In the Heat of the Night/Pilot

Pilot
Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2
Airdate	March 6, 1988
Production Number	7801
Written by	James Lee Barrett
Directed by	David Hemmings
Produced by	James Lee Barrett
— N/A	1x03 → Road Kill
In the Heat of the Night — Season One

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Pilot is the first and second episodes of the first season of In the Heat of the Night.

Starring: Carroll O'Connor (Chief William O. "Bill" Gillespie)

and Howard Rollins (Detective Virgil Tibbs)

Also Starring: Alan Autry (Officer V.L. "Bubba" Skinner), Anne-Marie Johnson (Althea Tibbs), David Hart (Officer Parker Williams), Christian LeBlanc (Officer Junior Abernathy)

with Guest Stars: Dennis Lipscomb (Mayor Jim Findlay), Doug Savant (Scott LaPierre), Mills Watson (Dr. Bridgers), David Harris (Willie Jones), Jill Carroll (Barbara Giles), Maggie Blye (Gillespie's Girlfriend)

and Kevin McCarthy (Harold LaPierre)

Co-Starring: Helene Udy (Anne Strictland), Peter Gabb (Horace Goode), Hugh O'Connor (Jamison), Mary Elizabeth Blackmon (Nan Woodall), Stocker Fontelieu (Tolliver), Robert Adams (Meese), Rod Masterson (Morris), Chuck Hicks (Red Jack), Dave Petitjean (Smiley Hewitt), J. Kevin Brune (Ben Gilroy), John Wilmot (Mr. Gilroy), Jerry Leggio (Mr. Giles), Carol Sutton (Macie Jones), Hank Gautreaux (Winthrop Mason)