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Patrolman Junior Abernathy is a fictional character portrayed by Christian Jules Le Blanc in the TV series In the Heat of the Night.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Pilot: Part 1 (season 1), they were 29 years old.
They appear in 8 episodes out of a total of 146 aired

Patrolman Junior Abernathy

by Christian Jules Le Blanc

character

Episodes8

  • 8.4
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    Pilot: Part 1
    episode S1.E1 march 1988
    Chief Gillespie reluctantly accepts visiting Sparta native Virgil Tibbs as his new Chief of Detectives in the midst of a high-profile murder investigation.
  • 8.3
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    Pilot: Part 2
    episode S1.E2 march 1988
    Gillespie and Tibbs learn to get used to each other's working habits and bond as workers and friends to solve the murder.
  • 8.1
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    Road Kill
    episode S1.E3 march 1988
    Despite compelling evidence, Gillespie refuses to believe that his best friend used another person's playful gunfire to cover up for the murder of his alcoholic wife.
  • 8.1
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    Fate
    episode S1.E4 march 1988
    Racial tensions boil over in Sparta when a married, white woman has an extramarital affair with a black businessman.
  • 8.3
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    Blind Spot: Part 1
    episode S1.E5 march 1988
    When two local locksmiths uncover a cocaine fencing operation, all evidence points to the personal staff of Virgil Tibbs' former high school rival.
  • 8.4
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    Blind Spot: Part 2
    episode S1.E6 april 1988
    Tibbs gets a long overdue dose of self-satisfaction when the Sparta Police close in on the masterminds of the drug trafficking operation.
  • 8.3
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    A Necessary Evil
    episode S1.E7 april 1988
    Gillespie and Tibb's reluctant investigation of a bigamy case becomes absurd with the accused's half dozen wives, and serious when he is found dead in his cell.
  • 8.6
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    ...And Then You Die
    episode S1.E8 may 1988
    Althea Tibbs is kidnapped and taken hostage by the prime suspect in a serial murder investigation.