Promised Land (The Outer Limits)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Promised Land
Series = The Outer Limits


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Season = 4
Episode = 21
Airdate = August 21, 1998
Production = 83
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Director =
Photographer =
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Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev = Nightmare
Next = Balance of Nature

"Promised Land" is an episode of "The Outer Limits" television show. It was first broadcast on August 21 1998, during the show's fourth season. It is a sequel to The Camp

Opening Narration

"Our most powerful instinct is self-preservation. But what happens when fear and mistrust twist that drive into a force more destructive than any outside enemy?"

Plot

Years ago the Tsal-Khan race arrived on on earth to become friends with humans but the distrusting nature of the earthlings led to war. Dlavan (Rene Auberjonois) and his family are Tsal-Khan, offspring of the handful of aliens who remained on Earth after a bitter war of conquest with the human race. Today they live on a tightly guarded farm where they must grow all their own food, since their forebears poisoned all the plants during the war with mankind. Most of the aliens believe that the human race was wiped out in the war, but there is a group of humans in the woods near the farm. This group, led by Rebecca (Caroline Goodall), escaped from the alien's robot run camps. The group also includes David (Joseph Kell), Ruth (Jane Sowerby) and the mute, orphaned child Tali (Jessica Harmon). They are desperately hungry and have seen their children die from eating poisoned fruit. So, when they spot Dlavan's grandson Ma'al, wandering in the woods, they follow him home to the farm. After they see the well-fed aliens, Rebecca leads the group to raid the farm for food. At first, Tali figures out how to get around the farm's deadly defensive measures. But, things escalate and individuals are hurt and killed on both sides. When Rebecca captures an alien weapon and Tali is seriously injured, the scene is set for the final showdown, a battle that could destroy both groups.

Closing Narration

"It is one of the great mysteries of existence, how the smallest drop of understanding can cleanse a sea of mistrust and hate."