Crusade
Season 1
1999 • 13 Episodes
Episodes
1. War Zone
June 9, 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.
2. The Long Road
June 16, 1999
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
June 23, 1999
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
4. The Path of Sorrows
June 30, 1999
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
5. Patterns of the Soul
July 7, 1999
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
6. Ruling from the Tomb
July 14, 1999
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
7. The Rules of the Game
July 21, 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.
8. Appearances and Other Deceits
July 28, 1999
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
9. Racing the Night
August 4, 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.
10. The Memory of War
August 11, 1999
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
11. The Needs of Earth
August 18, 1999
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
12. Visitors from Down the Street
August 25, 1999
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
September 1, 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.