The Rules of the Game

1War Zone

44 minJun 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.

2The Long Road

44 minJun 16, 1999★ 5.8

Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.

3The Well of Forever

44 minJun 23, 1999

Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.

4The Path of Sorrows

44 minJun 30, 1999

A mysterious sphere prompts Gideon and the others to relive traumatic moments from their past.

5Patterns of the Soul

44 minJul 7, 1999

Gideon must deport a colony of renegade humans. Dureena finds a lost tribe of her people.

6Ruling from the Tomb

44 minJul 14, 1999

Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus conference on Mars.

7The Rules of the Game

44 minJul 21, 1999Now viewing

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.

8Appearances and Other Deceits

44 minJul 28, 1999

Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.

9Racing the Night

44 minAug 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.

10The Memory of War

44 minAug 11, 1999

Galen warns Gideon not to explore a planet where the inhabitants were suddenly eradicated.

11The Needs of Earth

44 minAug 18, 1999★ 5.0

Gideon conducts an illegal raid to free a fugitive with information that could save Earth.

12Visitors from Down the Street

44 minAug 25, 1999

Two persecuted alien investigators (based on FBI agents Mulder and Scully from X-Files) believe that Earth is covertly invading them.

13Each Night I Dream of Home

44 minSep 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.