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At the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to the battlefields of World War I as a teenager, Indy’s experiences shaped the heroic, whip-cracking

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 2 - Somme, Early August 1916 (1)
    8.2/10(178 votes)

    #1 - Somme, Early August 1916 (1)

    S2:E2

    As a young soldier in the Belgian Army, Indy learns the savagery of warfare while participating in the Battle of the Somme and amongst all the turmoil, Indy wonders if he won't live to see the war end.

    Director:Simon Wincer
    Writer:Jonathan Hensleigh

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  2. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 1 Episode 2 - London, May 1916
    8.1/10(348 votes)

    #2 - London, May 1916

    S1:E2

    While having a meeting with his financier, Dr. Indiana Jones is reminded of the great love of his life, Vicky Prentiss. He met her in London in 1916 when she was working as a bus conductor and he was trying to pick up another woman (a war widow to be precise). Indy and Remy had just arrived to enlist in the Belgian army and were waiting to be send to La Havre for training.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 1 Episode 4 - Verdun, September 1916
    8.1/10(193 votes)

    #3 - Verdun, September 1916

    S1:E4

    Indiana Jones (as Corporal Henri Defense) is working as a motorcycle courier for the French army. He has numerous close calls delivering orders to officers on the front line. When General Joseph Joffre gives Indy orders that will send men to certain death, Indy makes a courageous decision.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 11 - Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom
    8.1/10(224 votes)

    #4 - Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom

    S2:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 18 - Paris, May 1919
    8.0/10(140 votes)

    #5 - Paris, May 1919

    S2:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 1 Episode 5 - German East Africa, December 1916
    7.9/10(184 votes)

    #6 - German East Africa, December 1916

    S1:E5

    Indy (as Lieutenant Henri Defense) leads his Askari African soldiers to victory in an attack on an enemy stronghold and is promoted to Captain. His unit is sent across the Belgian Congo on an important mission, but most die of disease and exhaustion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 3 - Germany, Mid-August 1916 (2)
    7.9/10(165 votes)

    #7 - Germany, Mid-August 1916 (2)

    S2:E3

    Indy is captured by the Germans and confined to a POW camp where he and fellow prisoner Charles de Gaulle hatch a daring scheme to escape.

    Director:Simon Wincer
    Writer:Jonathan Hensleigh

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  8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 10 - Northern Italy, June 1918
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    #8 - Northern Italy, June 1918

    S2:E10

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    Directors:Bille August, Michael Schultz
    Writer:Jonathan Hales

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  9. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 1 Episode 6 - Congo, January 1917
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    #9 - Congo, January 1917

    S1:E6

    Being treated for a bee-sting to his toe, old man Indy recounts the time he spent in Albert Schweitzer's jungle hospital in Africa during the Great War. Schweitzer and his orderlies had picked up Indy and companions near death while attempting to bring a shipment of guns across the Congo. At first resistant to being treated by a German, Indy soon began to realize that Schweitzer was not interested in war, only attempting to cure people against all odds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 4 - Barcelona, May 1917
    7.6/10(165 votes)

    #10 - Barcelona, May 1917

    S2:E4

    Indy goes undercover as a dancer for the Ballet Russes in Spain, where he runs into an old friend, Pablo Picasso.

    Director:Terry Jones
    Writer:Gavin Scott

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  11. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 1 - Austria, March 1927
    7.5/10(155 votes)

    #11 - Austria, March 1927

    S2:E1

    Indy, in an attempt to end the war, enlists the aid of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palace of the Emperor of Austria.

    Director:Vic Armstrong
    Writer:Frank Darabont

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  12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 7 - Petrograd, July 1917
    7.5/10(144 votes)

    #12 - Petrograd, July 1917

    S2:E7

    In Russia, Indy's espionage work threatens more lives when he infiltrates a group of young Bolsheviks and begins to sympathize with their plight, and causes Indy to question his loyalty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 12 - Ireland, April 1916
    7.5/10(164 votes)

    #13 - Ireland, April 1916

    S2:E12

    In Ireland right before the Easter Rebellion, Indy falls for a beautiful young Colleen, whose brother is mixed up in the Irish resistance movement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 8 - Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920
    7.4/10(335 votes)

    #14 - Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920

    S2:E8

    In New York City, Indy stretches himself thin when he stage-manages a Broadway musical, dates three beautiful women, attends high society parties, reads poetry with Greenwich Village bohemians and trades barbs with the literary wits of the Algonquin Round Table, all accompanied by composer George Gershwin.

    Director:Sydney Macartney
    Writer:Jonathan Hales

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  15. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 17 - Istanbul, September 1918
    7.4/10(147 votes)

    #15 - Istanbul, September 1918

    S2:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 5 - Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues
    7.3/10(492 votes)

    #16 - Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues

    S2:E5

    While going to college and working in a speakeasy, Indy meets up jazz great Sidney Bechet who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfortunately, Indy also crosses paths with Al Capone and it's only with the assistance of his dorm roommate, Eliot Ness, that Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending up dead.

    Director:Carl Schultz
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  17. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 6 - Princeton, February 1916
    7.3/10(188 votes)

    #17 - Princeton, February 1916

    S2:E6

    Indy and his girlfriend, Nancy Stratemeyer (whose father created the Nancy Drew mystery series) visit the fascinating laboratory of inventor Thomas Edison and they must contend with dangerous German spies, as they try to keep Edison's top-secret invention safe.

    Director:Joe Johnston
    Writer:Matthew Jacobs

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  18. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 9 - The Perils of Cupid, Vienna, November 1908
    7.2/10(184 votes)

    #18 - The Perils of Cupid, Vienna, November 1908

    S2:E9

    On a visit to Vienna, young Indy and his family stay with the American Ambassador in Austria where Indy meets Princess Sophie, the daughter of the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and is given some advice on the meaning of love from Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Adler.

    Director:Mike Newell
    Writer:Matthew Jacobs

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  19. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 13 - Paris, September 1908
    7.2/10(183 votes)

    #19 - Paris, September 1908

    S2:E13

    Young Indy meets the iconic artists Norman Rockwell, Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Edgar Degas and Henri Rousseau in Paris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 1 Episode 1 - Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal
    7.1/10(375 votes)

    #20 - Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal

    S1:E1

    Indiana Jones describes to two truant boys his early life with his family and his dog. In Oxford 1908, Indy meets Helen Seymour, whom Henry requests to teach him on their voyage to Egypt. After an expedition to the pyramids, T. E. Lawrence invites Indy to the excavation of Ka's tomb, where he meets his friend Rashid, assistant to archeologist Howard Carter. The next day, Rashid is found murdered and the jackal headpiece stolen. Dimitrius, the chief blaster of the excavation, is revealed to be behind this, but he flees. In Mexico 1916, Indy is captured by Mexican revolutionaries, but is rescued by a Belgian called Remy. As Indy gets involved in the war, he recognises Dimitrius, who is collaborating with the US. After hearing how hypocritically the revolutionaries act, Indy and Remy decide to leave but not before Indy fights and defeats Dimitrius, to recover the jackal.

    Directors:Carl Schultz, Jim O'Brien
    Writers:Jonathan Hales, George Lucas

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  21. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 14 - Journey of Radiance, Peking, March 1910 (1)
    7.1/10(151 votes)

    #21 - Journey of Radiance, Peking, March 1910 (1)

    S2:E14

    During a Thanksgiving dinner, professor Indiana Jones entertains his great-grandchildren by recalling a visit to China he made as a boy. While his father was working with the Chinese translator Yen Fu, young Indy, his mother and his tutor went sightseeing with their guide, Mr Li. After visiting the Great Wall of China, Indy fell ill during a rain storm and the travelers were taken in by a poor Chinese family. Dispite his mother's misgivings, she consented to have a local doctor treat her boy using acupuncture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 16 - Paris, October 1916
    7.1/10(159 votes)

    #22 - Paris, October 1916

    S2:E16

    When Indy goes on leave in Paris and engages in a torrid affair with infamous spy Mata Hari and she shows him that love isn't always grand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 1 Episode 3 - British East Africa, September 1909
    6.9/10(233 votes)

    #23 - British East Africa, September 1909

    S1:E3

    Indy is at the Metropolitan Foundation for Educational Quality's Annual Celebrity Tennis Shoe Auction & Dinner, at the City Hotel & Conference Center. Two women sit at his table; one is an animal rights activist and vegetarian while the other holds opposing views. The two begin to fight, with Indy in the middle. He tells them that it reminds him of when he and his family were on his father's world lecture tour, and were invited to a coffee plantation in British East Africa that was owned by a friend of his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Season 2 Episode 15 - Journey of Radiance, Benares, January 1910 (2)
    6.9/10(160 votes)

    #24 - Journey of Radiance, Benares, January 1910 (2)

    S2:E15

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Somme, Early August 1916 (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". It scored 8.2/10 based on 178 votes. Directed by Simon Wincer and written by Jonathan Hensleigh, it aired on 9/28/1992. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "London, May 1916".