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The Best Episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Every episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles!

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...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Journey of Radiance, Benares, January 1910 - Part 1" is the best rated episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". It scored 8.2/10 based on 129 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/3/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "London, May 1916".

  • Journey of Radiance, Benares, January 1910 - Part 1
    8.2/10129 votes
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    #1 - Journey of Radiance, Benares, January 1910 - Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 7/3/1993

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • London, May 1916
    8.1/10326 votes
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    #2 - London, May 1916

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/1992

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Somme, Early August 1916 - Part 1
    8.1/10163 votes
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    #3 - Somme, Early August 1916 - Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1992

    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

  • The Perils of Cupid, Vienna, November 1908
    8.1/10205 votes
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    #4 - The Perils of Cupid, Vienna, November 1908

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/10/1993

    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

  • Verdun, September 1916
    8.0/10177 votes
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    #5 - Verdun, September 1916

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/1992

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Germany, Mid-August 1916 - Part 2
    7.9/10152 votes
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    #6 - Germany, Mid-August 1916 - Part 2

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1992

    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

  • The Scandal of 1920, New York, July 1920 (2)
    7.9/10123 votes
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    #7 - The Scandal of 1920, New York, July 1920 (2)

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • German East Africa, December 1916
    7.8/10168 votes
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    #8 - German East Africa, December 1916

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/1992

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Congo, January 1917
    7.7/10162 votes
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    #9 - Congo, January 1917

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/1992

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Paris, May 1919
    7.7/10163 votes
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    #10 - Paris, May 1919

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 7/24/1993

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Austria, March 1927
    7.5/10142 votes
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    #11 - Austria, March 1927

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1992

    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

  • Barcelona, May 1917
    7.5/10155 votes
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    #12 - Barcelona, May 1917

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1992

    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

  • The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, April 1920 (1)
    7.4/10470 votes
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    #13 - The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, April 1920 (1)

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/1993

    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

  • Princeton, February 1916
    7.4/10132 votes
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    #14 - Princeton, February 1916

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/1993

    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

  • Petrograd, July 1917
    7.4/10318 votes
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    #15 - Petrograd, July 1917

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Northern Italy, June 1918
    7.4/10150 votes
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    #16 - Northern Italy, June 1918

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/17/1993

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    Director: Bille August, Michael Schultz

    Writer: Jonathan Hales

  • Journey of Radiance, Peking, March 1910 - Part 1
    7.3/10137 votes
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    #17 - Journey of Radiance, Peking, March 1910 - Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 6/26/1993

    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. English Deutsch Italiano Français

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Istanbul, September 1918
    7.3/10138 votes
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    #18 - Istanbul, September 1918

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 7/17/1993

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, May 1920 (2)
    7.2/10175 votes
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    #19 - The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, May 1920 (2)

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Phantom Train of Doom, German East Africa, November 1916 (1)
    7.2/10166 votes
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    #20 - The Phantom Train of Doom, German East Africa, November 1916 (1)

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/5/1993

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal
    7.1/10341 votes
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    #21 - Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1992

    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.

    Director: Carl Schultz, Jim O'Brien

    Writer: Jonathan Hales, George Lucas

  • The Scandal of 1920, New York, June 1920 (1)
    7.1/10169 votes
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    #22 - The Scandal of 1920, New York, June 1920 (1)

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/1993

    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

  • Paris, September 1908
    7.1/10144 votes
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    #23 - Paris, September 1908

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 6/19/1993

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Prague, August 1917
    7.1/10146 votes
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    #24 - Prague, August 1917

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 7/31/1993

    Indy is shipped off to Prague for another mission, this time a very mysterious mission, where Indy is thwarted continuously and Franz Kafka offers him assistance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Phantom Train of Doom, German East Africa, November 1916 (2)
    7.0/10137 votes
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    #25 - The Phantom Train of Doom, German East Africa, November 1916 (2)

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/5/1993

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A