Promised Land (1996-1999)

Season 3 | Episode: 20 (Airdate: 5/20/99)

LT inadvertently uncovers a black market baby ring; Josh goes to college.

Season 3 | Episode: 19 (Airdate: 5/13/99)

LT tries to help a homeless schizophrenic man (Billy Dee Williams).

Season 3 | Episode: 18 (Airdate: 5/6/99)

LT and a female friend get unexpected reactions when they experiment with interracial dating; guest...

Season 3 | Episode: 17 (Airdate: 4/29/99)

Russell and LT try to help a young woman leave a gang before she and her family are killed; Dinah...

Season 3 | Episode: 16 (Airdate: 4/15/99)

Nathaniel naively uses a racial slur and must deal with the ramifications.

Season 3 | Episode: 15 (Airdate: 4/8/99)

Claire expresses concern that Josh's relationship with Bobbie may be too intense for him.

Season 3 | Episode: 14 (Airdate: 4/1/99)

Russell risks losing the generosity of a rich volunteer at the teen center.

Season 3 | Episode: 13 (Airdate: 3/25/99)

LT accuses Claire of racism after she withholds important information; Dinah's new boyfriend is...

Season 3 | Episode: 12 (Airdate: 1/14/99)

LT learns his father's death is imminent; guest Ben Vereen.

Season 3 | Episode: 11 (Airdate: 1/7/99)

Shamaya and LT hold grudges against their estranged father, who returns after 10 years; guest Ben...

Season 3 | Episode: 10 (Airdate: 12/17/98)

Claire opposes her fellow jurors in a case involving a child's death.

Season 3 | Episode: 9 (Airdate: 12/3/98)

A troubled teenage girl falls for Russell; LT's former gang friends give him an ultimatum.

Season 3 | Episode: 8 (Airdate: 11/19/98)

Josh dates a student with a 2-year-old son; Dinah befriends an odd girl.

Season 3 | Episode: 7 (Airdate: 11/12/98)

Russell and Claire search for the father of a runaway who saved Josh from a bad beating.

Season 3 | Episode: 6 (Airdate: 11/5/98)

In return for repairs, the stranded Greenes stay in a onetime teen ``party house.''

Season 3 | Episode: 5 (Airdate: 10/29/98)

Josh heads out alone to help a friend in trouble; a Cajun con man bedevils Russell.

Season 3 | Episode: 4 (Airdate: 10/22/98)

Racists target the Greenes for helping Erasmus and friends rebuild a church destroyed by arson.

Season 3 | Episode: 3 (Airdate: 10/15/98)

A family's perfect facade hides a serious medical problem that threatens Dinah as well.

Season 3 | Episode: 2 (Airdate: 10/8/98)

Josh confronts a boy who is spreading rumors about Dinah.

Season 3 | Episode: 1 (Airdate: 10/1/98)

The mother of a victim of Joe's car accident kidnaps Nathaniel.

Season 2 | Episode: 23 (Airdate: 5/14/98)

Claire goes into labor prematurely; Joe offers to help with a Habitat for Humanity house.

Season 2 | Episode: 22 (Airdate: 5/7/98)

Claire goes into labor prematurely; Joe offers to help with a Habitat for Humanity house.

Season 2 | Episode: 21 (Airdate: 4/30/98)

A deeply troubled teen holds holds a classroom hostage at gunpoint.

Season 2 | Episode: 20 (Airdate: 4/23/98)

The long-gone wife of a security guard shows up wanting to see her daughter; guest Pam Tillis.

Season 2 | Episode: 19 (Airdate: 4/2/98)

A principal may be faking his school's academic results; Nathaniel cheats to get a cub scout badge.

Season 2 | Episode: 18 (Airdate: 3/26/98)

Hattie enters a rest home to investigate abuse of elderly residents; guest Gwen Verdon.

Season 2 | Episode: 17 (Airdate: 3/5/98)

It seems that the Greenes are neither safe nor welcome on Claire's inherited ranch.

Season 2 | Episode: 16 (Airdate: 2/26/98)

Russell's brother, Joe, gets a weekend pass from prison to visit Nathaniel.

Season 2 | Episode: 15 (Airdate: 2/5/98)

Erasmus' young houseguest invites Josh to a drinking party.

Season 2 | Episode: 14 (Airdate: 1/29/98)

Nathaniel finds a Purple Heart at a flea market and sets out to find its owner.

Season 2 | Episode: 13 (Airdate: 1/15/98)

The Greenes encounter a family that seems to be a mirror image of themselves.

Season 2 | Episode: 12 (Airdate: 1/8/98)

A friend asks Hattie's help to die; Claire has emergency surgery; Josh and Nathaniel try to win a...

Season 2 | Episode: 11 (Airdate: 12/11/97)

Substitute-teacher Claire discovers that a popular student can neither read nor write; Nathaniel's...

Season 2 | Episode: 10 (Airdate: 11/27/97)

Her barren sister is bitter about Claire's pregnancy; meanwhile, brother-in-law Steve wants to close...

Season 2 | Episode: 9 (Airdate: 11/20/97)

The Greenes befriend a widowed father who is a compulsive gambler.

Season 2 | Episode: 8 (Airdate: 11/13/97)

Hoping for football stardom and his father's approval, a young man takes steroids.

Season 2 | Episode: 7 (Airdate: 11/6/97)

Devastated Russell goes after candy-striper Dinah's attacker; guest Jameson Parker.

Season 2 | Episode: 6 (Airdate: 10/30/97)

A woman who saw Russell save a drowning victim believes he can heal her cancer.

Season 2 | Episode: 5 (Airdate: 10/23/97)

Mooster visits her estranged son-in-law in hope of coming to grips with her daughter's death.

Season 2 | Episode: 4 (Airdate: 10/16/97)

Josh considers intimacy; pregnant Claire deals with morning sickness.

Season 2 | Episode: 3 (Airdate: 10/9/97)

Claire has startling news for Russell; Hattie's embroidered map is left in a gift shop.

Season 2 | Episode: 2 (Airdate: 10/2/97)

Claire forgoes an important family event to help an old flame.

Season 2 | Episode: 1 (Airdate: 9/25/97)

A drugged Joe Greene drives off with Nathaniel in the back seat; guests Richard Thomas, Faith Hill.

(Airdate: 5/20/97)

The social worker who accused the Greenes finds herself under investigation when her son runs away...

(Airdate: 5/13/97)

A social worker, rebuffed by Russell, charges the Greenes with child neglect.

(Airdate: 5/6/97)

Russell and Dinah fear the worst when a car accident prevents the rest of the family from meeting...

(Airdate: 4/29/97)

Anger over his wife's death drives a rancher (David Selby) to alcoholism and to alienating loved...

(Airdate: 4/5/97)

A witness (Rue McClanahan) fails to report a boy who sprayed swastikas on a synagogue.

(Airdate: 3/18/97)

A tribal policeman vows vengeance after his brother is killed during a land protest.

(Airdate: 3/4/97)

A company passes over qualified Russell and replaces his nearly vested friend (Stacy Keach), both...

(Airdate: 2/18/97)

The Greenes' search for a boy puts a runaway's life in danger.

(Airdate: 2/11/97)

Trapped in a mine cave-in, a semiconscious Russell sees his father.

(Airdate: 1/21/97)

Claire undergoes a breast biopsy; smitten Dinah does a boy's homework.

(Airdate: 1/14/97)

Russell and Claire help a couple cope with family responsibilities.

(Airdate: 1/7/97)

A sheriff takes Claire and the family hostage after Russell helps his abused wife and daughter...

(Airdate: 12/17/96)

At Christmastime, Claire learns of her mother's long-ago affair.

(Airdate: 12/3/96)

A scam artist (Steve Forrest) proposes to smitten Hattie (Celeste Holm).

(Airdate: 11/26/96)

A reformed prostitute (Delta Burke) comes to Chicory Creek to reclaim her son -- Nathaniel.

(Airdate: 11/19/96)

A grieving teen tells substitute-teacher Claire (Wendy Phillips) about her miscarriage.

(Airdate: 11/12/96)

Dinah's camper buddy is missing; Nathaniel and Hattie (Eddie Karr, Celeste Holm) search for buried...

(Airdate: 10/29/96)

Russell helps an astronaut who had an unexplained experience in space.

(Airdate: 10/15/96)

Nathaniel is thrilled to meet his favorite author (Valerie Harper), then sees she's a morphine...

(Airdate: 10/8/96)

The Greenes encourage a relative to blow the whistle on illegal dumping.

(Airdate: 10/1/96)

An embittered motel owner (Marion Ross) cannot let go of the past; Nathaniel (Eddie Karr) steals a...

(Airdate: 9/24/96)

A woman fears her talented young son will follow in his rock-star father's fatal footsteps; with Joe...

(Airdate: 9/17/96)

A jobless man (Gerald McRaney) and his family pack their truck and hit the road in search of work.

LT tries to help a friend avoid a rival gang's retaliation for a drive-by shooting.