| Episode # |
Title |
Director |
Writer |
Original air date |
| 01 |
"War Zone" |
Janet Greek |
J. Michael Straczynski |
9 June 1999 |
| After the Drakh infect Earth with a plague, Captain Gideon is called to Earth and given a new assignment. Using the brand-new Interstellar Alliance deep range vessel Excalibur, he and his crew must search for any clues to a cure for the plague. If a cure is not found within five years, everyone on Earth will soon die. |
| 02 |
"The Long Road" |
Mike Vejar |
J. Michael Straczynski |
16 June 1999 |
| Earth's strip mining of a peaceful planet causes an environmental hazard to the population, who have rejected technology in favor of a more traditional lifestyle. However matters are complicated when the local population begin taking hostages from the mining operation. |
| 03 |
"The Well of Forever" |
Janet Greek |
Fiona Avery |
23 June 1999 |
| Galen takes control of the Excalibur and goes in search of a mysterious place in hyperspace known as the 'Well of Forever', where he claims 'powerful energies intersect'. However it is revealed that Galen has more personal reason to search for the Well. |
| 04 |
"The Path of Sorrows" |
Mike Vejar |
J. Michael Straczynski |
30 June 1999 |
| On a world rumored to be a place of healing the crew of the Excalibur find an alien that acts as a confessor for passing travellers. |
| 05 |
"Patterns of the Soul" |
Tony Dow |
Fiona Avery |
7 July, 1999 |
| The crew travel to a world named Theta 49 to investigate the possibility that the Drakh plague may have spread beyond Earth. |
| 06 |
"Ruling From the Tomb" |
John Copeland |
Peter David |
14 July 1999 |
| On a visit to Mars the crew encounter the 'Sacred Omega will keep it' doomsday cult. The cult plants a bomb at an antiplague action conference in the belief that judgement day is soon. |
| 07 |
"The Rules of the Game" |
Jesus Trevino |
J. Michael Straczynski |
21 July 1999 |
| Gideon comes to Babylon 5 to try to negotiate a deal with the residents of Lorka 7, a world that may hold medical secrets useful in trying to cure the Drakh plague. |
| 08 |
"Appearances and Other Deceits" |
Stephen Furst |
J. Michael Straczynski |
28 July 1999 |
| Two EarthGov representatives arrive to improve the ship's image when an alien being spread through people by touch arrives on the ship. |
| 09 |
"Racing the Night" |
Mike Vejar |
J. Michael Straczynski |
4 August 1999 |
| The crew visits a planet once home to a civilization wiped out by the same plague as the one the Drakh left on Earth. They are surprised to find all the buildings still perfectly intact, but then motion is detected in the ancient city. |
| 10 |
"The Memory of War" |
Tony Dow |
J. Michael Straczynski |
11 August 1999 |
| The crew visits a planet with binary suns the inhabitants of which were wiped out in a war one hundred years ago. |
| 11 |
"The Needs of Earth" |
Mike Vejar |
J. Michael Straczynski |
18 August 1999 |
| The crew rescue an individual whom the Rangers claim possesses all the important information of his race on six data crystals. |
| 12 |
"Visitors From Down the Street" |
Jerry Apoian |
J. Michael Straczynski |
25 August 1999 |
| The Excalibur detects a distress call and picks up a saucer-shaped life pod. Although never having seen the race before, the two individuals inside claim humans have corrupted their government and ruined lives on their homeworld. |
| 13 |
"Each Night I Dream of Home" |
Stephen Furst |
J. Michael Straczynski |
1 September 1999 |
| A Warlock class destroyer drops off two passengers onto the Excalibur with instructions to take them to Earth. On the way the crew take a risk by stopping to rescue a Starfury and Elizabeth Lochley. On arrival at Earth, they are greeted from a lifepod isolated in the medbay by Doctor Stephen Franklin. |
