The Needs of Earth
From The Babylon Project
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| THE NEEDS OF EARTH | |
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| Crusade, Episode 1x11 Production number: 101 First aired: 18 August 1999 | |
| Production Credits | |
| Written By: J. Michael Straczynski Directed By: Michael Vejar Executive Producer: Douglas Netter & J. Michael Straczynski Producer: John Copeland Production Designer: John Iacovelli Director of Photography: Frederick V. Murphy II Editor: Jeff Hodge, Michael B. Hoggan & Skip Robinson Music By: Evan H. Chen | |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Story Date: April, 2267 | |
| Chronological Order | |
| Preceded by: The Memory of War | |
| Followed by: Racing the Night | |
| Broadcast Order | |
| Preceded by: The Memory of War | |
| Followed by: Visitors from Down the Street |
The Needs of Earth is an episode from the TV Series Crusade which is a spin off from Babylon 5.
- "Who Are You? Matthew Gideon, Captain. Attached to the Earth Alliance Starship Excalibur. What do you want? To find a cure to the Drakh plague before it wipes out all life on earth. Where Are You Going? Anywhere I Have To. Who do you serve and who do you trust? Who do you serve and who do you trust?"
- – Galen Questioning Captain Gideon
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[edit] Starring
[edit] Regular Cast
- Gary Cole as Captain Matthew Gideon
- Tracy Scoggins as Captain Elizabeth Lochley
- Daniel Dae Kim as Lieutenant John Matheson
- David Allen Brooks as Max Eilerson
- Peter Woodward as Galen
- Marjean Holden as Dr. Sarah Chambers
- Carrie Dobro as Dureena Nafeel
[edit] Guest Starring
[edit] Featuring
- Mark Hendrickson as Patron
- Peter Welkin as Trulann
- Tom Wyner as Apriori Flentak
[edit] Summary
Gideon and Dureena Nafeel free a notorious prisoner possessing stolen data crystals bearing important information of an alien culture. The captain discovers that treasure trove of data offers not medical science but a special form of hope.
[edit] Episode Chronology
13 episodes of crusade were produced before TNT canceled the series. According to posts by J. Michael Straczynski, which are archived on jmsnews.com, TNT broadcast the episodes out of the intended sequence. The order of the episodes was then revised when they were re-broadcasted on the Sci-Fi channel; the Sci-Fi channel actually contacted Straczynski and asked which order he would prefer the episodes were broadcast. A third order was formally endorsed by Straczynski as the "true" chronological sequence of events for the filmed episode, as it appeared in The Official Babylon 5 Chronology (published in the pages of The Official Babylon 5 Magazine in 1999-2000). This particular ordering supersedes Straczynski's own "preferred" sequence from a strictly chronological and causal standpoint. The original broadcast order as set by TNT was used for the DVD releases.
[edit] Revised Broadcast Order
| Preceded by: | Crusade episodes | Followed by: | |
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| "Racing the Night" | "The Memory of War" | ||
[edit] DVD Release
This Episode along with the other 12 from the series have been released on DVD with some limited Special Features. For more information see:
[edit] External Links
- The Needs of Earth at the Internet Movie Database
- Episode guide page for The Needs of Earth at the Lurker's Guide
| Babylon 5 franchise | ||
| Babylon 5: | Signs and Portents • The Coming of Shadows • Point of No Return • No Surrender, No Retreat • Wheel of Fire | |
| Crusade: | Season 1 • Scripted/Unfilmed Episodes | |
| Movies: | The Gathering • In the Beginning • Thirdspace • River of Souls • A Call to Arms • The Legend of the Rangers • Voices in the Dark • The Memory of Shadows | |
| Printed Media: | Novels • Comic Books • Short Stories • Reference books • Magazines | |
| Other Media: | DVD Releases • VHS Home Video • The Official Guide to Babylon 5 • Babylon 5: Into the Fire | |
| Crusade | ||
| Aired Episodes: | "<<< A Call to Arms" • "War Zone" • "The Long Road" • "The Well of Forever" • "The Path of Sorrows" • "Patterns of the Soul" • "Ruling from the Tomb" • "The Rules of the Game" • "Appearances and Other Deceits" • "Racing the Night" • "The Memory of War" • "The Needs of Earth" • "Visitors from Down the Street" • "Each Night I Dream of Home" | |
| Scripted/Unfilmed Episodes: | "To the Ends of The Earth" • "Value Judgements" • "End of the Line" | |
