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Meanwhile Virgil is not happy when the Chief enlists his aid in tracking down Bubba's cousin, a suspected moonshiner. Racial tensions run high when a married white woman has an affair with a black businessman from New York. Bubba and Virgil clash again and Virgil is frustrated when the Chief rejects his theory about the crime. But he has a difficult time persuading Gillespie, who is a longtime friend of the husband, and Bubba, who has been seeing the cousin.
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Virgil immediately suspects the adulterous pair. The affair between a wealthy, alcoholic woman's husband and her distant cousin leads to the wife's murder. As they come closer to the truth things become dangerous for Virgil. The investigation into the brutal murders of a young girl and the suspect in her death, leads Tibbs and Gillespie to the son of one of Sparta's wealthiest and most influential citizens. Doug Savant and Kevin McCarthy guest star. Tibbs' first case is a racially charged murder case that is soon complicated when the suspect is murdered in his cell. Virgil has trouble adjusting to the small, antiquated police force. His arrival is met with resistance from police chief Bill Gillespie – who, despite his good relationship with Tibbs, resents having an officer hired without his approval.
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Episodes Season 1 (1988) No.ĭetective Virgil Tibbs returns to Sparta for his mother's funeral and joins the police force as chief of detectives.