LAST UPDATED: 12 November 2000

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VZSciFi: Crusade Episode Guide
Parts of this guide were sourced from Babylon 5 Magazine Issue 12. As for what might have been: creator J. Michael Straczynski has indicated in postings that a lot of things, such as the Telepath War, will be covered in the later books in the Centauri trilogy from Del Rey, and in the Technomage trilogy.

SPOILER ALERT!
The list of episodes below is listed in the original transmission order. The original UK order was different to this. All the produced episodes of Crusade are available on video in the UK.

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For More Crusade information, visit our VZSciFi community partner, ISN News: The Guide to Crusade

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War Zone
Production Code: 108
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Director: Janet Greek
First US tx: 9 June 1999
Matthew Gideon is the newly-commissioned captain of the Excalibur, the one-of-a-kind ship that will carry the quest to save the Earth to the farthest reaches of the Galaxy. But he hardly has time to meet his crew before he's called to recover a downed-Drakh vessel which just may be one of the ships that poisoned Earth. Meanwhile, Interplanetary Expedition's Max Eilerson finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, as his archaeological find-of- a-lifetime becomes the stage for a battle between the Excalibur crew and a band of grounded Drakh.
Print Reference: A full guide to this opening story appeared in Babylon 5 Magazine Issue 13.
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The Long Road
Production Code: 107
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Mike Vejar
First US tx: 16 June 1999
The ends don't always justify the means. But don't tell that to Earth force's Captain Daniels, whose mining operation threatens the rural colony on Regula 4. But these neo-Luddite settlers have an ace up their sleeve in the person of Alwyn, a rogue techno-mage. Thus far, Alwyn has delayed Daniels' operation with pyrotechnics and frightening manifestations, but a group of settlers take the fight out of his hands. When Gideon and Galen arrive, matters are starting to take a turn for the worse...
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The Well of Forever
Production Code: 106
Wr: Fiona Avery
Dir: Janet Greek
First US tx: 23 June 1999
His fellow techno-mages cast him out for too much contact with outsiders. Now, for the sake of a promise, Galen is willing to risk his newfound place in the universe when he commandeers the Excalibur for a seemingly selfish quest. The wizard seeks none other than the Well of Forever, a mystical crossroads somewhere in the vastness of hyperspace. The mysterious Well may not be there at all, and even if it is, Galen's purpose is anything but clear to his once-trusting allies. Image © 2000 Warner Bros.
Additional links on this site: Transcript of VZSciFi event in July 2000 with Fiona Avery, author of this episode, here.
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Ruling from the Tomb
Production Code: 111
Wr: Peter David
Dir: John Copeland
First US tx: 30 June 1999
Excalibur is on hand at a Mars Conference on the Drakh virus. On the red planet, Gideon butts heads with Captain Elizabeth Lochley, fresh from Babylon 5 to provide additional security at the event. As the two Captains learn to co-operate in more ways than one, a group of religious zealots plot to take God's Judgment into their own hands. Meanwhile, the whole affair prompts some soul searching on the part of shuttle pilot Trace Miller.
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The Path of Sorrows
Production Code: 109
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Mike Vejar
First US tx: 7 July 1999
In a dark tower on a distant world, Gideon finds a strange alien life form seemingly trapped in a translucent sphere. Unwilling to leave it behind, he has the creature transported aboard the Excalibur. But the mysterious entity has the power to peer into the soul of those around it, and it leads the Captain and a few of his crew into unwelcome forays down memory lane. 
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The Rules of the Game
Production Code: 112
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Jesús Treviño
First US tx: 14 July 1999
Captain Gideon comes to Babylon 5 to negotiate for the rights to land on the Lorkan home world. But the Lorkans consider themselves morally superior to their galactic neighbours and see Humans as an unwanted taint in the perfect picture they themselves present. When Gideon's determination persists, a pair of overly devout Lorkans seek a more permanent end to the debates. Meanwhile, Max Eilerson's ex-wife Cynthia Allen shows up with a request for help. Cynthia has borrowed money from the wrong people, and now it's up to Eilerson to fix things his own way.
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Patterns of the Soul
Production Code: 110
Wr: Fiona Avery
Dir: Tony Dow
First US tx: 8 September 1999
The Excalibur crew find out that people left the Earth during the time of the Drakh battle and they may or may not be infected with the plague, which they could be carrying all over the galaxy. If they are infected, they could be infecting other people along their pit stops.
The team track them down to Theta 49 and investigate to see whether or not they are infected with the plague. They find much more than they anticipated... 
Additional links on this site: Transcript of VZSciFi event in July 2000 with Fiona Avery, author of this episode, here.
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Appearances and Other Deceits
Production Code: 113
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Stephen Furst
First US tx: 21 July 1999
While visiting political officers determine a new look for the Excalibur and its crew in order to improve morale back home, the sole survivor aboard an alien spaceship threatens the mission...
Production Notes: This episode was written in such a way as to enable the screening of the first five episodes produced (101 - 105) which feature different uniforms and a more spartan Excalibur.
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Racing the Night
Production Code: 103
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Mike Vejar
First US tx: 28 July 1999
While exploring a planet once devastated by a Drakh plague similar to one that threatens the Earth, an IPX technician is mysteriously killed. The man's body is neatly vivisected, sliced with the precision of a medical dissection. Other attacks follow, prompting Galen to send a holographic homunculus out as bait, and the techno-mage uncovers the desperate lengths one race went to to stave off death...
Production Notes: This was to have been the original first episode. A full station log to the episode appeared in Babylon 5 Magazine Issue 18.
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The Needs of Earth
Production Code: 101
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Mike Vejar
First US tx: 4 August 1999
In response to a plea from an alien fugitive, Gideon risks a clandestine trip to Praxis Colony. There he finds Natchok Var. The refugee guards a storehouse of alien knowledge, and Gideon thinks that among the mass of data there just might be the information that Earth needs. But the knowledge the alien protects isn't going to be given up lightly, and not all treasure troves are what they first seem.
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The Memory of War
Production Code: 102
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Tony Dow
First US tx: 11 August 1999
Amid the vine-encrusted ruins of a vanished civilization, the Excalibur crew finds the remnants of a weapon of incredible destruction. But not everything dead remains dormant, and soon death stalks the planet just as it did before. Nor are the newcomers to this world completely innocent of its fate, as Galen discovers.
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Visitors from Down the Street
Production Code: 104
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Jerry Apoian
First US tx: 1 September 1999
The truth is out there. In this case, way out there, as the crew of the Excalibur learns when it picks up two very peculiar guests, a pair of paranoia-ridden aliens named Durkani and Lyssa. The visitors are determined to uncover their government's secret extraterrestrial cover-up, and they insist that Humans have been meddling in their affairs for decades. But Captain Gideon is in no mood to play the little green man in someone else's paranoid conspiracy fantasy.
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Each Night I Dream of Home
Production Code: 105
Wr: J. Michael Straczynski
Dir: Stephen Furst
First US tx: 8 September 1999
Dr. Sarah Chambers gets a chance to unlock the secrets of the Drakh virus, aided by none other than Dr. Stephen Franklin, brought from Earth for a top secret, high priority mission. Drakh spies tip off the enemy, who launch an attack against the Excalibur in an attempt to stifle their work. But Gideon receives unexpected help in his battle - from Captain Elizabeth Lochley...
Print reference: A full station log on this episode appeared in Babylon 5 Magazine Issue 16.
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Unproduced Episodes
J. Michael Straczynski and Fiona Avery's unproduced scripts for Crusade appear on the bookface.com web site.

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