Crusade Season 1

Right now you can watch Crusade Season 1 on — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 129 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Gary Cole leads a cast that never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Crusade Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The world-building is meticulous, but it is the characters who carry Crusade Season 1 through its more ambitious moments. Season 1 of Crusade includes 13 episodes. It aired from June 1999 to September 1999. This season stars Gary Cole, Daniel Dae Kim and David Allen Brooks. Gary Cole and Daniel Dae Kim lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1999. The rules of Crusade Season 1's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Crusade Season 1 is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Gary Cole grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

🎬 Crusade Season 1 — Episode Guide

War Zone

1999-06-09

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.

The Long Road

1999-06-16

Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.

The Well of Forever

1999-06-23

Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.

The Path of Sorrows

1999-06-30

A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.

Patterns of the Soul

1999-07-07

Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.

Ruling from the Tomb

1999-07-14

Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.

The Rules of the Game

1999-07-21

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 h...

Appearances and Other Deceits

1999-07-28

Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.

Racing the Night

1999-08-04

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.

E10

The Memory of War

1999-08-11

Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.

E11

The Needs of Earth

1999-08-18

Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.

E12

Visitors from Down the Street

1999-08-25

Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.

E13

Each Night I Dream of Home

1999-09-01

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.

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