Crusade: Ruling From the Tomb
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7.3
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Ruling From the Tomb
- 6.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 6
- First Aired: 7/14/1999
- Prod Code: 111
The Excalibur goes to Mars for a conference about the plague. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Peter David
- Director:
- John Copeland
- Stars:
- Daniel Dae Kim (Lt. John Matheson)
- Carrie Dobro (Dureena Nafeel)
- Peter Woodward (Galen)
- David Allen Brooks (Max Eilerson)
- Gary Cole (Matthew Gideon)
- Tracy Scoggins (Capt. Elizabeth Lochley)
- Marjean Holden (Dr. Sarah Chambers)
- Guest Star:
- Jason Rodriguez (Rivera)
- Mario Roberts (Passerby)
- Fred Estrada (Cultist #1)
- John Novak (Doctor Alain Lebecque)
- Juanita Jennings (Lieutenant Carr)
- Alex Mendoza (Trace Miller)
- Harley Zumbrum (Bruiser)
- The timer on the bomb is initally set to 666, the Number of the Beast. edit »
- Peter David who wrote this episode also wrote B5 episodes "Soul Mates" and "There All the Honor Lies" and several B5 books including "The Long Night of Centauri Prime: Book I of Legions of Fire", "Armies of Light and Dark: Book II of Legions of Fire", "Out of the Darkness: Legions of Fire Book III", "In the Beginning", and "Thirdspace".
He also has a couple of acting and producing credits. edit »
- Gideon: Married? You're telling me some guy actually managed to land you... got you to lower your defenses enough to commit and then he let you get away? Huh. God, he must be the biggest loser in the Galaxy.
Lochley: Oh. Major loser. They don't come any bigger.
Gideon: Loser have a name?
Lochley: John Sheridan. edit » - Lochley: Do you believe that there is a supreme being?
Gideon: Aside from John Sheridan?
Lochley: Yes, aside from the wisest, bravest, sexiest man in the galaxy. Apart from him? edit » - Lochley: You know what you are?
Gideon: Ruggedly handsome.
Lochley: A control freak.
Gideon: Can't I be both? edit » - Gideon: Read my mind.
Matheson: Sir. I would never!
Gideon: Sorry. Sorry. It's a figure of speech. I didn't mean it literally. edit » - Dureena: You know, on my world, it was considered a great evil to even presume to speak on behalf of the Universe!
Eilerson: Well, they're a lot smarter than we are. What's that old saying? Anyway. Christ came to tell us to love one another and the last twenty-two hundred years, we've spent killing each other on how he said it. "When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy."?
Dureena [to Trace]: I'm starting to agree with him and that's more than I can bear! Would you care to dance?
Trace: Love to. edit »
- 18: The bomb is stopped at a count of 18. In Hebrew, the number 18 is the equivalent of the word for life (Chai) and is regarded as very lucky. edit »
- There are numerous references to past sci-fi depictions of Mars. Bradbury Street named after the writer of the Martian Chronicles; Burroughs Street named after the writer of Princess of Mars; Carter Street named after the primary character of Princess of Mars. Max also drinks Dandelion Wine in the bar, a reference to another Bradbury novel. edit »
- The title of this episode comes from T.S. Elliot:
"Saints and martyrs rule from the tomb." edit »
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