Chief Gillespie reluctantly accepts visiting Sparta native Virgil Tibbs as his new Chief of Detectives in the midst of a high-profile murder investigation.

Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry, Anne-Marie Johnson, David Hart, Christian Jules Le Blanc, Dennis Lipscomb, Doug Savant, Mills Watson, David Harris, Jill Carroll, Margaret Blye, Kevin McCarthy, Helene Udy, Peter Gabb