History Recap / TheOuterLimits1995S4E21PromisedLand

* WrittenByTheWinners: The Tsal-Khan rewrote the history of their conquest of Earth so that their descendants would view it in a more favorable light, claiming they first came in peace but humanity attacked them without provocation. In reality, it was an unprovoked attack and enslaving humanity was always their intention. The Tsal-Khan poisoned all of the plants on Earth; eating the fruit and vegetables that grow naturally is typically fatal even twelve human generations later. According to the revised version, they came in peace and freely offered the advantages of their more advanced technology. However, the humans resisted and the Tsal-Khan won the long and bitter war that followed, which resulted in the plants being poisoned. The true history was passed down to Dlavan through his great-grandparents, who were among the original Tsal-Khan settlers after they conquered had Earth.

* NotSoDifferent: Rebecca realizes that the Tsal-Kahn are not really monsters or that different from humanity when she's about to strike Krenn with a chair, and she covers her son Ma'al to protect him. This is the realization it takes for both sides to make peace.

* TranslationConvention: The episode begins with the Tsal-Khan Dlavan and his grandson Ma'al speaking in their native language before it switches to English. From this point onwards, the audience hears the two of them, Krenn and T'sha speaking in English when they are interacting with each other and speaking in their own language when they are being observed by the escaped human slaves. The Tsal-Khan language also sounds quite aggressive to human ears, which serves to make them appear all the more intimidating.

They observe the oldest Tsel-Khan, Dlavan, and his daughter Krenn behead David's corpse, disturbing Rebecca. Unbeknownst to them, this is a sign of respect, but they cannot understand the Tsel-Khan language. The girl, who is mute, reveals her name to be Tali through writing it on the ground.

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* DisappearedDad: Tali's mother was {{killed offscreen}}. Her mother's lover from the previous episode, whom we presume is Tali's father, doesn't appear though, leaving his fate unknown.

However, they are in desperate need to find food. In spite of Rebecca warning that it was poisoned, they begin eating fruit from trees growing in the ruins, claiming the poison would have dissipated or never existed to begin with. She is right though, and most die. Only Rebecca, David, Ruth and mute child of the main character in "The Camp" are left.

* ShroudedInMyth: Some of the very few New Masters (known as the Tsal-Khan) mentioned in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S3E7TheCamp The Camp]]" who remained on Earth after the evacuation are seen and it is readily apparent that the stories about their appearance has been greatly exaggerated: although they are vaguely reptilian, they are the same size of humans, have two arms and their teeth don't seem to be any more or less sharp than the average human's. Given that humans are believed to have all died out, similar legends have grown up around them. T'sha teases his younger brother Ma'al by telling him that the woods are filled with humans with razor teeth and claws like hooks who hunt in packs.

* ShroudedInMyth: Some of the very few New Masters (known as the Tsal-Khan) mentioned in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S3E7TheCamp The Camp]]" who remained on Earth after the evacuation are seen and it is readily apparent that the stories about the appearance have been greatly exaggerated: although they are vaguely reptilian, they are the same size of humans, have two arms and their teeth don't seem to be any more or less sharp than the average human's. Given that humans are believed to have all died out, similar legends have grown up around them. T'sha teases his younger brother Ma'al by telling him that the woods are filled with humans with razor teeth and claws like hooks who hunt in packs.

* GuiltFreeExterminationWar: Humanity is practically extinct twelve generations after the Tsal-Khan conquest of Earth. The few remaining former slaves who escaped from the android-run concentration camp in "The Camp" are possibly the last surviving humans. Officially, the humans attacked them even though they came with gifts and in peace, so the Tsel-Khan largely believe it was justified. Dlavan tells his daughter Krenn however that in reality their people attacked with no provocation, to conquer Earth for its resources. After this they enslaved the survivors to extract them. His parents stayed on Earth to settle out of guilt, averting this for them.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Dlavan's grandparents disagreed with their people conquering Earth and then enslaving the humans who survived. They settled on Earth as penance after this.