation behind a crime syndicates attempt to muscle in on Sparta and the reason they are determined to get Lana's land.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Fool for Love
In the Heat of the Night - Season 5 - Episode 13
A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Laid to Waste
In the Heat of the Night - Season 4 - Episode 18
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Love, Honor and Obey
In the Heat of the Night - Season 5 - Episode 14
Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Trundel's Will Be Done
In the Heat of the Night - Season 5 - Episode 18
V.J. Trundel's widow takes Harriet to court to gain custody of Eric.But Harriet is determined that her nephew will not be raised in the home of the man who ordered the murder of her sister.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - An Occupational Hazard
In the Heat of the Night - Season 6 - Episode 7
A secretary takes drastic measures to protect herself from sexual harassment.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Indiscretions
In the Heat of the Night - Season 3 - Episode 19
Althea does not realize that an old friend from Philly is hiding a dark secret, nor does Sweet who has fallen in love with the woman.
#15 - Singin' the Blues
In the Heat of the Night - Season 7 - Episode 7
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.
#16 - Every Man's Family
In the Heat of the Night - Season 7 - Episode 9
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 - Hello in There
In the Heat of the Night - Season 3 - Episode 13
Bubba refuses to believe that a former teamate embezzled funds from the bank where he worked.And sets out to prove that his friend was framed and murdered.Harriet hopes that art therapy can help the man's traumatized son,who becomes a target himself when the killer realizes he witnessed the crime.
#18 - Private Sessions
In the Heat of the Night - Season 6 - Episode 11
One of Virgil's classmates from law school is arrested following the death of his former girlfriend, but the man insists that her death was the result of her relationship with her psychiatrist.
#19 - Give Me Your Life (2)
In the Heat of the Night - Season 7 - Episode 24
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.
#20 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
In the Heat of the Night - Season 7 - Episode 13
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.
#21 - A Dish Best Served Cold
In the Heat of the Night - Season 6 - Episode 18
A swindlers homecoming upsets his wife and the families of his victims - especially Etta.