Crusade

In many ways this is a kind-of "Star Trek" show, but with an overall "more logic" mission that make every planet exploration necessary in order to find a possible cure. With a cast of genre favorites it is sad this series never really stood a chance. Troubled from the start with TNT executives tampering with both the show and it's editing which changed the impact of the series. The lack of good music and dodgy effects also didn't help it. That the story also takes place during a time of already known "Babylon 5" history also made the outcome predictable as we already had seen "everything" in that series final episode. In a way the series was an unwanted child from the start as TNT was more into wrestling and reality programming and fans probably had been a little fed up with B5 too (even I was after that terrible season 5) but at the time I found this one to be a refreshing spaceship-bound series that had potential to it that never was really explored. As it stands it is 13 episodes with some interesting episodes and-a-lot-of-misses and mistakes as it tried to create something unique and special.

Best viewing order is : War Zone, The Long Road, Ruling from the Tomb, Appearances and other Deceits, The Memory of War, The Needs of Earth, Racing the Night, Visitors from Down the Street, Each Night I Dream of Home, The Path of Sorrows, Patterns of the Soul, The Well of Forever and The Rules of the Game