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Starring Carroll O' Connor
Season 6 (NBC) (1992-93)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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######### In The Heat Of The Night ###########
############# season 6 1992-93 ###############
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Denise Nicholas as Harriet DeLong becomes a full regular member of the cast. from season 6
Supervising Producer Edward Ledding
Co-Producers Herb Adelman and Victoria LaFortune
Produced by Joe Gannon
executive story editors Mitchell Schneider and Cynthia Deming

Season 6 Title sequence:
(similar to seasons 2,3,4,5 but with addition of Denise Nicholas)
starring:
Carroll O'Connor
and:
Howard Rollins
also starring:
Alan Autry
Anne-Marie Johnson
David Hart
Geoffrey Thorne
Hugh O'Connor
Denise Nicholas as Harriet DeLong

6.01 [097] In The Heat of The Night: A SMALL WAR (part 1/2)
prod. no. 5802 / 28Oct92
Written by Joe Gannon
Directed by Harry Harris
Guest Stars:
Laura Johnson
Rugg Williams
Calvin Levels
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Dan Biggers
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Trent Bross .......... Haskell
Eric Ware ............ Theo
Art Merrill .......... Deke
Troy Hogan ........... Byron
Gary Williams ........ Clay
Jen Harper ........... Dr. Day
Collin Alexander ..... Almont Tanner
Harvey E. Lee ........ Officer Covey
Mark Johnson ......... Officer Everett
Danny Fendley ........ Paramedic
Crack dealers bring violence and tragedy with them when they move into Sparta.

6.02 [098] In The Heat of The Night: A SMALL WAR (part 2/2)
prod. no. 5803 / 4Nov92
Written by Joe Gannon
Directed by Harry Harris
Guest Stars:
Laura Johnson
Rugg Williams
Calvin Levels
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Dan Biggers
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Trent Bross .......... Haskell
Eric Ware ............ Theo
Art Merrill .......... Deke
Mecourt Poux, Jr ..... Officer Bowden
Harvey E. Lee ........ Officer Covey
Mark Johnson ......... Officer Everett
Gillespie and Tibbs tighten the net around a murderous band of crack dealers.

6.03 [099] In The Heat of The Night: BROTHER'S KEEPER
prod. no. 5809 / 11Nov92
Written by William J. Royce
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Special guest star
Meshach Taylor (Designing Women)
Guest Star:
Crystal Fox as Officer Luann Corbin
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Saundra D. Franks
Dan Biggers
Michael Pniewski
Gerald Brown
Karen Carlson
Kevin Crysler
Thom Gossom, Jr
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Harvey E. Lee, Jr .... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson ......... Officer Everett
C.C. Taylor .......... Officer Peak
Bonnie Cook .......... Barbara Woodall
Janice Nelson ........ Indian Tilley
Bill Coates .......... Mac Rogers
Bart Hansard ......... Pool Shark
Eddie Billips ........ Gambler
L. Warren Young ...... Thomas Clarence
Luann is forced to move in with Tibbs family when her ex-con
brother Tyler Corbin return's causing family tensions.

6.04 [100] In The Heat of The Night: A FRENZIED AFFAIR (1/2)
prod no. ? / 18Nov92
Written by Mitchell Shneider
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Guest Stars:
A. J. Langer
Walt Goggins
Dylan McDermott
co-starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Judson Vaughn
co-starring: (end credits)
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Sam Bean .............. Lyle Ridley
Mary Ann Hagen ........ Shelly Ridley
Cameron Krone ......... Kenny Ridley
Jen Harper ............ Dr. Day
Paul Carden ........... Vern Collins
Martha Knighton ....... Emma Watkins
Don Young ............. Teddy Watkins
Tom Atwater ........... Joseph Cooper
A troubled teenager seeks solace in desperate measures when his girlfriend leaves him.
(continued on next episode 'Discovery')

6.05 [101] In The Heat of The Night: DISCOVERY (2/2)
(sequel to 'A Frenzied Affair')
18Nov92
Teleplay by Mitchell Schneider / Story by Matt Harris
Directed by Paul Chavez
Guest Stars:
A. J. Langer
Charles Grant
Allan Arbus as Dr. Atwill
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Tonea Stewart
Judson Vaughn
Jen Harper
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Alfred Wiggins ........ Wendell Munn
C. Harrison Avery ..... Willie Stevens
Tim Black ............. Cliff Rankin
Susie Spear ........... Corinne Foster
Harvey E. Lee, Jr. .... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
In the wake of Garth's suicide, Althea becomes very depressed and Meagan turns to crime.

6.06 [102] In The Heat of The Night: RANDOM'S CHILD
prod. no. 5812 / 25Nov92
Written by Matt Harris
Directed by Leo Penn
Guest Stars:
Robert O'Reilly
Christine Elise as Lana Farron (Gillespie's daughter)
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Thom Gossom Jr.
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Steven Raulerson ...... Jack Smet
Scott Brian-Higgs ..... Randy Calhoun
Thomas Byrd ........... Louis Arthur
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Randall Franks ........ Officer Randy
Gillespie's estranged daughter has a troubled return to Sparta.

6.07 [103] In The Heat of The Night: AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
prod. no. 5806 / 2Dec92
Written by Cynthia Deming
Directed by Vince McEveety (NOT Vincent)
Guest Stars:
Deborah Hobart
Michael Spound
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Nick Searcy
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Lee Morris ............ Jack
Ron Leggett ........... Gary
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Rebecca Williams ...... June Simmons
Ted Manson ............ Farmer
Hope Ledding .......... Debbie Murphy
A woman takes the law into her own hands to stop sexual harassment.

6.08 [104] In The Heat of The Night: LAST RITES
prod. no. 5801 / 9Dec92
Written by Mitchell Schneider
Directed by Vincent McEveety
music by David Bell
Guest Star:
Fran Bennett as Aunt Ruda
Special Guest Star:
Earl Holliman
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Dan Biggers
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Michael Burgess ....... Tyrell Gibson
Jen Harper ............ Dr. Day
Charles Reese ......... Clarence Thompson
David De Vries ........ Purvis Bell
Suzanne Stewart ....... Cora Lucas
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Margo Moorer .......... Nurse Jessup
Carl McIntyre ......... Gus Bishop
Bob Orwig ............. Leonard Dobbs
Adriana Warner ........ Pearl Smalley
Tibbs stumbles on the suspicious deaths of a number of
terminally ill patients. Aunt Ruda has a terminal illness.

6.09 [105] In The Heat of The Night: WHEN THE MUSIC STOPPED
prod. no. 5808 / 16Dec92
Teleplay by Stephen Schneck and Matt Harris / Story by Stephen Schneck
Directed by Russ Mayberry
Special Guest Star:
Robert Goulet as Eddie Laren
Guest Star:
Gary Crosby
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Dee Shaw,
Polly W. Le Porte
Joe Dorsey
Janette Lane Bradbury
Stuart Culpepper
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Rhubarb Jones ......... Duke
Debra Nelson .......... Prosecutor
Steven Coulter ........ Public Defender
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
C.C. Taylor ........... Officer Peake
song 'About a Mile' lyrics by Carroll O'Connor
music by Robert Schuman and Richard S. Kaufman
Bubba learns the truth about his country music singing idol.
A country singer (Robert Goulet) accused of stealing songs accidentally kills his accuser.
(Howard Rollins and Denise Nicholas NOT in this episode)

6.10 [106] In The Heat of The Night: FLOWERS FROM A LADY
prod. no. 5810 / 6Jan93
Written by Denise Nicholas
Directed by Russ Mayberry
Guest Stars:
Linda Gehringer
Rhonda Dotson
Matthew Posey
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Thom Gossom Jr
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Mary Nell Santacroce .. Mrs. Hawthorne
Maureen Dowdell ....... Tracey Boggs
Gerald Dunn ........... Jimmy
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Margo Moorer .......... Nurse Jessup
Nate Bynum ............ Delivery Man
John Newberg .......... Health Club Manager
A woman misinterprets as affection Bubba's help after a mugging.

6.11 [107] In The Heat of The Night: PRIVATE SESSIONS
prod. no. 5813 / 13Jan93
Written by Cynthia Deming
Directed by Russ Mayberry
Special Guest Star:
Jason Beghe
Guest Stars:
John Vernon
Jennifer Nash
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Dan Biggers
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Randy Martin .......... Sharon Phillip
Harrison Avery ........ Willie Stevens
Challen Cates ......... Jennifer
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Theresa O'Shea ........ Ms. Lawrence
Butch Hammett ......... Jeff
Stephanie Belt ........ Receptionist
A lover's reunion ends with a girl jumping to her death.
A waitress under a psychiatrist's care dies mysteriously; Virgil's friend is a suspect.

6.12 [108] In The Heat of The Night: JUDGMENT DAY
prod. no. 5818 / 20Jan93
Written by Mitchell Schneider
Directed by Larry Hagman
Special Guest Star:
Ken Kercheval .......... Judge Lawton Gray
Guest Stars:
Sherilyn Wolter
and
Lois Chiles as Muriel Gray
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Lee Freeman
Frank Roberts
Steven Griffith
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
C.C. Taylor ........... Officer Peake
Nina Jones ............ Dorinda Worrell
Gail Everett Smith .... Matilda Carson
Kathie Swenn .......... Gail Henderson
Jill Jane Clements .... Maudie
Ellen Heard ........... Julie Fairlawn
The only thing stands in the way of Judge Lawton Gray's
career is his wife - and he won't let her stop him.

6.13 [109] In The Heat of The Night: FALSELY ACCUSED
prod. no. 5820 / 3Feb93
Written by Joe Gannon
Directed by Reza Bidiyi
Guest Stars:
Charles Hallahan
Greg Travis
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Marion Guyot .......... Louise Laneer
Piero Gusberti ........ Pierro
Gordon Danniels ....... Technician
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Danny Tucker .......... Man
Stephanie Astalos-Jones .. Woman
Charles Portney ....... Youth
Sweet is accused of seeking bribes by a used car salesman. (Alan Autry/Bubba NOT in this episode)

6.14 [110] In The Heat of The Night: A STEP REMOVED
prod. no. 5824 / 10Feb93
Written by Mitchell Schneider
Directed by Paul Chavez
Special Guest Star:
Pat Hingle
Co-Starring (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Laura Whyte
Harvey E. Lee Jr,
Mark Johnson
Meredith Folland
Rus Blackwell,
Daryl Cohen
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Danny Nelson ......... Dewey
Edith Ivey ........... Loretta
Maureen Dowdell ...... Tracey Boggs
Bill Crabb ........... Bartender
Steve Coulter ........ Public Defender
Clarinda Ross ........ Kathy
Brooks Anne Hayes .... Annie
Joyce Fain ........... Stella
Parker's stepfather (Pat Hingle) is the prime suspect in a murder case. (No Virgil, No Bubba)

6.15 [111] In The Heat of The Night: DEADLY AFFECTION
prod. no. 5825 / 17Feb93
Written by Joe Gannon
Directed by Vince McEveety (NOT Vincent)
Guest Stars:
Michael Beck
Karen Carlson
Juliet Sorcey
Paul Landry
Teri Austin as Alice
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Ron Culbreth .......... Sheriff McComb (of Union County)
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Geoff McKnight ........ Deputy Farrell
Derek Pruitt .......... The Kid
Tony Vaughn ........... Troy Worrell
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Amy Gaultney .......... Waitress
Robin McClamb ......... Secretary
A woman faces eviction after rejecting her landlord's romantic overtures.

6.16 [112] In The Heat of The Night: LEFTOVER MAN part 1
prod. no. 5804 / 3Mar93
Teleplay by Matt Harris /Story by Gigi Levangie and Mack Anderson
Directed by Larry Hagman
guest stars
Gregg Henry
Shannon Wilcox
Clifton Powell
David Healy
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Mark Johnson
Harvey E. Lee Jr.
Dee Shaw
Dan Biggers
Chris Lobban
Tonea Stewart,
Ric Reitz
Michael Genevie
Michael Mattison,
Loretta Calabro.
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Charles Black .......... Grover Dorsey
Marion Guyot ........... Louise Laneer
Emory Livers ........... Kid
Delta Cole ............. Female Producer
Larry Shuler ........... Manager Pat
Maureen Dowdell ........ Nurse
A white supremacist plots a phoney assassination attempt, intending to blame it on black radicals.

6.17 [113] In The Heat of The Night: LEFTOVER MAN part 2
prod. no. 5805 / 10Mar93
Teleplay by Matt Harris / Story by Gigi Levangie and Mack Anderson
Directed by Larry Hagman
guest stars
Gregg Henry
Shannon Wilcox
Clifton Powell
David Healy
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Dan Biggers
RC
Chris Lobban
Ric Reitz
Michael Genevie
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Michael Mattison ...... Buddy Yunger
Loretta Calabro ....... Cheryl Yunger
Afemo Omilami ......... Jimmy Dawes
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Emory Livers .......... Kid
Tracey Copeland ....... Maid

6.18 [114] In The Heat of The Night: A DISH BEST SERVED COLD
prod. no. 5823 / 17Mar93
Written by Cynthia Deming & William J. Royce
Directed by Reza Bidiyi
Special Guest Star:
Karen Black
Guest Stars:
Tonea Stewart
Edd Grady
Stephen Michael Ayers
Barbara Howard as Connie Beacham
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Wilbur T. Fitzgerald
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Harvey E. Lee Jr.
Lonnie Smith ......... Lance Carter
Barry Scott .......... Minister
Dejie Johnson ........ Waitress
Nathan Adler ......... Lester Meacham
An embezzler's return to Sparta serves to rekindle some old hatreds.
(Revenge is the dish best served cold)
(No Bubba, No Virgil, No Althea, No Harriet)

6.19 [115] In The Heat of The Night: LEGACY
prod. no. 5821 / 24Mar93
Written by Denise Nicholas
Directed by Paul Chavez
Guest Star:
Renee Jones
Special Guest Star:
Edward Albert
Guest Starring:
Katherine Moffat
Claire Yarlett
Mark Lenard as Horace Sloan ('Star Trek')
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Dan Biggers
Wilbur T. Fitzgerald
Thom Gossom, Jr.
John Lawhorn
Co-Starring: (end credits)
David Milford ......... Clerk
Royce Holleman ........ Emerson
Ernest Dixon .......... Rev. Hastings
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Nita Hardy ............ Bessie
Joseph Wilkins ........ Asst. Medical Examiner
A dispute over an old will turns to violence. A businessman gives up
land his father willed to a black sharecropper, raising tensions in Sparta. (No Bubba)

6.20 [116] In The Heat of The Night: EVEN NICE PEOPLE (1/2)
prod. no. 5822 / 28Apr93
Written by Matt Harris
Directed by Carroll O'Connor
Special Guest Appearance by
Burgess Meredith
guest stars
Don Stroud
Rusty Schwimmer
Christine Elise as Lana Farren
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Thom Gossom, Jr.
Bob Penny
Scott Brian Higgs
Chris Lobban
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Bob Banks ............. Bob Burrows
Jay McMillan .......... Court Attendent
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
C.C. Taylor ........... Officer Peake
Is Gillespie's daughter Lana being stalked by a dangerous killer?

6.21 [117] In The Heat of The Night: LAKE WINAHATCHIE (2/2)
(sequel to 'Even Nice People')
prod. no. 5819 / 5May93
Written by Cynthia Deming
Directed by Harry Harris
Special Guest Appearance by:
Burgess Meredith
Guest Stars:
Robert O'Reilly
Rusty Schwimmer
Christine Elise as Lana Farren
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw,
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Bob Penny
Scott Brian Higgs
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Michael Montgomery .... Mr. Peterson
Bill Ewin ............. Doc Borden
Michael Edwards ....... Surveyor
Jay McMillan .......... Clarence
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
C.C. Taylor ........... Officer Peake
Gillespie begins to piece together the reasons for the mob attack on Lana.
(No Bubba, No Virgil)

6.22 [118] In The Heat of The Night: A CORRECT SETTLING
prod. no. 5826 / 12May93
Written by Matt Harris
Directed by Harry Harris
Guest Stars:
Bill Henderson
John Wesley
Rugg Williams
Nicolas Cowan
Co-Starring: (opening credits)
Crystal Fox
Dee Shaw
Tonea Stewart
Jen Harper
James Van Harper
J. Don Ferguson
Larry Black
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Harvey E. Lee Jr. ..... Officer Covey
Mark Johnson .......... Officer Everett
C.C. Taylor ........... Officer Peake
Maureen Dowdell ....... Tracey Boggs
Greg Leevy ............ Aide
Terrence Gibney ....... Turner
Steve Varnum .......... Mechanic
Megan McFarland ....... Guard No. 3
Harriet reluctantly joins her son's struggle to get her estranged husband off death row.
(No Bubba, No Virgil)

Leaving the regular cast at the end of season 6
Howard E. Rollins as Chief of Det. Virgil Tibbs (1988-93) Virgil has gone away study law.
Anne-Marie Johnson as Althea Tibbs (1988-93)
 Also leaving Geoffrey Thorne as Det./Sgt Willson Sweet

######### In The Heat Of The Night ###########
############# end of season 6 ################
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