Season 4

October 2, 1990

A mild mannered school teacher is accused of child molestation.

October 23, 1990

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.

October 30, 1990

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.

November 6, 1990

The investigation into the death of an abandoned infant leads to a mentally handicapped teenager.

November 13, 1990

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.

November 20, 1990

Harriet and Eugene are devastated after Gene's father is arrested for murder.

November 27, 1990

Sweet is heartbroken when an elderly woman who befriended him is murdered in her bookstore.

December 4, 1990

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.

December 11, 1990

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.

December 18, 1990

In this Christmas episode the officers share memories with a reporter from the Sparta Herald.

January 8, 1991

A bottle of spiked moonshine leads to an accident that claims the life of one teen and blinds another.

January 15, 1991

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.

February 5, 1991

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.

February 12, 1991

Virgil soon regrets telling an old friend that his new business partners are being investigated by the police.

February 19, 1991

Parker protects a blind woman who heard her neighbors murder.

February 26, 1991

A serial rapist stalks Sparta.

March 19, 1991

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.

March 26, 1991

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.

April 30, 1991

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.