The BEST episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Every episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles!

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was based on the Indiana Jones series of films. The series follows the Indiana Jones character (as a young boy and as a young man) as he was growing up and experiencing his early adventures, where he gets into trouble, learns life lessons and encounters various historical figures along the way. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was filmed on location all over the world ~ including England, Russia, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Kenya, France, India, China, Austria, Egypt, the United States, Morocco, Ireland, Italy, Africa, Turkey, Greece and Thailand.

Last Updated: 6/8/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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9.00
5 votes

#1 - 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 beatiful 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.

Directors: Syd Macartney
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8.67
6 votes

#2 - The Scandal of 1920, New York, July 1920 (2)

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/1993

Directors: Syd Macartney
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8.56
9 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Joe Johnston
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8.33
6 votes

#4 - 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 loyality.

Directors: Simon Wincer
Writer: Gavin Scott
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8.29
7 votes

#5 - 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.

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8.13
8 votes

#6 - Ireland, April 1916

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/12/1993

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

Directors: Gilles MacKinnon
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8.11
9 votes

#7 - The Phantom Train of Doom, German East Africa, November 1916 (1)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/5/1993

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8.11
9 votes

#8 - The Phantom Train of Doom, German East Africa, November 1916 (2)

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/5/1993

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8.00
8 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Mike Newell
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7.89
9 votes

#10 - Journey of Radiance, Peking, March 1910 (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.

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7.71
7 votes

#11 - Northern Italy, June 1918

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/17/1993

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7.33
9 votes

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

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/3/1993

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6.74
47 votes

#13 - German East Africa, December 1916

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/1992

In a the waiting room of a hospital, Professor Indiana Jones recounts a harrowing time he had in Africa, December 1916. Indy was promoted to Captain and then ordered to cross the jungle with Remy and Captain Boucher to pick up a shipment of weaponry.

Directors: Simon Wincer
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The Curse of the Jackal, Egypt 1908
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6.54
217 votes

#14 - The Curse of the Jackal, Egypt 1908

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1992

While on an archeological dig in Egypt, young Indy uncovers an ancient mummy and a fresh corpse. With the help of T.E. Lawrence Indy becomes involved in an intriguing murder mystery.

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6.28
36 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Carl Schultz
Writer: Jule Selbo
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5.44
82 votes

#16 - British East Africa, September 1909

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/1992

Young Indy meets the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt while on safari in Kenya.

Directors: Carl Schultz
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5.36
78 votes

#17 - Verdun, September 1916

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/1992

Indy addresses the morality of leadership when confronted with military officials who have little disregard for the lives of the men they command.

Directors: Rene Manzor
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The Perils of Cupid, London, May 1916
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5.23
84 votes

#18 - The Perils of Cupid, London, May 1916

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/1992

In England Indy gets into trouble when his love affair with a strong-willed young woman is derailed by her fervent belief in the women's suffrage movement and her need for independence.

Directors: Carl Schultz
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4.81
37 votes

#19 - Austria, March 1917

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1992

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

Directors: Vic Armstrong
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4.81
37 votes

#20 - Somme, Early August 1916 (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.

Directors: Simon Wincer
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The Curse of the Jackal, Mexico, March 1916
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4.71
91 votes

#21 - The Curse of the Jackal, Mexico, March 1916

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/1992

To keep him from getting into any more trouble, Indy is sent to visit his aunt in New Mexico. While there, he is kidnapped by Pancho Villa and swept up into the Mexican Revolution.

Directors: Carl Schultz
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4.67
36 votes

#22 - The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, May 1920 (2)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/1993

Directors: Charles Schulz
Writer: Jule Selbo
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4.05
37 votes

#23 - Germany, Mid-August 1916 (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..

Directors: Simon Wincer
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4.00
29 votes

#24 - Congo, January 1917 (2)

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/1992

On a military mission, Indy rescues a small child in an African village, and encounters the legendary Albert Schweitzer, and helps him in his jungle hospital.

Directors: Simon Wincer
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3.86
37 votes

#25 - Barcelona, May 1917

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1992

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

Directors: Terry Jones
Writer: Gavin Scott
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