In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)

Pilot: Part 1 (1988)

Howard E. Rollins Jr.: Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs

Quotes 

• Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs : I want to like you people; and I want you people to like me. But there can be no liking without respect, and until there is that respect you will call me *Mister* Tibbs!

• Virgil Tibbs : I want to like you people; and I want you people to like me. But there can be no liking without respect, and until there is that respect you will call me MISTER Tibbs!