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- Althea Tibbs is kidnapped and taken hostage by the prime suspect in a serial murder investigation.
- Luann tries desperately to adopt a baby that was abandoned in a crack house raid.
- A promising high school student is determined to encourage his younger brother to make positive choices in his life.
- Sparta Police investigate the possibility of a prison bishop being forced off the road being racially motivated. Bill Gillespie and Harriet Delong discuss taking their relationship to the next level.
- Bubba Skinner is determined to have a womanizing real estate agent charged with attempted murder after the man knowingly infected Bubba's friend with HIV.
- 1988–199546mTV-PG7.8 (61)TV EpisodeWhen an embezzler returns to Sparta after serving a prison sentence, quite a few people become suspects when the man is killed.
- A troubled high school student murders his ex-girlfriend's lover, then fixes it so her stepfather is blamed for the crime. Althea suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing the student's suicide.
- A badly wounded mountain man kills the son of a powerful rancher in self defense and flees to Dodge, where Dillon provides protection for him against the father and his gang.
- When Lana's ex-boyfriend comes to Sparta, dim-witted Randy Calhoun stumbles upon the real reason for his visit: an illegal gun running operation.
- 1988–19951h 32mTV-147.6 (151)TV EpisodeAn local retired judge's depraved grandson goes on a serial killing spree in Sparta.
- Gillespie and Tibb's reluctant investigation of a bigamy case becomes absurd with the accused's half dozen wives, and serious when he is found dead in his cell.
- Matt Dillon rides wearily into Dodge City after thirty-six hours in the saddle. At the office he can't get to sleep because Festus is so exuberant about everything. In the course of the day Matt fights with a prisoner and is stabbed with a fork. Kitty will not talk to him because duty caused him to miss a picnic. There is a brawl in the Longbranch Saloon. A young boy locks a crotchety old woman in a safe that has no available combination. Finally, Matt takes things into his own hands.
- Despite his disdain for Bill Gillespie, Harriet's son Eugene helps the Sparta Police bring down the crack house after he is an eyewitness to his best friend's drug-related murder.
- A threat made in anger makes Parker's stepfather the prime suspect in the murder of his former boss.
- Gillespie is asked by a condemned prisoner to be present at his execution.
- Gillespie receives a life altering shock when an old flame comes for a visit and is later murdered.
- A psychiatrist, bound by her own rule of confidentiality, holds information proving that a man about to be executed for murder may actually be innocent.
- D.A. Darnell's daughter is kidnapped by the father of a man Darnelle sent to prison, who committed suicide.
- During the Christmas season, a flirtatious newspaper reporter prints an unflattering story about the Sparta Police Department.
- When two local locksmiths uncover a cocaine fencing operation, all evidence points to the personal staff of Virgil Tibbs' former high school rival.
- Tibbs gets a long overdue dose of self-satisfaction when the Sparta Police close in on the masterminds of the drug trafficking operation.
- The father of a young gunfighter tries to end his son's career by wounding his gun hand.
- Virgil Tibbs returns to Philadelphia to investigate his best man's death and uncovers police corruption within his friend's precinct.
- When a woman plots to kill her husband in order to continue her torrid love affair, things don't go exactly as planned.
- Virgil Tibbs finds himself on both sides of the law when he is asked to handle the probate of a verbally abusive alcoholic woman, whose death may not have been an accident.
- Ellie Wylie brings Marshal Dillon to Coreyville in hopes of getting a fair trial for her brother Titus, who's accused of murder, but that won't be easy. Agatha Corey and her sons consider any legal proceedings a mere formality.
- A newspaper misprint makes Bill Gillespie the target of an escaped killer in the days leading up to he and Harriet's wedding. Bill and Harriet are married in a beautiful, simple ceremony with Chief Forbes serving as best man.
- A down-on-his-luck newsman, Phillip Werris, checks into a flea-bag hotel with his wife Jan, where he finds a manual on how to prospect for gold. That night while sleepwalking, Phillip types a short story that features the author of the manual and his brother. Against his wishes, Jan submits the story to be published. After publication, the story takes on an unnatural air, leading to an amazing climax.
- A single mother is harassed by her landlord, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend.
- 1988–19951h 35mTV-148.7 (102)TV EpisodeA young woman is murdered in the exact same manner to a notorious murder Chief Gillespie investigated 20 years ago and he is threatened as well.
- Tension is created between Tibbs & Gillespie when Tibbs is nominated to be the new Chief of Police. The party responsible for the murder is found to be surprisingly close.
- Shady real estate developers try to drive Gillespie's daughter out of her property, in order to make way for a new development project.
- Bubba travels to Atlanta, GA in an attempt to improve his drug addicted nephew's quality of life.
- Wilson Sweet's job is put on the line when he is accused of soliciting a bribe from a shady used car salesman.
- A paroled robber returns to Sparta in search of a $750,000 stash.
- Althea's colleague is the latest victim of a serial rapist who preys on single, blonde women.
- The Sparta Police Department welcome their first female officer.
- Bubba is first on the scene of a carjacking and first in the heart of the victim, a city council woman with a history of "man problems".
- In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral in exchange for an IOU, but the marshal and his posse chase after him.
- Virgil defends Parker Williams when he is accused of police brutality during an arrest involving Parker's ex-fiance.
- 1988–19951h 36mTV-147.7 (128)TV EpisodeWhen a former cop marries a wealthy widow, his ex-girlfriend sees an opportunity for blackmail. But their plan to keep her quiet and out of their lives does not exactly go as planned.
- Eugene Glendon is accused of committing a robbery after he tries to persuade the real suspect not to go through with it.
- Hard-Luck Henry Haggen comes to Dodge City to persuade his cousin Festus to return home on an important mission. Festus, as the wisest of the Haggens, is to act as Solomon and divide a chest of Confederate gold pieces among the Haggen clan. Henry's constant mishaps thwart Festus's efforts in one of the funniest episodes of the series.
- Gillespie and Forbes become fast friends when both police forces team up and solve the triple murder. Attorney Wade Hatton returns to Sparta and hopes to rekindle a romance from the past with Sarah Hallisey.
- Bubba Skinner rekindles an old romance, then finds himself hurt and confused when she stands accused of murder.
- Newly rescues an ignorant hill girl, Merry Florene, from her uncivilized half-brothers Roland and Elbert. He brings her to Dodge City and arranges for a job at Jonas' general store. The two ruffians find her and try to force her to help them rob the store.
- Bubba Skinner enters into a whirlwind romance with a seductive author passing through Sparta.
- 1988–199545mTV-PG7.5 (55)TV EpisodeA local drunk kills the man he believed was having an affair with his wife.
- Festus Haggen and Newly O'Brien meet an old friend of Festus, Jesse Dillard, an African-American cattle drive cook. Their confab is interrupted by U. S. Marshal Halstead, who has a warrant for Jesse's arrest, charging him with jail break. Jesse goes along peaceably, explaining that he killed his employer for shorting his wages and for a racially motivated flogging. Instead of the normal sentence of six to twelve months, Jesse had been given ten years at hard labor because of his race. Pete Murphy and a few drovers try to rescue Jesse, accidentally shooting the marshal. Dave Carpenter, the owner of the herd and Jesse's boss, rides in with the rest of the drovers to save Jesse from the marshal, who soon dies. Festus is conflicted between his sense of duty and his loyalty to Jesse.
- A prominent judge's wife threatens to reveal a skeleton in his closet unless he grants her a lucrative divorce.