Crusade
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- Richard18 oktober 2025It 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.
- flavo4321 november 2025Crusade, the spin-off from Babylon 5, has always left me with mixed feelings. After several seasons of B5 that kept growing stronger and more ambitious, I think I was subconsciously ready for a genuine ending, not a new beginning. Crusade arrives almost too quickly, asking you to invest in a fresh crew and a new quest while the emotional dust from the Shadow War and B5’s finale is still settling. The concept—a desperate mission to save Earth from a lethal plague—is solid, but the execution feels uneven. The computer graphics, which once felt groundbreaking, were already starting to look stale, and that undercuts some of the show’s intended scope. It’s easy to imagine that if they’d waited another couple of years, with better effects and a bit more distance from B5, audiences might have been more ready to embrace it fully. As it stands, Crusade feels like an intriguing but premature epilogue.
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Crusade has 1 season.
Crusade has 13 episodes.
The key characters in Crusade are Matthew Gideon (Gary Cole), John Matheson (Daniel Dae Kim), Max Eilerson (David Allen Brooks).
Crusade was directed by Michael Vejar, Janet Greek, Stephen Furst, Tony Dow, Jesus Travino, John Copeland, Jerry Apoian, Jesús Salvador Treviño.
Crusade was produced by Douglas Netter, J. Michael Straczynski.
Året är 2267, fem år efter händelserna i Babylon 5, och strax efter tv-filmen A Call to Arms. En ras som kallas Drakh har släppt ut ett nanovirus på jorden och med det skapat en pandemi som kommer att utrota allt liv på jorden inom fem år om den inte stoppas. För detta ändamål har skeppet Excalibur sänts ut för att leta efter något som skulle kunna hjälpa sökandet efter ett botemedel.
Crusade is rated TV-PG.
Crusade is a Drama, Science Fiction, Action show.
Crusade has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
Crusade episodes are 43m long.
No, this show was canceled after 1 season.