Promised Land: The Complete Collection

LOVED THE SERIES ON TV, FAMILY QUALITY SHOWS, WITH A MORAL AND SPIRITUAL MESSAGE!!! TIME WELL SPENT WATCHING THIS SERIES!!! IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AND INSPIRED, AND HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE!!!

Such a wholesome show and I'm delighted to add this DVD set to my home collection.

i loved this show and i'm happy i got it on dvd now

What I liked was the Greene Family. A family of 5 who travel the American roadways to try to find Russell Greene's brother Joe. Russell, his wife Claire, his mother Hattie, his son Josh, daughter Dinah as well as nephew Nathaniel, all set out in an airstream mobile home to find work as teacher, construction worker, grocery bagger, and many more jobs, to stay afloat and feed their family. This kind of freedom can be enjoyable but many times there are issues to deal with such as attempted rape, teenage drinking, bullying, people they meet with addictions, marital difficulties and other such drama. While mostly family friendly there are adult subject matter throughout. No worries. This opens a door for family discussions. The case came very nicely produced with the family picture on front of a hard plastic box with strong plastic wrap. Over that is a strong paper sleeve also with the family on front an outline of the Touched by an angel crossovers. Inside the box is a package of sleeved DVDs set in a square pocket. These DVDs will last a long time protected nicely. The picture is not high definition but enjoyable. The episodes are not close captioned. To me that was the worst part of the series on DVD. Still well worth the money I paid. Enjoy and God Bless:)

This is a Touched By An Angel crossover series that should appeal to almost every age group. Good story lines and occasional appearances from the cast of the mother series. Toward the end, the family settled in one place, but I liked it better when they were on the road.

I just finished watching the entire series on DVD last night. It holds up as drama today far better than I thought it would. I don't know why I distrust my memories of its first run so, but I always like to check myself from time to time just to make sure my memories aren't getting overly gilded. ====WARNING. SPOILERS FOLLOW==== ====YOU'VE BEEN WARNED==== Seasons 1 and 2 are absolutely classic, with very few average episodes (though they are there, especially in a couple of unfortunate "topical" episodes, similar to when the TV show Quincy stopped being a crime drama and instead became a "political hot-topic of the week" show). I kind of enjoyed the fact that though the Greenes were more or less on their own, Monica, Tess, and Andrew could show up at any time and the Greenes just had to deal with it. Richard Thomas as Russell's brother Joe was very effective as Nathaniel's troubled hothead absent father. His ultimate redemption was satisfying, even if a bit hurried. The main cast is nothing short of inspired. Every man would be privileged to have a family like Russell Greene's. Heck, every man would love to BE Russell Greene, played with understated homespun wisdom and strength by Gerald McRaney. Wendy Phillips' eyes as she plays Claire are a wonder to behold; all of Claire Greene's care, compassion and concern is there, right in those eyes as she inhabits the character so naturally. Celeste Holm was already long a Hollywood legend. Amazingly, all of that star-power does not diminish or upstage any of the other actors. She is as comfortable in an ensemble as she is as a major Hollywood star. She plays Hattie with an impish twinkle in her eye that is endearing. Austin O'Brien, Sarah Schaub, and Eddie Karr, as young as they were then, were already amazing, world-class actors. Fortunately, the writers gave them great material to play every week. It's sort of a shame that none of them are on stage or screen today, though I'm sure all of them eventually found their true calling. Season 3 remained strong, despite some rather soapy subplots and Mr. Moonves' meddling in the series format. The presence of God in the Greenes' daily lives was sadly downplayed. However, "A Day In The Life," which I never saw in the first run because they pulled it from broadcast following the Columbine shootings, was a punch in the gut, even though you could see them telegraph the ending right from the teaser. As Season 3 went on, some of the new secondary characters were inspired. I particularly enjoyed how the writers made Dinah a friend to misfits and social outcasts, sometimes with failure, always with pathos. My favorite of these was Margot (with a "t", played by the delightful Ashleigh Norman). As different as she was from her peers, it actually showed she had a self-confidence she would never have admitted to in order to completely embrace her "born-out-of-time" persona. Unexpected among these characters was "Mouse," the tech geek who had resigned himself—with some healthy good humor—to the fact that he would never be any more than a joke in student society. I would have loved to have seen how his character might have developed in a hypothetical Season 4. There must have been reasons why Hattie was absent for most of the second half of the season, and for Josh's gradual transformation into a morose, angsty teenager who didn't get very many storylines beyond pining for unwed mother Bobbie. Shuffling Hattie off to visit her sister suddenly was unsettling. Instead of engaging me, it made me wonder what was going on behind the scenes of the Promised Land production. I missed Josh's presence in the series as he gradually got upstaged by LT. LT grew on me, though, but I thought the writers softened his hard edges perhaps a little too quickly. I did not like that his sister seemed to disappear after their father's funeral. I also sorely missed the recurring appearances of Ossie Davis' Erasmus, though he did make a brief appearance early in the final season. Had Les Moonves not monkeyed with and eventually cancelled the series, it would have been interesting to see how the Promised Land producers—and our beloved Greene family—would have handled 9-11 (which would have happened probably just before a hypothetical Season 5 premier) and our subsequent entry into war. Overall, I'm very glad I had the privilege to rewatch Promised Land, truly one of the best television dramas of the 1990s. In a few years, I'll pull it out again, and be just as entertained as the very first time. As for the quality of the VEI DVD release, the picture quality is quite good considering the video source material—which can never be updated to HD. The disappointing feature of the set is the audio. Except for the pilot episode on disk 1, all the audio for all episodes has been mixed down to mono, so the "Dolby Surround" logo on the end credits of each episode is unfortunately misleading. I don't know what the reason for choosing mono audio over the original stereo broadcast audio, but it unfortunately made the episodes a little less absorbing and immersing as it was when it first was broadcast on CBS. Despite the audio problems, I highly recommend this set, as this is currently the only way to view this incredible series.

This was one of my favorite shows when it was on TV. It was so wholesome and it had the most amazing messages of love, giving, kindness and compassion. The fact that they traveled around the country in an RV was intriguing. The people that they came across they were always willing to help them out. Even though they didn't have much themselves. I had to get the series so that I could watch it anytime I wanted. Especially when I needed a little pick me up. Its also got the perfect cast of characters. Gerald McRaney is my absolute favorite. I highly recommend getting this series to watch with your family. They certainly don't make shows like this anymore.

Box was nice and the DVDs all worked fine, although some episodes were in worse shape than others in terms of quality. I searched all over the internet for this show and this was the only way I could watch it, I have a feeling the original masters may have been lost, so some of the episodes were re-encoded from recordings or maybe a station master copy instead of the originals. Thanks to this company for helping preserve lost media/shows!

I like the diversity of Gerald McRaney. Bought this because the quality online was so bad. Liked the first two seasons, but they lost the plot in the third. McRaney was good throughout, but the characters changed too much in a short space of time. Still a good watch if you want something to relax with.

Been trying to get this for years it's a great show no swearing etc it's a wonderful family show....We need more decent shows like this....

I'd not previously seen the "Promised Land" tv series, but I knew that it was a spinoff of "Touched By An Angel", which is one of my all-time favourite tv shows! The Green family falls upon hard times when Russell Green, the man of the household loses his job after job downsizing. When it seemed as though things couldn't get any worse, he received a "visitor", after which he packed up his family & traveled the country, helping people where possible & learning together! Great series!

I wotched this series as a kid loved it then love it now

I love Touched by an Angel series and remember seeing some of these episodes on TV. I've been looking for the complete set for a very long time. I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Great family oriented TV shows. I wish there were more like these.