Crusade — Season 1
13 episodesFirst aired 9 June 1999
E1War Zone
7.0Jun 199944m
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.
E2The Long Road
5.8Jun 199944m
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
E3The Well of Forever
6.0Jun 199944m
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
E4The Path of Sorrows
7.0Jun 199944m
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
E5Patterns of the Soul
6.2Jul 199944m
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
E6Ruling from the Tomb
6.6Jul 199944m
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
E7The Rules of the Game
7.2Jul 199944m
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. And goes to great lengths to collect.
E8Appearances and Other Deceits
7.2Jul 199944m
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
E9Racing the Night
7.0Aug 199944m
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.
E10The Memory of War
7.0Aug 199944m
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
E11The Needs of Earth
5.0Aug 199944m
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
E12Visitors from Down the Street
7.2Aug 199944m
Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.
E13Each Night I Dream of Home
7.2Sept 199944m
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. Final, open-ended, episode.