Crusade

6.6

1999•43m

Production

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.

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 1999

1. War Zone

7.0

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.

2. The Long Road

5.8

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

3. The Well of Forever

5.8

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

4. The Path of Sorrows

7.0

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

5. Patterns of the Soul

6.0

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

6. Ruling from the Tomb

6.5

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

7. The Rules of the Game

7.0

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.

8. Appearances and Other Deceits

6.7

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

9. Racing the Night

6.7

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.

10. The Memory of War

6.8

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

11. The Needs of Earth

4.5

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

12. Visitors from Down the Street

7.0

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

13. Each Night I Dream of Home

6.5

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.