Promised Land

Season 3 - Promised Land

• Season 3 Episode 22: Finale (1999) LT inadvertently uncovers a black market baby ring; Josh goes to college.
• Season 3 Episode 21: Darkness Visible (1999) LT tries to help a homeless schizophrenic man (Billy Dee Williams).
• Season 3 Episode 20: Baby Steps (1999) LT and a female friend get unexpected reactions when they experiment with interracial dating; guest Usher.
• Season 3 Episode 19: Leaving the Life (1999) Russell and LT try to help a young woman leave a gang before she and her family are killed; Dinah introduces Margot to a man.
• Season 3 Episode 18: A Day in the Life LT tries to help a friend avoid a rival gang's retaliation for a drive-by shooting.
• Season 3 Episode 17: What's in a Word? (1999) Nathaniel naively uses a racial slur and must deal with the ramifications.
• Season 3 Episode 16: Pursuit of Happiness (1999) Claire expresses concern that Josh's relationship with Bobbie may be too intense for him.
• Season 3 Episode 15: In the Money (1999) Russell risks losing the generosity of a rich volunteer at the teen center.
• Season 3 Episode 14: Undercover (1999) LT accuses Claire of racism after she withholds important information; Dinah's new boyfriend is shocking.
• Season 3 Episode 13: All in the Family (1999) LT learns his father's death is imminent; guest Ben Vereen.
• Season 3 Episode 12: Wounded Hearts (1999) LT gets in trouble at school; Dinah goes to a costume party; guest Ben Vereen.
• Season 3 Episode 11: The Visitor (1999) Shamaya and LT hold grudges against their estranged father, who returns after 10 years; guest Ben Vereen.
• Season 3 Episode 10: Jury Duty (1998) Claire opposes her fellow jurors in a case involving a child's death.
• Season 3 Episode 9: Out of Bounds (1998) A troubled teenage girl falls for Russell; LT's former gang friends give him an ultimatum.
• Season 3 Episode 8: And Baby Makes Three (1998) Josh dates a student with a 2-year-old son; Dinah befriends an odd girl.
• Season 3 Episode 7: Anywhere But Here (1998) Russell and Claire search for the father of a runaway who saved Josh from a bad beating.
• Season 3 Episode 6: Denver: Welcome Home (1998) In return for repairs, the stranded Greenes stay in a onetime teen 'party house.'
• Season 3 Episode 5: Chasin' the Blues (1998) Josh heads out alone to help a friend in trouble; a Cajun con man bedevils Russell.
• Season 3 Episode 4: Baptism of Fire (1998) Racists target the Greenes for helping Erasmus and friends rebuild a church destroyed by arson.
• Season 3 Episode 3: Restoration (1998) A family's perfect facade hides a serious medical problem that threatens Dinah as well.
• Season 3 Episode 2: Balancing Act (1998) Josh confronts a boy who is spreading rumors about Dinah.
• Season 3 Episode 1: Saving Grace, Part 2 (1998) The mother of a victim of Joe's car accident kidnaps Nathaniel.

Season 2 - Promised Land

• Season 2 Episode 23: A Hand Up Is Not a Handout (1998) Claire goes into labor prematurely; Joe offers to help with a Habitat for Humanity house.
• Season 2 Episode 22: A Hand Up Is Not a Handout (1998) Claire goes into labor prematurely; Joe offers to help with a Habitat for Humanity house.
• Season 2 Episode 21: Total Security (1998) The long-gone wife of a security guard shows up wanting to see her daughter; guest Pam Tillis.
• Season 2 Episode 20: When Darkness Falls (1998) A deeply troubled teen holds holds a classroom hostage at gunpoint.
• Season 2 Episode 19: On My Honor (1998) A principal may be faking his school's academic results; Nathaniel cheats to get a cub scout badge.
• Season 2 Episode 18: Undercover Granny (1998) Hattie enters a rest home to investigate abuse of elderly residents; guest Gwen Verdon.
• Season 2 Episode 17: The Secret of Bluestem (1998) It seems that the Greenes are neither safe nor welcome on Claire's inherited ranch.
• Season 2 Episode 16: Two for the Road (1998) Russell's brother, Joe, gets a weekend pass from prison to visit Nathaniel.
• Season 2 Episode 15: Designated Driver (1998) Erasmus' young houseguest invites Josh to a drinking party.
• Season 2 Episode 14: Purple Heart (1998) Nathaniel finds a Purple Heart at a flea market and sets out to find its owner.
• Season 2 Episode 13: Mirror Family (1998) The Greenes encounter a family that seems to be a mirror image of themselves.
• Season 2 Episode 12: Recycled (1998) A friend asks Hattie's help to die; Claire has emergency surgery; Josh and Nathaniel try to win a computer.
• Season 2 Episode 11: The Bookworm (1997) Substitute-teacher Claire discovers that a popular student can neither read nor write; Nathaniel's road stories fail to impress others.
• Season 2 Episode 10: To Everything a Season (1997) Her barren sister is bitter about Claire's pregnancy; meanwhile, brother-in-law Steve wants to close a shelter for wayward boys.
• Season 2 Episode 9: The Winner (1997) The Greenes befriend a widowed father who is a compulsive gambler.
• Season 2 Episode 8: Mr. Muscles (1997) Hoping for football stardom and his father's approval, a young man takes steroids.
• Season 2 Episode 7: Take Back the Night (1997) Devastated Russell goes after candy-striper Dinah's attacker; guest Jameson Parker.
• Season 2 Episode 6: Saint Russell (1997) A woman who saw Russell save a drowning victim believes he can heal her cancer.
• Season 2 Episode 5: Mooster's Revenge (1997) Mooster visits her estranged son-in-law in hope of coming to grips with her daughter's death.
• Season 2 Episode 4: Crushed (1997) Josh considers intimacy; pregnant Claire deals with morning sickness.
• Season 2 Episode 3: The Road Home, Part 2 (1997) A drugged Joe Greene drives off with Nathaniel in the back seat; guests Richard Thomas, Faith Hill.
• Season 2 Episode 2: Par for the Course (1997) Claire has startling news for Russell; Hattie's embroidered map is left in a gift shop.
• Season 2 Episode 1: The Promise (1997) Claire forgoes an important family event to help an old flame.

Season 1 - Promised Land

• Season 1 Episode 23: Stealing Home (1997) The social worker who accused the Greenes finds herself under investigation when her son runs away with Nathaniel.
• Season 1 Episode 22: Stealing Home (1997) A social worker, rebuffed by Russell, charges the Greenes with child neglect.
• Season 1 Episode 21: Civil Wars (1997) Russell and Dinah fear the worst when a car accident prevents the rest of the family from meeting them at an appointed spot; guests John Dye, Ossie Davis.
• Season 1 Episode 20: Cowboy Blues (1997) Anger over his wife's death drives a rancher (David Selby) to alcoholism and to alienating loved ones.
• Season 1 Episode 19: Intolerance (1997) A witness (Rue McClanahan) fails to report a boy who sprayed swastikas on a synagogue.
• Season 1 Episode 18: The Outrage (1997) A tribal policeman vows vengeance after his brother is killed during a land protest.
• Season 1 Episode 17: Downsized (1997) A company passes over qualified Russell and replaces his nearly vested friend (Stacy Keach), both for younger men.
• Season 1 Episode 16: The Collapse (1997) Trapped in a mine cave-in, a semiconscious Russell sees his father.
• Season 1 Episode 15: Running Scared (1997) The Greenes' search for a boy puts a runaway's life in danger.
• Season 1 Episode 14: Mirror Image (1997) Claire undergoes a breast biopsy; smitten Dinah does a boy's homework.
• Season 1 Episode 13: Independence Day (1997) Russell and Claire help a couple cope with family responsibilities.
• Season 1 Episode 12: The Getaway (1997) A sheriff takes Claire and the family hostage after Russell helps his abused wife and daughter escape.
• Season 1 Episode 11: Christmas (1996) At Christmastime, Claire learns of her mother's long-ago affair.
• Season 1 Episode 10: King of the Road (1996) A scam artist (Steve Forrest) proposes to smitten Hattie (Celeste Holm).
• Season 1 Episode 9: Homecoming Part 2 (1996) A reformed prostitute (Delta Burke) comes to Chicory Creek to reclaim her son -- Nathaniel.
• Season 1 Episode 8: The Secret (1996) A grieving teen tells substitute-teacher Claire (Wendy Phillips) about her miscarriage.
• Season 1 Episode 7: Little Girl Lost (1996) Dinah's camper buddy is missing; Nathaniel and Hattie (Eddie Karr, Celeste Holm) search for buried treasure.
• Season 1 Episode 6: Leap of Faith (1996) Russell helps an astronaut who had an unexplained experience in space.
• Season 1 Episode 5: The Magic Gate (1996) Nathaniel is thrilled to meet his favorite author (Valerie Harper), then sees she's a morphine addict.
• Season 1 Episode 4: The Hostage (1996) The Greenes encourage a relative to blow the whistle on illegal dumping.
• Season 1 Episode 3: The Expatriate (1996) A jobless man (Gerald McRaney) and his family pack their truck and hit the road in search of work.
• Season 1 Episode 2: The Prodigy (1996) A woman fears her talented young son will follow in his rock-star father's fatal footsteps; with Joe Walsh (the Eagles).
• Season 1 Episode 1: The Motel (1996) An embittered motel owner (Marion Ross) cannot let go of the past; Nathaniel (Eddie Karr) steals a gun.