In the Heat of the Night is een Amerikaanse dramaserie van de zender CBS. De serie ging in première op 6 maart 1988.
In the Heat of the Night gaat over sheriff Chief Gillespie. De serie speelt zich af in het fictieve Spartacus, een klein plaatsje in het zuidelijke Amerika.
Bill and Harriet return home.The cult kidnaps the girl from her foster home.And 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.