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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Tim Thomerson, Will Schaub, Zeus Mendoza, Christopher Comes, Don Fischer, Mark Hendrickson, Rebecca Markham, Brook Susan Parker
Episode 2
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
Directed by Michael VejarWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Alison Lohman, Edward Woodward, Rex Ryon, Scott Paetty, Mik Scriba, Marshall R. Teague, Michael O'Connell, Sophia Santi
Episode 3
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
Directed by Janet GreekWritten by Fiona AveryGuest stars Michael Beck, David Saunders, Joe Wandell
Episode 4
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
Directed by Michael VejarWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Sophie Ward, Gary Graham, Mark Blankfield, Matt O'Toole, Patrick St. Esprit, Dawn Stern, Daniel Guzman, Kevyn Major Howard
Episode 5
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
Directed by Tony DowWritten by Fiona AveryGuest stars Brian Thompson, Peter De Anda, Curt Lowens, Nancy Linehan Charles, Sharisse Baker-Bernard, Eric Ware, Scott Carollo
Episode 6
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
Directed by John CopelandWritten by Peter DavidGuest stars Tracy Scoggins, John Novak, Juanita Jennings, Zeus Mendoza, Jason Rodriguez, Harley Zumbrum, Stephen Austin-Skordiles, Fred Estrada
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño, Jesus TravinoWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Tracy Scoggins, Tim Choate, Jamie Rose, Sal Landi, Timothy Landfield, Joel Swetow, Jonathan Chapman, Kathe Weeks
Episode 8
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Directed by Stephen FurstWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars John Vickery, Wayne Wilderson, LuAnne Ponce, Christopher Michael
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Michael VejarWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Madison Mason, Jonathan Chapman, Brenan T. Baird, Neil Bradley, Adam Clark, Roxana Brusso
Episode 10
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
Directed by Tony DowWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars John Saint Ryan, Susie Park, James Parks, Ron Campbell, Maggie Egan, Dustin MacDonald
Episode 11
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
Directed by Michael VejarWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Tom Wyner, Tony Amendola, Bill Mondy, Peter Welkin, Mark Hendrickson
Episode 12
Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.
Directed by Jerry ApoianWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Josh Clark, Françoise Robertson, Harry Van Gorkum, Robert Caso, Sandra Gonzalez, Eric Whitmore, Camila Griggs
Episode 13
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.
Directed by Stephen FurstWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Tracy Scoggins, Richard Biggs, Lance LeGault, Timothy Williams, Liz Lavoie, Carl Reggiardo
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Gary ColeMatthew Gideon
Daniel Dae KimJohn Matheson
Tracy ScogginsCapt. Elizabeth Lochley
David Allen BrooksMax Eilerson
Marjean HoldenSarah Chambers
Peter WoodwardGalen
Tim ThomersonSenator McQuate
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