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Crusade

43min

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Action & Adventure

Crusade is an American spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. The Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five years if it is not stopped. To that end, the Victory class destroyer Excalibur has been sent out to look for anything that could help the search for a cure.

Production Companies

Babylonian Productions

Warner Bros. Television

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

War Zone

1. War Zone

44min

9th Jun 1999

Capt. Matthew Gideon assembles the crew that will be with him on the experimental starship Excalibur. Their mission: explore the reaches of space to find a cure for the deadly Drakh virus that will overrun Earth in five years.

The Long Road

2. The Long Road

44min

16th Jun 1999

Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.

The Well of Forever

3. The Well of Forever

44min

23rd Jun 1999

Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.

The Path of Sorrows

4. The Path of Sorrows

44min

30th Jun 1999

A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.

Patterns of the Soul

5. Patterns of the Soul

44min

7th Jul 1999

Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.

Ruling from the Tomb

6. Ruling from the Tomb

44min

14th Jul 1999

Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.

The Rules of the Game

7. The Rules of the Game

44min

21st Jul 1999

The Excalibur goes to Babylon 5 so that Gideon can meet with an ambassador for permission to go to a planet that might have technology that can help Earth. But the ambassador refuses and Gideon is not going to accept it. And Ellerson runs into his ex-wife, who is in trouble with a loan shark. When he pays him off, he feels she owes him more. Anf goes to great lengths to collect.

Appearances and Other Deceits

8. Appearances and Other Deceits

44min

28th Jul 1999

Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.

Racing the Night

9. Racing the Night

44min

4th Aug 1999

Gideon and crew find themselves trapped by an alien civilization using sinister methods to seek a cure for the same Drakh virus that attacked Earth.

The Memory of War

10. The Memory of War

44min

11th Aug 1999

Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.

The Needs of Earth

11. The Needs of Earth

44min

18th Aug 1999

Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.

Visitors from Down the Street

12. Visitors from Down the Street

44min

25th Aug 1999

Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.

Each Night I Dream of Home

13. Each Night I Dream of Home

44min

1st Sep 1999

In an attempt to understand the nature of the Drakh virus better, the Excalibur is sent back to Earth's orbit for a top-secret special pick up. Familiar face returns. The show ends on an open ending.

First air date

9th Jun 1999

Last air date

1st Sep 1999

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks