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Crusade

Season 1 · 13 episodes · Jun 9, 1999

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    Episode 1

    War Zone

    Jun 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.

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    Episode 2

    The Long Road

    Jun 16, 1999

    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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    Episode 3

    The Well of Forever

    Jun 23, 1999

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

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    Episode 4

    The Path of Sorrows

    Jun 30, 1999

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

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    Episode 5

    Patterns of the Soul

    Jul 7, 1999

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

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    Episode 6

    Ruling from the Tomb

    Jul 14, 1999

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

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    Episode 7

    The Rules of the Game

    Jul 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. And goes to great lengths to collect.

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    Episode 8

    Appearances and Other Deceits

    Jul 28, 1999

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

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    Episode 9

    Racing the Night

    Aug 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.

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    Episode 10

    The Memory of War

    Aug 11, 1999

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

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    Episode 11

    The Needs of Earth

    Aug 18, 1999

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

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    Episode 12

    Visitors from Down the Street

    Aug 25, 1999

    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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    Episode 13

    Each Night I Dream of Home

    Sep 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. Final, open-ended, episode.