Season 1 (1999)
Episodes: 13
Star Cast: Gary Cole , Daniel Dae Kim , David Allen Brooks , Carrie Dobro ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 War Zone
Air Date: 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.
Ep.2 The Long Road
Air Date: 1999-06-16
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.
Ep.3 The Well of Forever
Air Date: 1999-06-23
Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.
Ep.4 The Path of Sorrows
Air Date: 1999-06-30
A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.
Ep.5 Patterns of the Soul
Air Date: 1999-07-07
Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.
Ep.6 Ruling from the Tomb
Air Date: 1999-07-14
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.
Ep.7 The Rules of the Game
Air Date: 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 he pays him off, he feels she owes him more. And goes to great lengths to collect.
Ep.8 Appearances and Other Deceits
Air Date: 1999-07-28
Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Ep.9 Racing the Night
Air Date: 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.
Ep.10 The Memory of War
Air Date: 1999-08-11
Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.
Ep.11 The Needs of Earth
Air Date: 1999-08-18
Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.
Ep.12 Visitors from Down the Street
Air Date: 1999-08-25
Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.
Ep.13 Each Night I Dream of Home
Air Date: 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.
