Crusade
Several years after the end of the Great War (detailed in the main Babylon 5 TV series) the former servants of the now-exiled Shadows attempt to avenge their old masters by introducing a powerful biological weapon into Earth's atmosphere. After five years of adapting itself to humanity's genetic makeup, it will kill every human being on the planet. Since this plague was the product of a technology far ahead of humanity's, there isn't enough time to develop an original solution - instead, humanity will have to comb through the ruins of older alien civilizations with the hope of finding some ancient, advanced technology that can cure the disease. Leading this high-stakes archeological mission is a starship of the new Interstellar Alliance, the Excalibur, and its crew drawn from the Alliance's elite troubleshooting corps, the Rangers.
- 1999-1999
- 1 season
- TNT
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
- TV-PG
Several years after the end of the Great War (detailed in the main Babylon 5 TV series) the former servants of the now-exiled Shadows attempt to avenge their old masters by introducing a powerful biological weapon into Earth's atmosphere. After five years of adapting itself to humanity's genetic makeup, it will kill every human being on the planet. Since this plague was the product of a technology far ahead of humanity's, there isn't enough time to develop an original solution - instead, humanity will have to comb through the ruins of older alien civilizations with the hope of finding some ancient, advanced technology that can cure the disease. Leading this high-stakes archeological mission is a starship of the new Interstellar Alliance, the Excalibur, and its crew drawn from the Alliance's elite troubleshooting corps, the Rangers.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1999
Episode 1
War Zone
Wed, Jun 9, 1999 44 mins
Following the attack on Earth by the Drakh, a plan is hatched to save it. Excalibur, a new vessel, is sent out to find a cure for the plague, and the man for the job is Captain Matthew Gideon. His first act is to capture one of the Drakh and get him to tell him what he can.
Episode 2
The Long Road
Wed, Jun 16, 1999 44 mins
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
Episode 3
The Well of Forever
Wed, Jun 23, 1999 44 mins
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
Episode 4
The Path of Sorrows
Wed, Jun 30, 1999 44 mins
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
Episode 5
Patterns of the Soul
Wed, Jul 7, 1999 44 mins
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
Episode 6
Ruling from the Tomb
Wed, Jul 14, 1999 44 mins
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
Episode 7
The Rules of the Game
Wed, Jul 21, 1999 44 mins
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.
Episode 8
Appearances and Other Deceits
Wed, Jul 28, 1999 44 mins
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Episode 9
Racing the Night
Wed, Aug 4, 1999 44 mins
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.
Episode 10
The Memory of War
Wed, Aug 11, 1999 44 mins
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
Episode 11
The Needs of Earth
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 44 mins
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
Episode 12
Visitors from Down the Street
Wed, Aug 25, 1999 44 mins
Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.
Episode 13
Each Night I Dream of Home
Wed, Sep 1, 1999 44 mins
The Excalibur is sent to rendezvous with a special courier for top-secret mission. Obeying Senator Jacob Redway and his companion, a rather bland plumber named David Williams, Gideon proceeds toward Earth. However, when the Excalibur encounters a disabled Starfury, Gideon decides to stop and rescue its nearly-dead pilot: Captain Elizabeth Lochley. After telling Lochley that he can't tell her anything about their mission, Gideon and Excalibur continue to Earth to pick up a very special person who will help them test the baseline for the Drakh plague: Dr. Stephen Franklin. But, as they begin to check the details for Dr. Franklin, Williams who will serve as Franklin's baseline makes a call. It's only to his sweetheart on Earth - but more than his sweetheart is listening to his transmission.