Episode 2
The Long Road
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
Season 1
All Episodes
Episode 1
War Zone
June 9, 1999
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.
Episode 2
The Long Road
June 16, 1999
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
Episode 3
The Well of Forever
June 23, 1999
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
Episode 4
The Path of Sorrows
June 30, 1999
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
Episode 5
Patterns of the Soul
July 7, 1999
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
Episode 6
Ruling from the Tomb
July 14, 1999
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
Episode 7
The Rules of the Game
July 21, 1999
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.
Episode 8
Appearances and Other Deceits
July 28, 1999
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Episode 9
Racing the Night
August 4, 1999
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.
Episode 10
The Memory of War
August 11, 1999
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
Episode 11
The Needs of Earth
August 18, 1999
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
Episode 12
Visitors from Down the Street
August 25, 1999
Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.
Episode 13
Each Night I Dream of Home
September 1, 1999
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.