9.7/1013 votesLoading...#1 - Little Girl Lost
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1996
The Greenes camping excursion in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina is interrupted when a young girl becomes lost and Russell sees Dinah in a new light when she uses her mapping & trail skills to locate the child. Meanwhile, Nathaniel and Hattie search for buried treasure.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: William Schmidt
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#2 - The Collapse
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1997
In spite of Hattie's protest, Russell picks up day labor working in a mine. Concerned for her son's safety, Hattie makes it perfectly clear that she doesn't approve. Fighting to stay on top of their orders and meet deadlines and low on manpower, taxed to the limit, it's a crisis waiting to happen. A support beam gives way, causing the mine to collapse, trapping twelve miners, including Russell. Her worst fears confirmed, Hattie is beside herself with worry–as are the rest of the family. Meanwhile, Russell struggles to keep the crew in the right frame of mind to weather the crisis. While in the mine, fighting for survival Russell is visited by his deceased father. Somewhere between dream and reality, Russell has a chance to clear away some unfinished business between he and his father. Finally, the rescue teams break through to the other side.
Director: Jim Johnston
Writer: N/A
- 9.6/1012 votesLoading...
#3 - The Hostage
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1996
While the Greene family visits Claire's great Aunt Mooster who's celebrating her 100th birthday in Pueblo, Colorado, Russell encourages a man to step forward and take action against his employer for dumping toxic waste at a local landfill site.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
- 9.6/1012 votesLoading...
#4 - Crushed
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1997
Josh wrestles with the ardent feelings he's having for his new girlfriend, and must make a decision about where their relationship is heading. Meanwhile, a pregnant Claire battles morning sickness.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.5/1014 votesLoading...#5 - Two for the Road
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/1998
Nathaniel's father is released from jail on a weekend pass to surprise his son on his birthday, but circumstances may stop the reunion from ever taking place.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.4/1016 votesLoading...
#6 - The Motel
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1996
While passing through Arkansas, the Greene family looks to rebuild the lost faith of an embittered motel owner by repairing her run-down business. Meanwhile, Nathaniel steals a gun from the motel office.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
- 9.4/1014 votesLoading...
#7 - Civil Wars
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1997
Russell's job hauling lumber separates him and Dinah from the rest of the family who then fail to arrive at an appointed meeting site.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Mr. Muscles
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1997
Russell is appalled to learn that his friend's son, is popping steroids to improve his athletic ability and when concern for the boy forces Russell to intervene, he discovers the lengths some fathers will go to see their children succeed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.3/1019 votesLoading...
#9 - The Expatriate
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1996
While travelling through Colordado, the Greene clan works overtime to persuade a high-school basketball coach to forgo his move to New Zealand when he becomes disillusioned with his faith in America.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
- 9.3/1021 votesLoading...
#10 - The Prodigy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1996
In Evanston, Wyoming, Claire encourages a musically-gifted boy to continue playing the guitar, despite the objections of his mother, who doesn't want him to follow the same path that killed his father.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
- 9.3/1014 votesLoading...
#11 - The Magic Gate
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1996
While visiting a small town in West Virginia, Russell intervenes when he discovers Nathaniel's favorite author is a morphine addict and that her fellow townspeople refuse to offer any assistance because of the bad publicity it would generate for the town.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 9.3/1027 votesLoading...
#12 - The Secret
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1996
The Greenes arrive in Pennsylvania, where as a teacher, Claire is confided in by a teenage girl that she was pregnant but suffered a miscarriage. Claire and Russell emphasize with the teen as they recall a similar loss of their own years earlier.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Ernie Wallengren, William A. Schwartz
- 9.3/1015 votesLoading...
#13 - Total Security
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1998
Russell and Claire help a man whose supposedly deceased wife returns to see their daughter after disappearing years earlier.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1017 votesLoading...
#14 - Leap of Faith
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1996
The Greenes take a detour, courtesy of Dinah's navigation, and wind up in Roswell, New Mexico, at the A-Lee-Inn Cafe, a hangout for UFO-seekers, where they encounter eccentric people who gather every year for an alien-sighting event. Meanwhile, Russell learns the secret of an astronaut's disappearance.
Director: Michael Schultz
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - King of the Road
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1996
While recovering from the fire that destroyed their trailer, the Greenes have a run-in with some scam artists travelling through Chicory Creek. Meanwhile, Hattie is swept off her feet by a mysterious man, and Josh gets a haircut.
Director: Jim Johnston
Writer: Danna Doyle
- 9.2/1012 votesLoading...
#16 - Christmas
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1996
It's an affair to remember for Claire when she goes home for Christmas and discovers that her mother once had a romantic tryst with Claire's favorite grade-school teacher.
Director: N/A
Writer: William Schmidt, William A. Schwartz
- 9.2/1013 votesLoading...
#17 - The Getaway
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1997
The Greenes are on their way to Cheyenne, Colorado when they stop to help a woman, Ellen Boller whose car has broken down on the road. Hattie becomes concerned when she notices bruises on the woman's young daughter, Sarah. Russell and Claire confront the mother and learn that she's running away from an abusive husband -- who happens to be the town sheriff (Sheriff Boller). While returning the girl's doll, Russell witnesses the abuse through the window, breaks into their house and rescues the woman and her daughter. Sheriff Boller keeps the Greenes under house arrest in their trailer until Russell returns his wife and daughter. Meanwhile, Ellen arranges for her sister-in-law Pauline to get proof of the abuse in the form of a videotape in order to prosecute. Along the way, we learn that Sheriff Boller has a long history of fear and intimidation to his credit. Boller intercepts a note and foils their plans.
Director: Stuart Margolin
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1012 votesLoading...
#18 - Independence Day
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1997
The Greenes travel to Great Falls, Montana to visit Russell's cousin, Jeff, and his wife, Marie--and meet their six-month-old baby, Hailey. Jeff and Marie's marriage is under increasing strain since Hailey's birth and becoming legal guardian of Jeff's twenty-year old brother, Bob, who has Down's Syndrome. Part of the problem is that Jeff has not been attentive to his wife's needs--who is now overwhelmed. Worse still, Bob has become the scapegoat for all their problems. When Hattie learns that Jeff and Marie haven't had a night to themselves in six months, she insists they spend the night elsewhere while the Greenes watch Hailey and Bob. Claire notices that Bob is actually quite capable of helping with the baby--and has been wanting to have a greater role in his niece's life. Jeff and Marie return the next day, refreshed--and resolved to put Bob in an institution. Bob overhears the conversation and flees.
Director: N/A
Writer: Danna Doyle
- 9.2/1012 votesLoading...
#19 - Mirror Image
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1997
Excited about their upcoming anniversary and having Claire all to himself, Russell embraces her tightly to dance. This causes Claire to wince and later in the shower she discovers a painful lump in her breast. The following day Claire slips away to a local women's hospital alone. There she becomes fast friends with Rachel, a young woman she meets in the waiting room. Rachel becomes really shaken after learning she must face the mastectomy of her left breast. Everything's changed for her now. She's scared. Angry. Rachel decides to break things off with David, her fiancé. Claire consoles her on their drive home. Once at the trailer park, Claire gently finds the words to tell Russell of her own ordeal. At the hospital with Russell for the first time, Claire's mastectomy proves inconclusive. She must undergo a biopsy. The entire family is told of what Claire is facing. Josh and Dinah are quietly alarmed.
Director: Stuart Margolin
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1013 votesLoading...
#20 - Bookworm
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1997
Claire discovers a startling fact about one of her most popular high school students - he's illiterate, and so is his unsupportive father, who wants his son to quit school and learn a trade. Meanwhile, Nathaniel's attempts to win friends backfires.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/1017 votesLoading...
#21 - Cowboy Blues
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1997
The Greenes must convince a grieving rancher to go on with his life following the accidental death of his wife, or else the man risks losing his ranch and the love of his teenage son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1044 votesLoading...
#22 - The Homecoming (II)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1996
The Greenes return to Chicory Creek, Kentucky, to join their good friend, Erasmus Jones for Thanksgiving, but it's anything but festive when Nathaniel's mother arrives with the intention of reclaiming her son, now that her life is in order. The crossover starts on Touched by an Angel S03E11 Homecoming (I).
Director: Tim Van Patten
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1015 votesLoading...
#23 - Mooster's Revenge
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1997
The Greenes come to the aid of a dying Mooster, but unwittingly cause her grief when they sell off her most prized possession and are unable to retrieve it from its new owner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1012 votesLoading...
#24 - Take Back The Night
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1997
After being violently attacked by an unknown assailant, a shattered Dinah attempts to return to her normal life and befriends a seemingly good-natured doctor at the hospital where she volunteers but soon discovers that the man isn't who he appears to be.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1012 votesLoading...
#25 - The Secret of Bluestem
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/1998
Things are looking up for the Greenes when a relative of Claire's leaves her a 100 acre ranch in South Dakota, but the family soon becomes involved in a dispute over an Indiana burial site.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Promised Land
Every episode of Promised Land ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Promised Land!
Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Little Girl Lost" is the best rated episode of "Promised Land". It scored 9.7/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Vincent McEveety and written by William Schmidt, it aired on 11/12/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Collapse".