Gary Cole
Matthew Gideon
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1999
Crusade
Season 1
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Episodes
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Episode 144 min1999-06-09
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.
Episode 244 min1999-06-16
The Long Road
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
Episode 344 min1999-06-23
The Well of Forever
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
Episode 444 min1999-06-30
The Path of Sorrows
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
Episode 544 min1999-07-07
Patterns of the Soul
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
Episode 644 min1999-07-14
Ruling from the Tomb
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
Episode 744 min1999-07-21
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.
Episode 844 min1999-07-28
Appearances and Other Deceits
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Episode 944 min1999-08-04
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.
Episode 1044 min1999-08-11
The Memory of War
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
Episode 1144 min1999-08-18
The Needs of Earth
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
Episode 1244 min1999-08-25
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.
Episode 1344 min1999-09-01
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.