Crusade

Original title : War Zone
First Aired : 09.06.1999 (USA) 08.10.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Janet Greek
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Alex Mendoza, Tim Thomerson, Brook Parker

The Story : The year is 2263. The future begins - or ends - here. Captain Matthew Gideon assembles the crew that will be with him on the experimental starship Excalibur. Among them: first officer Matheson and archaeologist Max Eilerson. Their mission: explore the reaches of space to find a cure for the deadly Drakh virus that will overrun Earth in five years.

Original title : The long road
First Aired : 15.06.1999 (USA) 08.10.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Mike Vejar
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Edward Woodward, Marshall Teague, Scott Peatty, Alison Lohman, Mik Scriba

The Story : Dragons, fiends and terrors - oh, my! 'This was such a nice quiet place,' laments Alwyn about Regula 4. But now Earth's desperate strip-mining of a mineral that's an antiviral agent threatens the tiny planet with eco-disaster and public insurrection... if Alwyn's wizardly skills can't conjure up a solution.

Original title : The Well of Forever
First Aired : 23.06.1999 (USA) 15.10.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Janet Greek
Writing credits : Fiona Avery
Cast : Michael Beck

The Story : It's his nature to be mysterious. But Galen, a technimage who uses advanced technology in magical ways, may be going too far. Dureena Nafeel questions the Technomage's motives when he spearheads a risky expedition to a hyperspace realm that, like Stonehenge, is a mystical crossroads for concentrated energies.

Original title : The Path of Sorrows
First Aired : 30.06.1999 (USA) 22.10.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Mike Vejar
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Mark Blankfield, Gary Graham, Dawn Stern, Sophie Ward

The Story : Expeditioners encounter a mysterious alien in a world rumoured to be a place of healing. His curative powers turn out to be emotional rather than physical. He serves as a confessional priest for troubled galactic wayfarers, including Capt. Gideon and Lt. Matheson.

Original title : Patterns Of The Soul
First Aired : 07.07.1999 (USA) 05.11.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Tony Dow
Writing credits : Fiona Avery
Cast : Brian Thompson, Peter DeAnda, Sharrise Baker, Eric Ware

The Story : Earthling forces orders the Excalibur crew to evacuate colonists who carry the plague virus and left the Earth during the Drakh attack. The secret they hide could be as lethal as the plague inside them.

Original title : Ruling From The Tomb
First Aired : 14.07.1999 (USA) 12.11.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : John Copeland
Writing credits : Peter David
Cast : Alex Mendoza, Juanita Jennings, John Novak

The Story : The Threat of viral plague that hangs over Earth is a tragic situation to most. But it's God's will to the Sacred Omega doomsday cult. While B5's Captain Lochley, Excalibur's biogeneticist Dr. Sarah Chambers and other Earthlings from colonized space convene to plan a unified course of anti-plague action, Omegas try to speed judgment day by planting a bomb at the conference.

Original title : Rules Of The Game
First Aired : 21.07.1999 (USA) 19.11.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Jesus Trevino
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Jamie Rose, Joel Swetow, Tim Choate, Sal Landi, Timothy Landfield

The Story : Lorka 7 may hold medical secrets useful to Earth - if Gideon can gain access to the planet. He comes to Babylon 5 and runs headlong into the Lorkans' claim that Earthlings will taint their world. In a bid to remove this human uncleanliness, they conspire to murder Gideon.

Original title : Appearances And Other Deceits
First Aired : 28.07.1999 (USA) 14.01.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Stephen Furst
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : John Vickery, Wayne Wilderson, Luanne Ponce

The Story : The Excalibur finds an alien abandonned destroyed spaceship that drift in space. All its inhabitants are dead except one. When they get the stranger onboard the Excalibur in the only purpose to save his life, they discover that this one is a danger for them.

Original title : Racing The Night
First Aired : 04.08.1999 (USA) 21.01.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Mike Vejar
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Brenan Baird (Kulan), Madison Mason (General Miller), Neil Bradley (Drazi Ambassador), Roxana Brusso (Crew Member #1), Jonathan Chapman (Brakiri Ambassador), Adam Clark (Ranger)

The Story : The Excalibur discovers equations for propulsion, energy creation, alloy-making -- almost everything but medical technology. Dureena Nafeel, discovers an apparent cache of globes, and another crew member discovers the eviscerated body of a crewman! In addition to all these discoveries, the landing party is attacked, resulting in Capt. Gideon relying on Galen’s help to escape a perilous situation…

Original title : The Memory Of War
First Aired : 11.08.1999 (USA) 04.02.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Tony Dow
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : John Saint Ryan, James Parks, Susie Park

The Story : Capt. Matthew Gideon finds a world which he has long been looking for, only to discover all the inhabitant are now dead. There is something strange about the planet however, and when night comes Gideon, Eilerson, Dureena, and others are faced with ‘stalking death’ strikes…

Original title : The Needs Of Earth
First Aired : 18.08.1999 (USA) 18.02.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Mike Vejar
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Tony Amendola, Bill Mondy

The Story : Capt. Matthew Gideon sets out to find the criminal, Natchok Var, who has stolen several datacrystals filled with important information. All does not go smoothly however: Natchok Var has been captured by Praxis 9 bounty hunters, and to add to their troubles Praxis 9 is a planet with a poisonous atmosphere. Things get further complicated as the Alliance refuses to acknowledge the Excalibur or her crew if they are discovered…. As if things could not have got worse Dureena Nafeel knows something about Praxis that she does not share with the others, she isn't the only person who isn't telling everything...

Original title : Visitors From Down The Street
First Aired : 25.08.1999 (USA) 04.03.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Jerry Apoian
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Harry van Gorkum, Francoise Robertson, Josh Clark

The Story : The Excalibur discovers a near depleted life pod, and Capt. Matthew Gideon and Lt. John Matheson attempt to establish contact with the aliens. The aliens however look remarkably like humans, but are very untrustworthy of earthlings, and relations do not develop smoothly…

Original title : Each Night I Dream Of Home
First Aired : 01.09.1999 (USA) 18.03.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Stephen Furst
Writing credits : J. Michael Straczynski
Cast : Richard Biggs, Lance Legault, Timothy Williams

The Story : Drifting in space, Lochley, healed is welcomed by the Excalibur while performing a secret mission. The risked experienced is compromised when the Drakh notice their position and their attack...