Hank is a teen whose father was a cop in Sparta before he washed out and joined the military to serve in Vietnam.
The normally mild-mannered Parker is admittedly prejudiced against Hank, based on the former's experience as a GI in Vietnam and hearing stories of capture and torture of US soldiers by Vietcong soldiers.
Hank's citizenship status is ambiguous having never been to the USA until now and his father's death while serving in Vietnam.
Also, Hank is caught up as a witness to a possible robbery while also being alleged to be an accessory to the robbery-- and a murder.
Tibbs and Gillespie have to navigate the legal status of Hank, including being mindful of the open prejudice of Parker and other Sparta locals, and to solve the mystery of who robbed a Sparta store and shot and killed someone while there.
The normally mild-mannered Parker is admittedly prejudiced against Hank, based on the former's experience as a GI in Vietnam and hearing stories of capture and torture of US soldiers by Vietcong soldiers.
Hank's citizenship status is ambiguous having never been to the USA until now and his father's death while serving in Vietnam.
Also, Hank is caught up as a witness to a possible robbery while also being alleged to be an accessory to the robbery-- and a murder.
Tibbs and Gillespie have to navigate the legal status of Hank, including being mindful of the open prejudice of Parker and other Sparta locals, and to solve the mystery of who robbed a Sparta store and shot and killed someone while there.
