A Final Arrangement

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 27 November 1990

Writers: David F. Hamilton and Peter W. Deep

Director: Leo Penn

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Crystal Fox (LuAnn), Tonea Stewart (Aunt Etta), Dee Shaw (Officer Dee)

Guest Stars
William Schallert (Carl Tibbetts), Randal Patrick (Cleve Rumford), Rand Hopkins (Faravelli), Benji Wilhoite (Rusty), Sally Drew (Grace Keesham), Karen Thomas (Donna Jean Polk), C.C. Taylor (Officer Peake), Leslie Rhodes (Cheryl)

Notable Guest Stars

William SchallertWilliam Schallert C.C. TaylorC.C. Taylor

Episode Notes

  • Business: Tibbetts’ Book Mart

In the Heat of the Night – A Problem Too Personal

Season 4 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 20 November 1990

Writer: Matt Harris

Director: Winrich Kolbe

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Denise Nicholas (Harriet DeLong), Crystal Fox (LuAnn), Wilbur Fitzgerald (D.A. Darnelle), Tonea Stewart (Aunt Etta)

Guest Stars
John Wesley (Vic Glendon), Rugg Williams (Eugene Glendon), Dabbs Greer (J.L. Lambry), Ron Culbreth (Sheriff McComb), Thom Gossom (Ted Marcus), Gerald Brown (Mitch Nellin), Clennon King (Priest), Sharon Anderson (Sue)

Notable Guest Stars

Thom GossomThom Gossom Dabbs GreerDabbs Greer

Production Notes

  • Carroll O’Connor wrote this episode using the pseudonym Matt Harris

Episode Notes

  • Business: Lambry Industries

Homecoming

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 13 November 1990

Writer: Robert Bielak

Director: Russ Mayberry

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Denise Nicholas (Harriet DeLong), Crystal Fox (LuAnn), Tonea Stewart (Aunt Etta)

Guest Stars
Karen Carlson (Sheila Meredith), Greg Mullavey (Hubie Meredith), Rugg Williams (Eugene Glendon), Sonny Shroyer (Emory Tanner), Larry Black (Niles Maitland), Collin Alexander (Walt Tanner), Kathryn Firago (Rachel Tanner), Thom Gossom (Ted Marcus), Pierre Perea (Prosper Hoag), Mary Holloway (Ellen Krin), Paige Trewhitt (Bessie Mun)

Notable Guest Stars

Karen CarlsonKaren Carlson Greg MullaveyGreg Mullavey Sonny ShroyerSonny Shroyer

Episode Notes

  • Business: Sparta Feed Bin

Quick Fix

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 6 November 1990

Writer: Julie Friedgen

Director: Winrich Kolbe

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Wilbur Fitzgerald (D.A. Darnelle), Dan Biggers (Dr. Robb), Tonea Stewart (Etta)

Guest Stars
Amy Lynee (Kitty Mastin), Tara Karsian (Willa Mastin), William Lucking (George Mastin), Tim Black (Tucker), John Patrick (Dr. Jennings), Joanne Daniels (Mrs. Phibbs), Joanne F. Pankow (Mrs. Dunbar), Tommy Chappelle (Jasper), Debra Duke (Melody)

Notable Guest Stars

William LuckingWilliam Lucking

Episode Notes

  • Business: Furman’s Boat Yard

Heart of Gold

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 30 October 1990

Writer: Mitchell Schneider

Director: Russ Mayberry

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Crystal Fox (LuAnn), Dan Biggers (Dr. Robb)

Guest Stars
Kerrie Keane (Christine Anderson Millings), Don Galloway (Attorney Samuel Dortland), Gary Williams (Morgan Ramsey), Randall Franks (Officer Randy)

Notable Guest Stars

Randall FranksRandall Franks Kerrie KeaneKerrie Keane

And Justice for Some

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 23 October 1990

Teleplay: William Royce

Story: William Royce and Michael Thurman

Director: Harry Harris

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Crystal Fox (LuAnn), Dan Biggers (Dr. Robb), Wilbur Fitzgerald (D.A. Darnelle)

Guest Stars
William Shockley (Troy Caldwell), Kevin Corrigan (Duwayne), Esther Huston (Margaret), Ryan Marshall (Kevin Dawson), Marc Macaulay (Agent Richard Donnelly), Ron Culbreth (Sheriff McComb), Bob Penny (Mr. Epp)

Notable Guest Stars

William ShockleyWilliam Shockley

Episode Notes

  • Church: First United Methodist

Perversions of Justice

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 2 October 1990

Writer: Robert Bielak

Director: Harry Harris

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Denise Nicholas (Harriet DeLong), Wilbur Fitzgerald (D. A. Darnelle), Crystal Fox (Luann)

Guest Stars
Pruitt Taylor Vince (Leonard Grissom), Brian Lando (Jimmy Dillard), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Lorraine Reeves), Wynn Hollingsworth (Jeff Dillard), Ray McKinnon (Jethro Puller), Ginny Parker (Mrs. Poole), Harrison Avery (Eza Raintree), Hudson Adams (Elroy Baines), Andrea Wofford (Penny Deveareaux), Jen Harper (Sarah Jenner), Scott Hilley (Horace Tuttle), Geoff McKnight (Goober Petry), Janell McLeod (Marla Davis)

Notable Guest Stars

Ronnie Claire EdwardsRonnie Claire Edwards

Episode Notes

  • Business: Mason’s Dixiline Bar

Lessons Learned

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 25 September 1990

Writer: Cynthia Deming

Director: Mario Azzopardi

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Crystal Fox (Luann), Dan Biggers (Dr. Robb)

Guest Stars
Mel Stewart (Calvin Peterson), Deborah Strang (Charlene Ross), Tammy Amerson (Raylynn Walker), Ellen Holly (Ruth Peterson), Stuart Culpepper (Judd), Ken Strong (J.W.), Bruce McKinnon (Rocky), Libby Whittemore (Paula), Charlene Gowen (Mrs. Davis), Lit Connah (Miss Polly)

Notable Guest Stars

Mel StewartMel Stewart

Episode Notes

  • Businesses: Sparta Disposal Services; Big T ~ Truck Stop Cafe
  • Organisation: Newman County Children’s Services

Brotherly Love – Part Two

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 18 September 1990

Writer: Cynthia Deming

Director: Harry Harris

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Mel Stewart (Calvin Peterson), Andy Romano (Officer Charles Ryan), Peter Van Norden (Sgt. Lou D’Agostino), Jeffrey Hayenga (Officer Brian Kasch), Bruce Kirby (Deputy Chief Harlan Cassidy), Geoffrey Lewis (Captain Bradford Jenkins), Olivia Virgil Harper (Celia Walker), Ellen Holly (Ruth Peterson), Jesse Dizon (Ray Nuguchi), Anthony Auer (Michael Edwards), Larry Gelman (Desk Sergeant), Penny Santon (Mama Cimino), Connie Sawyer (Hannah), Bob Larkin (Officer Roberts)

Episode Notes

  • Location: Philadelphia

Brotherly Love – Part One

In the Heat of the Night

Season 4 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 18 September 1990

Writer: William Royce

Director: Harry Harris

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Mel Stewart (Calvin Peterson), Andy Romano (Officer Charles Ryan), Peter Van Norden (Sgt. Lou D’Agostino), Jeffrey Hayenga (Officer Brian Kasch), Bruce Kirby (Deputy Chief Harlan Cassidy), Geoffrey Lewis (Captain Bradford Jenkins), J.D. Hall (Dwight Walker), Olivia Virgil Harper (Celia Walker), Ellen Holly (Ruth Peterson), Jesse Dizon (Ray Nuguchi), Anthony Auer (Michael Edwards), Larry Gelman (Desk Sergeant), Connie Sawyer (Hannah), Bob Larkin (Officer Roberts)

Episode Notes

  • Location: Philadelphia

In the Heat of the Night – Crew – Season 4

Assistant Editor

  • Virginia Olah: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Quick Fix; Homecoming; An Execution of Trust; A Child of Promise; First Deadly Sin
  • James Johnson: Perversions of Justice; Heart of Gold; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; A Turning
  • Kristen Carter: And Justice for Some; Family Matters; Bounty Hunter; Just a Country Boy
  • Sean Lambert: Blessings; Laid to Waste
  • Thomas G. Jingles: Shine on Sparta Moon
  • Frank Kniest: Paper Castles; No Other Road

Camera Operator

  • Jim Blanford: all except for First Deadly Sin and Just a Country Boy
  • Robert Jessup: First Deadly Sin
  • Joe Steuben: Just a Country Boy

Casting

  • Mary Jo Slater
  • Jan Glaser

Chief Lighting Technician: Michael Schuyler

Construction Coordinator: Don Rohm

Costume Supervisor: Sheila Mason

Director of Photography

  • Peter Salim: all except for First Deadly Sin
  • Jim Blanford: First Deadly Sin

Edited by

  • Jack Harnish: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Quick Fix; Homecoming; Family Matters; An Execution of Trust; A Child of Promise; First Deadly Sin
  • Leon Carrere: Perversions of Justice; Heart of Gold; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Paper Castles; No Other Road; A Turning
  • Bud Hayes: And Justice for Some; Family Matters; Bounty Hunter; Blessings; Laid to Waste; Just a Country Boy
  • James Johnson: Shine on Sparta Moon

Executive Story Consultant

  • Joe Gannon: Blessings; An Execution of Trust; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; No Other Road

First Assistant Director

  • Eldon Kent Burke: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Quick Fix; A Problem Too Personal; Family Matters; A Child of Promise; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; No Other Road
  • Paul Chavez: Lessons Learned; Heart of Gold; Homecoming; A Final Arrangement; Bounty Hunter; Blessings; Just a Country Boy
    James S. Griffin: Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; First Deadly Sin; A Turning

Georgia Casting: Shay Griffin

Hairstylist

  • Ron Smith: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; Family Matters; Bounty Hunter
  • Diane Roberson: A Final Arrangement; Blessings; Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; A Child of Promise; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; First Deadly Sin; No Other Road; A Turning
  • Robert L. Stevenson: Just a Country Boy

Key Grip

  • Richard Randall: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; Bounty Hunter; Shine on Sparta Moon; A Child of Promise; Just a Country Boy
  • Ken Borland: Blessings; An Execution of Trust; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; First Deadly Sin; No Other Road; A Turning

Location Manager

  • Scott Elias: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; Bounty Hunter; Blessings; Shine on Sparta Moon; A Child of Promise; Paper Castles; No Other Road
  • J. Bradley Smith: Laid to Waste; First Deadly Sin; A Turning
  • Paul Hargrave: Just a Country Boy

Makeup Artists

  • Wynona Price
  • Marilyn Peoples: all except for Just a Country Boy
  • Nora De La Torre: Just a Country Boy

Music

  • Nan Schwartz: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Homecoming; Family Matters; Blessings; An Execution of Trust; A Child of Promise; Just a Country Boy; A Turning
  • David Bell: Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Bounty Hunter; Shine on Sparta Moon; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; First Deadly Sin
  • Larry Blank: Quick Fix; No Other Road

Music Editing: Mark Green

Music Supervisor: Richard S. Kaufman

Original Casting: Nan Dutton

Post Production Supervisor: Bruce A. Pobjoy

Production Coordinator: Judy Burke

Production Designer: Al Rohm

Property Master: Russ Goble

Rerecording Mixers

  • Neil Brody
  • B. Tennyson Sebastian II
  • Edward Suski: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; Family Matters; A Child of Promise; Just a Country Boy; No Other Road
  • Greg Hedgepath: A Final Arrangement; Bounty Hunter; Blessings; Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; Paper Castles
  • Leonard S. Peterson: Laid to Waste
  • Dan Hiland: First Deadly Sin; A Turning

Script Supervisor

  • Jill Freeman: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; Blessings; Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; A Child of Promise; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; Just a Country Boy; No Other Road; A Turning
  • Amy Blanc: A Problem Too Personal; First Deadly Sin
  • Chris McGary: Bounty Hunter

Second Assistant Director

  • James S. Griffin: Brotherly Love – Part One; Brotherly Love – Part Two; Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; Blessings; Paper Castles; Just a Country Boy
  • Richard J. Levin: Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; A Child of Promise; Laid to Waste; First Deadly Sin; No Other Road; A Turning

Set Decorator

  • Frank Galline: all except for Just a Country Boy
  • Lowell Chambers: Just a Country Boy

Sound Effects: Echo Film Services

Sound Mixer: Maury Harris

Special Effects

  • Dick Cross: all except for Just a Country Boy
  • Burt Dalton: Just a Country Boy

Story Editors

  • William Royce
  • Cynthia Deming

Stunt Coordinator

  • Jeff Dashnaw: all except for A Problem Too Personal
  • Robert Minor: A Problem Too Personal

Transportation Coordinator

  • Dennis Milliken: all except for Just a Country Boy
  • Dan Cassella: Just a Country Boy

Unit Production Manager: Herb Adelman


Developed for Television by James Lee Barrett (Based on the Characters from the Novel by John Ball)

Executive in Charge of Production: Richard Von Schimmelmann

Executive Producers: Carroll O’Connor and Fred Silverman

Supervising Producer: Edward Ledding

Co-Producers: Walton Dornisch and Herb Adelman

“In the Heat of the Night”: Music by Quincy Jones. Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Performed by Bill Champlin.

Main Title Design: Bill Millar and Deena Burkett

Filmed with Panavision Cameras and Lenses

The Producers Wish To Thank The People Of Covington, Georgia

Episodes Copyright: 1990 (1-14), 1991 (15-22)

TV Ratings (USA): 14.9 (No. 21)

The Fred Silverman Company
A Juanita Bartlett Production in Association with Metro-Goldwyn Mayer

In the Heat of the Night – Recurring Characters – Season 4

Other Recurring Characters


Crystal Fox

LuAnn Corbin (Crystal Fox)

  • Has an uncle that lives in Kenard (Lessons Learned)

Episodes
Lessons Learned; Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; Blessings; Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; Child of Promise; Paper Castles; Laid to Waste; First Deadly Sin; No Other Road; A Turning

 


Wilbur Fitzgerald

D.A. Gerard Darnelle (Wilbur Fitzgerald)

Episodes
Perversions of Justice; And Justice for Some; Quick Fix; A Problem Too Personal; Shine on Sparta Moon; An Execution of Trust; Child of Promise; Laid to Waste; No Other Road

 

 


Tonea Stewart

Etta Kibbee (Tonea Stewart)

Episodes
Quick Fix; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; Blessings; Laid to Waste; No Other Road; A Turning

 

 


Dan Biggers

Dr. Robb (Dan Biggers)

Episodes
Lessons Learned; And Justice for Some; Heart of Gold; Quick Fix; Shine on Sparta Moon; Child of Promise; First Deadly Sin

 

 


Denise Nichols

Harriet DeLong (Denise Nicholas)

  • Is up for re-election to the Sparta City Council – running as an Independent (No Other Road)

Episodes
Perversions of Justice; Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; Blessings; Paper Castles; No Other Road

 


Dee Shaw

Dee Shepard (Dee Shaw)

Episodes
A Final Arrangement; Family Matters; An Execution of Trust; First Deadly Sin; A Turning

 

 


Rugg Williams

Eugene Glendon (Rugg Williams)

Episodes
Homecoming; A Problem Too Personal; No Other Road