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In the Heat of the Night/Perversions of Justice
| Perversions of Justice | |
| Season 4, Episode 4 | |
| Airdate | October 2, 1990 |
| Production Number | 3810 |
| Written by | Robert Bielak |
| Directed by | Harry Harris |
| ← 4x03 Lessons Learned |
4x05 → And Justice for Some |
| In the Heat of the Night — Season Four | |
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Perversions of Justice is the fourth episode of the fourth season of In the Heat of the Night, and the fifty-sixth episode overall.
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) (credit only), David Hart (Officer Parker Williams), Geoffrey Thorne (Officer Wilson Sweet), Hugh O'Connor (Cpl. Lonnie Jamison)
Guest Starring: Pruitt Taylor Vince (Leonard Grissom), Brian Lando (Jimmy Dillard), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Lorraine Reeves)
and Denise Nicholas (Harriet DeLong)
Co-Starring: Wynn Hollingsworth (Jeff Dillard), Ray McKinnon (Jethro Puller), Wilbur Fitzgerald (D.A. Gerard Darnelle), Ginny Parker (Mrs. Poole), Harrison Avery (Eza Raintree), Hudson Adams (Elroy Baines), Crystal Fox (LuAnn), Andrea Wofford (Penny Devereaux), Jen Harper (Sarah Jenner), Janell McLeod (Marla Davis), Scott Hilley (Horace Tuttle), Geoff McKnight (Goober Petry)
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Plot Overview
A meek, mild-mannered but popular and outstanding teacher at the elementary school is accused of sexually molesting a student. As the Sparta Herald's new overzealous newspaper editor and a spooked townsfolk go on a witch hunt, and the school principal is bowing to pressure by the community to fire the teacher, the officers realize that all is not as it seems with this case, and it soon becomes a race against time to save the teacher's reputation.
