Crusade
Crusade
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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.
RichyE reviewedOctober 18, 2025
It was the Babylon 5 spin-off that never got a fair shot.
Set in 2267, five years after the Shadow War, Earth is infected by a Drakh nanovirus.
The destroyer Excalibur is sent to scour the galaxy for a cure.
The setup was solid, J. Michael Straczynski’s world building, a new crew and a ticking clock.
But the network meddled. Episodes were aired out of order, scripts were rewritten and the tone got muddled.
Still, it had moments. Gary Cole as Captain Gideon brought quiet authority and Peter Woodward’s Galen was pure techno mage mystery.
The Amiga-powered graphics were still kicking, LightWave 3D doing its thing, even if the budget was tighter.
Too bad they went the way they did, 13 episodes, no closure and a show that deserved better.