Crusade (1999)

Action · Adventure · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 6.7 (5,768 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.05 avg 13 episodes 6.8 → 7.7 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	War Zone	6.8	251
2	The Long Road	6.6	229
3	The Well of Forever	6.8	224
4	The Path of Sorrows	6.9	233
5	Patterns of the Soul	6.6	211
6	Ruling from the Tomb	6.6	225
7	The Rules of the Game	6.9	211
8	Appearances and Other Deceits	7.5	219
9	Racing the Night	7.6	218
10	The Memory of War	7.2	208
11	The Needs of Earth	7.2	210
12	Visitors from Down the Street	7.3	245
13	Each Night I Dream of Home	7.7	209