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.
Episodes
War Zone
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
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
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
The Path of Sorrows
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
Patterns of the Soul
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
Ruling from the Tomb
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
The Rules of the Game
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.
Appearances and Other Deceits
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Racing the Night
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
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
The Needs of Earth
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
Visitors from Down the Street
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
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.
Top Cast
Gary Cole
Matthew Gideon
Daniel Dae Kim
John Matheson
David Allen Brooks
Max Eilerson
Carrie Dobro
Dureena Nafeel
Marjean Holden
Sarah Chambers
Peter Woodward
Galen
