S5 E1 • A Woman Much Admired

Gillespie's old flame returns to Sparta to settle some business matters and see Bill. When she is murdered he travels to Gulfport and meets his daughter Lana for the first time.

Première diffusion : 1 octobre 1991

S5 E2 • Baby for Sale

After Bubba's cousin adopts a baby her husband is blackmailed by the child's real parents - they want him to help them steal the payroll where he works.

Première diffusion : 8 octobre 1991

S5 E3 • Obsession

A flirtatious schoolteacher is stalked by a madman.

Première diffusion : 22 octobre 1991

S5 E4 • Liar's Poker

A game of high stakes poker ends in murder.

Première diffusion : 29 octobre 1991

S5 E5 • Ruda's Awakening

Virgil's Aunt Ruda is the only witness to a struggle between Bubba and a young robbery suspect that ends in the young mans death.But her prejudice against the police -- and Virgil clouds her memory of the incident.

Première diffusion : 5 novembre 1991

S5 E6 • Unfinished Business

Bubba returns to Los Angeles to testify at a murder trial and is reunited with Pat Day as they try to protect Mike from killers sent to prevent him from testifying.

Première diffusion : 12 novembre 1991

S5 E7 • The More Things Change

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.

Première diffusion : 19 novembre 1991

S5 E8 • Sweet, Sweet Blues

The lyrics to a blues song recall a murder that happened 50 years earlier.The victim - Sweet's grandfather.And the only people left with the answers are the bluesman who wrote the song and a retired sheriff.

Première diffusion : 26 novembre 1991

S5 E9 • Sparta Gold

A deputy provides protection for a cotton grower who is running a pot growing operation.But the deputy makes a big mistake when he wounds Bubba's girlfriend.

Première diffusion : 3 décembre 1991

S5 E10 • An Eye for an Eye

The father of a man Gerard prosecuted kidnaps the DA's daughter.

Première diffusion : 10 décembre 1991

S5 E11 • The Littlest Victim

Lonnie makes a heartbreaking discovery about a woman he dated in high school.

Première diffusion : 17 décembre 1991

S5 E12 • The Landlord

A drug dealing slumlord is murdered by his accomplices.

Première diffusion : 7 janvier 1992

S5 E13 • Fool for Love

A doctor plots to eliminate his wife -- and his mistress.

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 1992

S5 E14 • Love, Honor and Obey

Parkers investigation into a purse snatching reveals an abused woman.

Première diffusion : 4 février 1992

S5 E15 • Odessa

Racists target a ceremony honoring a civil rights pioneer.

Première diffusion : 11 février 1992

S5 E16 • A Time to Trust

Althea fears for one of her students after her mother's boyfriend is linked to a criminal operation that has resulted in the deaths of several truckers.

Première diffusion : 18 février 1992

S5 E17 • By Means Most Foul

A restaurateur and her mechanic boyfriend plot to eliminate her husband, but their scheme backfires.Gillespie takes heat over a string of mailbox bashings.And Virgil soon regrets ignoring Parker's theory regarding where the vandals would strike next.

Première diffusion : 25 février 1992

S5 E18 • Trundel's Will Be Done

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.

Première diffusion : 3 mars 1992

S5 E19 • Moseley's Lot

Gillespie learns that the son of an old friend is a compulsive gambler.The young man wants his father to pay off his losses.But when two gangsters show up from New Orleans to collect, his jealous sibling sees the perfect opportunity to get rid of his troubled brother.

Première diffusion : 31 mars 1992

S5 E20 • Family Reunion

An ex-convict attempts to retrieve his loot from his wife and her new husband in this tongue-in-cheek episode.

Première diffusion : 7 avril 1992

S5 E21 • Sanctuary

A political prisoner who entered the country illegally,seeks sanctuary in a monastary.Gillespie and Tibbs find themselves at odds with Sheriff McComb when they try to help the man.

Première diffusion : 12 mai 1992

S5 E22 • The Law on Trial

Gillespie,Tibbs and Father DiMarco must stand trial for harbouring a fugitive and obstructing justice.

Première diffusion : 19 mai 1992