Editing List of Crusade Episodes

==Completed episodes==

{{Season list|content=

{{Episode list

|epnum=1

|title=[[War Zone]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Janet Greek]]

|airdate=9 June 1999

|pdnum=108

|plot=After the Drakh infect Earth with a plague, Captain Gideon is recalled home and given a new mission. Using the [[Interstellar Alliance]]'s newest and most advanced ship, the ''[[Excalibur]]'', he and his crew must search uncharted space for a cure for the plague within five years before it wipes out all life on Earth.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=2

|title=[[The Long Road]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Michael Vejar]]

|airdate=16 June 1999

|pdnum=107

|plot=Galen reunites with an old friend when ''Excalibur'' comes to the aid of an Earthforce strip mining operation on the isolated agrarian world of [[Regula IV]]. Earth's efforts to obtain a mineral that may help in the search for a cure to the plague are hampered by a mysterious saboteur and the appearance of a gigantic golden dragon...}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=3

|title=[[The Well of Forever]]

|writer=[[Fiona Avery]]

|director=[[Janet Greek]]

|airdate=23 June 1999

|pdnum=106

|plot=[[Galen]] takes control of the ''Excalibur'' to go in search of the mysterious '[[Well of Forever]]', an ancient and hidden place within [[hyperspace]] where powerful energies intersect; though his motivations prove to be very personal.

}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=4

|title=[[The Path of Sorrows]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Michael Vejar]]

|airdate=30 June 1999

|pdnum=109

|plot=On a deserted world, rumoured to be a place of healing the crew of the ''Excalibur'' find a strange empathic alien that offers forgiveness to passing travellers. }}

{{Episode list

|epnum=5

|title=[[Patterns of the Soul]]

|writer=[[Fiona Avery]]

|director=[[Tony Dow]]

|airdate=7 July 1999

|pdnum=110

|plot=The ''Excalibur'' is ordered to [[Theta 49]] where a small colony of human refugees may have spread the Drakh plague beyond Earth while [[Dureena Nafeel]] makes an shocking discovery about the fate of her [[Dureena's race|race]].}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=6

|title=[[Ruling from the Tomb]]

|writer=[[Peter David]]

|director=[[John Copeland]]

|airdate=14 July 1999

|pdnum=111

|plot=The ''Excalibur'' is recalled to [[Mars]] to participate in a conference of [[Earth Alliance]] Doctors hoping to co-ordinate the search for a plague, however a doomsday cult called "[[Sacred Omega]]" plans to take matters into their own hands to ensure the arrival of Earth's judgement without interference.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=7

|title=[[The Rules of the Game]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Jesus Trevino]]

|airdate=21 July 1999

|pdnum=112

|plot=On [[Babylon 5]], [[Captain]]s [[Gideon]] and [[Lochley]] must try to negotiate a deal with the residents of [[Lorka VII]], a world known to posses a wealth of ancient technology that could aid in the search for a cure to the plague.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=8

|title=[[Appearances and Other Deceits]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Stephen Furst]]

|airdate=28 July 1999

|pdnum=113

|plot=Mr. [[Welles]] and a team of designers arrive from [[Earthdome]] to help improve the ship's public image while a mysterious [[Derelict Ship (Appearances and Other Deceits)|derelict]] causes an [[Mind-altering aliens|alien consciousness]] to begin to take over the crew.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=9

|title=[[Racing the Night]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Michael Vejar]]

|airdate=4 August 1999

|pdnum=103

|plot=The ''Excalibur'' visits dead and deserted world that was once home to a [[Kulan's race|race]] that was wiped out by the same plague that infected Earth, yet the cities and building appear untouched by the passage of time. The mystery deepens when one of the survey team meets a grisly end.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=10

|title=[[The Memory of War]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Tony Dow]]

|airdate=11 August 1999

|pdnum=102

|plot=The ''Excalibur'' arrives at a planet where [[techno-mage]]s are forbidden to venture and where the inhabitants were mysteriously wiped out 100 years ago.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=11

|title=[[The Needs of Earth]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Michael Vejar]]

|airdate=18 August 1999

|pdnum=101

|plot=[[Gideon]] must violate interstellar law and aid a wanted [[Natchok Var|fugitive]] when the [[Rangers]] discover he has stolen all the important information of his [[Moradi|race]] on six [[data crystal]]s.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=12

|title=[[Visitors from Down the Street]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Jerry Apoian]]

|airdate=25 August 1999

|pdnum=104

|plot=[[Gideon]] responds to a distress call from a stranded escape pod and is surprised when the two individuals inside claim that humans are behind a sinister government conspiracy on their homeworld.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=13

|title=[[Each Night I Dream of Home]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Stephen Furst]]

|airdate=1 September 1999

|pdnum=105

|plot=The ''Excalibur'' is ordered to a secret rendezvous where a [[Warlock class destroyer]] drops off a mismatched pair of passengers with instructions to take them to Earth where they must take on lifepod containing an infected individual; Doctor [[Stephen Franklin]], who intends to gain a greater understanding of the plague. While en route, [[Gideon]] rescues a stricken Captain [[Elizabeth Lochley]] and her damaged [[Starfury]].}}}}

==Unfilmed episodes==

{{Main|Undeveloped or Unfilmed episodes}}

Of the remaining nine episodes of the season, three made it to the production script stage but were left [[Undeveloped or Unfilmed episodes|unfilmed]], whilst "Tried and True" and "War Story" had completed writer's draft scripts. "The Walls of Hell" had been partially outlined but not scripted. The remaining three episodes of the intended 22 episode order (Darkness of the Soul, the third part of the 'sword trilogy' and episode 122) were due to be scripted by [[J. Michael Straczynski]] but did not start the scripting phase.

{{Season list|content={{Episode list

|epnum=14

|title=[[To the Ends of The Earth]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Janet Greek]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=114

|plot=The ''[[Excalibur]]'' gives chase to the ship that looks like the one that destroyed [[Gideon]]'s ship, the ''[[EAS Cerberus|Cerberus]]'', many years ago. This episode would have seen the ''Excalibur'' crew return to using their black uniforms.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=15

|title=[[Value Judgements]]

|writer=[[Fiona Avery]]

|director=[[Mike Vejar]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=115

|plot=The appearance of [[Alfred Bester]], now on the run following the [[Telepath War]], poses some difficult decisions for Lt. [[Matheson]]}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=16

|title=[[Darkness of the Soul]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[John Copeland]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=117

|plot=Episode was about to be scripted when the series was cancelled}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=17

|title=[[Tried and True]]

|writer=[[Fiona Avery]]

|director=[[Sandy Smolen]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=118

|plot=[[Dureena Nafeel|Dureena]] 'graduates' as a thief. But will her patron, [[Mafeek]], let her continue aboard the ''Excalibur''?<ref>[[The Official Babylon 5 Magazine]]: Issue #17 (November 1999) - p.51 & 57</ref>}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=18

|title=''Untitled Script''

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[J. Michael Straczynski]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=122

|plot=Episode hadn't reached scripting stage when the series was cancelled.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=19

|title=[[War Story]]

|writer=[[Richard Mueller]]

|director=[[Jeff Woolnough]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=119

|plot=The first of a trilogy of loosely connected episodes that would have seen [[Dureena]] disappear for a time after being captured by a "huge, ethereal-looking ship" and taken away.<ref name=B5Mag2143/>}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=20

|title=[[The Walls of Hell]]

|writer=[[Larry DiTillio]]

|director=[[Goran Gajic]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=121

|plot=The second part of the planned "sword trilogy" would have been a very contained story, mostly featuring [[Gideon]] and [[Matheson]] in a room, talking. Dureena would have still been missing and mention would be made of trying to find her.<ref name=B5Mag2143>[[The Official Babylon 5 Magazine]]: Issue #21 (March 2000) - Page 43 ('Larry's Touch: An Interview with Larry DiTillio')</ref>}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=21

|title=''Untitled Script''

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Mike Vejar]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=120

|plot=The third and final episode of the planned "sword trilogy" that would have seen Dureena inexplicably return and carrying with her a mysterious Sword.}}

{{Episode list

|epnum=22

|title=[[End of the Line]]

|writer=[[J. Michael Straczynski]]

|director=[[Janet Greek]] ''(assigned)''

|airdate=N/A

|pdnum=116

|plot=The ''Excalibur'' finally tracks the [[Shadow Hybrid|hybrid]]'s signal back to its home base and uncovers some shocking secrets about [[Earthforce]], the [[techno-mage]]s and their connection to the [[Shadows]]. This episode would have been the season finale, ending with a cliffhanger leaving a question-mark of whether [[Gideon]] is alive or dead.}}}}

According to posts by J Michael Straczynski, which are archived on jmsnews.com, TNT broadcast the episodes out of the intended sequence. The order of the episodes was then revised when they were re-broadcasted on the Sci-Fi channel, the Sci-Fi channel actually contacted Straczynski and asked which order he would prefer the episodes were broadcast. A third order was formally endorsed by Straczynski as the "true" chronological sequence of events for the filmed episode, as it appeared in The Babylon 5 Historical Database, published in [[Across Time and Space: The Chronologies of Babylon 5]]. This particular ordering supersedes Straczynski's own "preferred" sequence from a strictly chronological and causal standpoint. The original broadcast order as set by TNT was used for the DVD releases.

! width="33%" align="center" | '''Revised broadcast order'''<br />'''(SciFi Channel broadcast order)'''

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# [[War Zone]]

# [[The Long Road]]

# [[The Well of Forever]]

# [[The Path of Sorrows]]

# [[Patterns of the Soul]]

# [[Ruling from the Tomb]]

# [[The Rules of the Game]]

# [[Appearances and Other Deceits]]

# [[Racing the Night]]

# [[The Memory of War]]

# [[The Needs of Earth]]

# [[Visitors from Down the Street]]

# [[Each Night I Dream of Home]]

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# [[Ruling from the Tomb]]

==References==

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