Season 4 (1990)
Release date: 1990-09-18
Episodes (22):
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1. Brotherly Love (1)
Virgil goes to Philadelphia to investigate a friends death.And Bubba (reluctantly) fills in as Althea's Lamaze coach.
Release date: 1990-09-18
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2. Brotherly Love (2)
Virgil is framed for murder and Gillespie travels to Philly to help him clear his name.
Release date: 1990-09-18
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3. Lessons Learned
Gillespie sends Parker to confirm suspicions that a local truck stop is really a front for a prostitution business.When a young prostitute is found dead Gillespie is shocked at her fathers reaction.Parker is dismayed when he recognizes one of the ladies.
Release date: 1990-09-25
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4. Perversions of Justice
A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.
Release date: 1990-10-02
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5. And Justice For Some
Gillespie and his officers are outraged when a drug courier who ran down the son of Virgil's next door neighbor makes a deal with the F.B.I. to avoid prosecution.
Release date: 1990-10-23
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6. Hearts of Gold
Bubba is reunited with his high school sweetheart, but his happiness is short lived after she resorts to murder to silence an attorney who was threatening to stop her from inheriting her late husband's estate.
Release date: 1990-10-30
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7. Quick Fix
The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.
Release date: 1990-11-06
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8. Homecoming
A lawyer has personal reasons for trying to gain early release for a man who was sent to prison after an accident he caused while drinking and driving.
Release date: 1990-11-13
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9. A Problem Too Personal
Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.
Release date: 1990-11-20
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10. A Final Arrangement
Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.
Release date: 1990-11-27
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11. Family Matters
Virgil's dream of a better relationship with his Aunt Ruda and her son is shattered when his cousin takes part in a string of burglaries that result in murder.
Release date: 1990-12-04
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12. Bounty Hunter
Gillespie receives word that a former Spartan is wanted for the murder of a socialite in Houston.But a ruthless bounty hunter, sent by the victim's jealous husband is already in Sparta and sees the man's sister as a means to locate his quarry.
Release date: 1990-12-11
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13. Blessings
In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.
Release date: 1990-12-18
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14. Shine on Sparta Moon
A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.
Release date: 1991-01-08
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15. Execution of Trust
A psychiatrist tells Gillespie that one of her patients has confessed to a crime that another man is about to be executed for, but she refuses to divulge his identity.
Release date: 1991-01-15
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16. Child of Promise
A story of two brothers one an honor student that Althea has great plans for, the other a dangerous drug dealer as they struggle to influence a younger sibling.
Release date: 1991-02-05
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17. Paper Castles
Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.
Release date: 1991-02-12
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18. Laid to Waste
Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.
Release date: 1991-02-19
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19. First Deadly Sin
A serial rapist stalks Sparta.
Release date: 1991-02-26
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20. Just A Country Boy
Bubba travels to Los Angeles to arrest an arsonist.When the man is murdered to keep him from talking Bubba teams up with a pretty insurance investigator to solve the crime.
Release date: 1991-03-19
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21. No Other Road
Harriet tries to keep Eugene from giving up when his father faces the death penalty.And the police search for three suspects in connection to a robbery/murder.
Release date: 1991-03-26
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22. A Turning
Althea thinks Virgil needs a new line of work after seeing the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a roadhouse.Virgil finds himself in danger when they arrest the man who committed the crime.
Release date: 1991-04-30
Cast
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Carroll O'Connor - Producer, Fred Silverman - Producer, John Ball - Characters