Scripted series · TNT
Crusade
Who do you serve, and who do you trust?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gary Cole
Matthew Gideon
13 eps
Daniel Dae Kim
John Matheson
13 eps
Tracy Scoggins
Capt. Elizabeth Lochley
3 eps
David Allen Brooks
Max Eilerson
13 eps
Carrie Dobro
Dureena Nafeel
13 eps
Marjean Holden
Sarah Chambers
13 eps
Peter Woodward
Galen
13 eps
Tim Thomerson
Senator McQuate
1 eps
Alison Lohman
Claire
1 eps
Michael Beck
Mr. Jones
1 eps
John Novak
Dr. Alain Lebecque
1 eps
Sophie Ward
Isabelle
1 eps
John Saint Ryan
Technomage
1 eps
John Vickery
Mr. Welles
1 eps
Tim Choate
Polix
1 eps
Brian Thompson
Robert Black
1 eps
Tom Wyner
Apriori Flentak
1 eps
Madison Mason
General Miller
1 eps
Richard Biggs
Dr. Stephen Franklin
1 eps
Josh Clark
Kendarr
1 eps
Edward Woodward
Alwyn
1 eps
Will Schaub
Jenson
1 eps
Jamie Rose
Cynthia Allen
1 eps
Lance LeGault
Senator Jacob Redway
1 eps
Peter De Anda
General Thompson
1 eps
Gary Graham
Bruder
1 eps
Juanita Jennings
Lieutenant Carr
1 eps
Wayne Wilderson
Kevin Sprach
1 eps
Curt Lowens
Old One
1 eps
Sal Landi
Rolf Müller
1 eps
Mark Blankfield
Jenson
1 eps
Nancy Linehan Charles
Villager
1 eps
Timothy Landfield
Lorkan
1 eps
Matt O'Toole
Man
1 eps
Patrick St. Esprit
Captain Ross
1 eps
Rex Ryon
First Man
1 eps
Zeus Mendoza
Trace Miller
2 eps
Christopher Comes
Aide
1 eps
Don Fischer
Captain Henson
1 eps
Rebecca Markham
Sam
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crusade actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crusade reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Character Depth.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E13 · Signature episode
Each Night I Dream of Home
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.
- Directed by Stephen Furst
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E07 · Signature episode
The Rules of the Game
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 he pays him off, he feels she owes him more. And goes to great lengths to collect.
- Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño, Jesus Travino
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E08 · Signature episode
Appearances and Other Deceits
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
- Directed by Stephen Furst
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E12 · Signature episode
Visitors from Down the Street
Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.
- Directed by Jerry Apoian
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E09
Racing the Night
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.
- Directed by Michael Vejar
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E01
War Zone
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.
- Directed by Janet Greek
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
The Making of Crusade
S00E02
Forging Excalibur
S01E13 · Signature episode
Each Night I Dream of Home
- Directed by Stephen Furst
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E12 · Signature episode
Visitors from Down the Street
- Directed by Jerry Apoian
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E11
The Needs of Earth
- Directed by Michael Vejar
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
S01E10
The Memory of War
- Directed by Tony Dow
- Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Douglas NetterProducer
- J. Michael StraczynskiProducer
Writing
- Peter DavidWriter
- Fiona AveryWriter
- J. Michael StraczynskiWriter
Direction
- Jesús Salvador TreviñoDirector
- Stephen FurstDirector
- Michael VejarDirector
- Tony DowDirector
- Jerry ApoianDirector
- Jesus TravinoDirector
Cinematography
- Frederick V. Murphy IIDirector of Photography
- Fred V. MurphyDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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