Crusade

Season 1

1999 · 13 episodes · 9h 32m in all · 6.6/10

Episodes

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   1. War Zone

   9 Jun 1999 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   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.

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   2. The Long Road

   16 Jun 1999 · 44 min · 5.8/10

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

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   3. The Well of Forever

   23 Jun 1999 · 44 min · 6.0/10

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

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   4. The Path of Sorrows

   30 Jun 1999 · 44 min · 7.0/10

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

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   5. Patterns of the Soul

   7 Jul 1999 · 44 min · 6.2/10

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

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   6. Ruling from the Tomb

   14 Jul 1999 · 44 min · 6.6/10

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

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   7. The Rules of the Game

   21 Jul 1999 · 44 min · 7.2/10

   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.

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   8. Appearances and Other Deceits

   28 Jul 1999 · 44 min · 7.2/10

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

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   9. Racing the Night

   4 Aug 1999 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   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.

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    10. The Memory of War

    11 Aug 1999 · 44 min · 7.0/10

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

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    11. The Needs of Earth

    18 Aug 1999 · 44 min · 5.0/10

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

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    12. Visitors from Down the Street

    25 Aug 1999 · 44 min · 7.2/10

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

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    13. Each Night I Dream of Home

    1 Sept 1999 · 44 min · 7.2/10

    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.