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Old 07-19-2025, 07:26 AM   #751
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I think Crusade had issues even before TNT screwed it over, but we know fine well had it been given a chance, Crusade season 1 may well have just been another B5 season 1 - one that is far stronger when viewed in hindsight. Alas, we never got that chance.
The annoying thing with Crusade is that the next episode up (To the Ends of the Earth) would have been Crusade's "Signs & Portents" episode. And the finale (End of the Line) would have been its "Chrysalis".

Crusade was similar in many ways to the main show in that it spent a lot of the time setting up its premise and its characters, had some nice hits and some real clunkers, but ultimately unlike the main show it got killed before it could get anywhere near its potential and consistency.

That said, I couldn't stand the music....!

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I do wonder where Lochley would have gone in this? I'm damned sure that was setting something bigger up longer term way beyond the romance element, and was more than just giving Scoggins another contract.
Given that Lochley is still EarthForce in Crusade and that eventually the series would have gone a bit Blake's 7, for drama it wouldn't surprise me if the plan was for EarthForce to task her with hunting down Gideon/the Excalibur.

There would also have been some sort of uneasy alliance with Bester, I'm sure that would have been fun....

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