Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade is over, and now it's time to take a look at the plans that never came to be and arrive at an overall assessment of this short-lived spin-off.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: The Rules of the Game – Gideon tries to get Lochley's help in getting permission to land on a planet with a potential cure lead, and the two flirt up a storm in the process. Meanwhile Max bumps into his ex and makes a bad situation worse, despite the failure of the episode to acknowledge that's what he's done.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: The Well of Forever – The Excalibur is diverted from its species saving mission, because it's a day that ends in "y," but this time it's because of their resident technomage. What a change of pace.

Jessie and Vera are putting the journey through the universe of Babylon 5 on hold to talk about how the year has gone. Mostly in terms of entertainment, and a little about personal lives. Not so much about the state of the world… we don't… we don't need to go there.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: Patterns of the Soul – The Excalibur is diverted again on a mission to recover possible infected humans from a would-be colony. Naturally there's some shady stuff going on, and it's not just the questionable acting choices.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: Ruling from the Tomb – The Excalibur is diverted from its species-saving mission to… have the on-board doctor give a speech. Meanwhile Captain Gideon buts heads with Lochley from Babylon 5 because… just because.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: The Paths of Sorrow – The crew find a mysterious alien which triggers a series of flashbacks to try and help the afflicted crew members forgive themselves, as well as give some background to the audience.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: Every Night I Dream of Home – The Excalibur is put onto a secretive mission to try and bring about a new breakthrough in fighting the Drahk virus, one that will find several Babylon 5 alum on board the ship.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: Visitors from Down the Street – The Excalibur encounters a ship in distress and a pair of aliens on board that speak English and seem to be aware of Earth, as it's at the center of many a conspiracy theory. This makes more sense if you remember how big X-Files was in the 90s.

Vera Wylde and Jessie Gender take up residence on Babylon 5 and the Excalibur on its Crusade, taking in one episode at a time.

Crusade: Racing the Night – The Excalibur finds what appears to be an abandoned planet rich in information, which almost seems to be too good to be true. Also there's some information about the start of Gideon's mission, because this was originally intended to be the first episode of the show.