Blind Spot: Part 1 (29 Mar. 1988)

Chief Gillespie and Miss Dee are having a quiet dinner with Virgil and Althea Tibbs when a fight breaks out. Barbara Giles and New Yorker Steve Vincent are interrupted by Buddy Trent, ... See full summary »

Director:

David Hemmings

Writer:

William Gray

Stars:

Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Alan Autry

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Carroll O'Connor	...	Chief William O. 'Bill' Gillespie
Howard E. Rollins Jr.	...	Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs (as Howard Rollins)
Alan Autry	...	Sgt. V. L. 'Bubba' Skinner
Anne-Marie Johnson	...	Althea Tibbs
David Hart	...	Officer Parker Williams
Christian LeBlanc	...	Patrolman Junior Abernathy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Margaret Blye	...	Miss Dee (as Maggie Blye)
Jill Carroll	...	Barbara Giles
Cameron Dye	...	Buddy Trent
Peter Gabb	...	Horace Goode
Ralph Joseph	...	Rattler
Dennis Lipscomb	...	Mayor Jim Findlay
Hugh O'Connor	...	Cpl. Lonnie Jamison
Douglas Rye	...	Logan
William Sadler	...	Ritchie Epman (as Bill Sadler)

Storyline

Chief Gillespie and Miss Dee are having a quiet dinner with Virgil and Althea Tibbs when a fight breaks out. Barbara Giles and New Yorker Steve Vincent are interrupted by Buddy Trent, Barbara's erstwhile boyfriend, and three ruffians. Gillespie and Tibbs break up the mêlée. Vincent represents Ritchie Epman, a wealthy businessman, in a new enterprise in Sparta. Meanwhile, Wallace Posey and Eddie Lee, two locksmiths working at Epman's estate, discover a large shipment of uncut cocaine. They try to sneak out with a bag of coke, but two thugs, Logan and Bass, spot the men and open fire, killing Lee. Searching for the cocaine,the thugs critically wound Wallace's uncle, John Reeves, a long-time friend of Gillespie. Trying to leave Sparta, Wallace sets up a meeting with Virgil, but the two are ambushed by Logan and Bass.

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Genres:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 1988 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hammond, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fred Silverman Company, JADDA Productions, MGM Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Bill Gillespie calls Parker on the car radio, he does not hold the talk button down while speaking.

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