List of Young Indiana Jones episodes

This is a list of episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. The two series have had a rather complicated history in terms of air dates and home video releases. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles aired from 1992 to 1993 on ABC, and from 1994 to 1996 on The Family Channel. A total of thirty-two episodes (eight of which were feature-length) were produced by Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm. The series was partially released on Laserdisc and VHS in the early 1990s. In 1996, the Chronicles were edited into twenty-two feature-length episodes; a new series known as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. The series was partially released on VHS in 1999, and was released in its entirety on DVD throughout late 2007 and early 2008.

ABC (1992-1993)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles debuted on ABC on March 4, 1992 with the feature-length episode Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal, which served to introduce the character at the three ages he would be portrayed as in the show. The rest of the season one episodes were hour-long. Five subsequent episodes were aired before the show was canceled. However, it was picked up again by ABC due to critical success, and four more hour-long episodes were aired several months later. ABC proceeded to order another two-hour TV movie and thirteen more hour-long episodes for season two.

Season two began on March 13, 1993 with the feature-length episode Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues, and the seventeen subsequent episodes consisted of both new episodes and some episodes originally produced for the first season&mdash;each an hour long. In Australia, "Somme, Early August 1916" and "Germany, Mid-August 1916" were shown as a two-hour television movie entitled Young Indiana Jones and the Great Escape. Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920 was aired as "New York, June 1920" and "New York, July 1920" in some locations. When the show was cancelled, four episodes (which were intended to be aired as part of the second season) remained unaired in the US.

Most episodes were produced with bookends, in which "Old Indy" (played by George Hall) recalled events from his youth. The only episodes produced without bookends were: Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom, "Istanbul, September 1918", "Paris, May 1919", "Prague, August 1917" and "Palestine, October 1917". Although Hall was in the bookends for the U.K. episodes "Chicago, April 1920" and Chicago, May 1920", new bookends were shot (in an effort to boost ratings) with Harrison Ford, and were combined with the "Chicago" segments to make the U.S. episode Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues.

The Family Channel (1994-1996)
When the series was cancelled, there were a number of episode concepts yet to be filmed. Four television movies were produced based on some of these episodes. They aired on the The Family Channel from 1994 to 1996. No "Old Indy" bookend segments were filmed for the television movies, although Sean Patrick Flanery bookended Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father.

Unproduced episodes
During pre-production, the crew developed a timeline extending from 1908 to 1922 of all major events and people of the time period, and Lucas intended to produce episodes leading up to a 24-year-old Jones. However, the series was cancelled in 1993, and as a result there were a number of episodes that were not produced. Some of these episodes were developed as part of the 1994-1996 TV movies, and are detailed above.

The following were detailed in the third season synopsis, dated February 8, 1993:
 * "Stockholm, December 1909" - The subjects of the episode would have been geography and ecology. The theme was to have been "Where is Sweden?", and the historical figure Indy would encounter was the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the episode, Indy was to fall asleep and have a dream intended to serve as a reference to Lagerlöf's most famous work; the book "Nils Holgerssons Underbara Resa Genom Sverige" ("The Wonderful Adventures of Nils"), a children's book, in which the titular character (a boy only five inches high) sees Sweden's countryside sitting on the back of a flying goose. Indy seems to reference these events in London, May 1916, when he tells Vicky Prentiss that Stockholm is one of his favourite cities.
 * "Jerusalem, June 1909". The subject of this episode was to have been archaeology. The theme was to have been "Greed". In this episode, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter his future mentor Abner Ravenwood, who would have been seen searching for the Ark of the Covenant on the Temple Mount. In "Palestine, October 1917", Indy and his comrades suggest that they will be returning to this location by Christmas of 1917.
 * "Geneva, May 1909" would depict young Indy witnessing the birth of the Red Cross-organization.
 * "Tokyo, April 1910"
 * "Princeton, May 1905" would have shown how Indy and Paul Robeson became friends.
 * "LeHavre, June 1916". Indy and Remy in basic training at Le Havre, France. Remy becomes accused of murder.
 * "Moscow, July 1919"
 * "Buenos Aires, June 1919"
 * "Havana, December 1919" - Jonathan Hales was involved with this episode. The story revolved around integration issues and a black player outplaying Babe Ruth.
 * "Honduras, December 1920" - The subject of this episode was to have been archaeology. The historical figures Indy would have encountered are Herbert Spinden and Frederick Mitchell-Hedges. In this episode, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter the rival archaeologist René Emile Belloq, and would depict their search for a Crystal Skull. It's possible that this episode would have explained the events that, according to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, caused Indy to be accused of being a grave robber instead of an archaeologist, while on an adventure in Honduras. This has since been attributed to events surrounding the Crystal Skull of Cozan in the opening chapter of the Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone novel. The crystal skulls have been incorporated into multiple Indiana Jones stories over the years since, and Lucas himself finally dealt with the skulls in 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
 * "Alaska, June 1921". Indy studying eskimos. Indy has to rush medical supplies by dog sled to save a village - The events of this episode are foreshadowed in Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father.
 * "Brazil, December 1921". Indy and Belloq meet Charles Fawcett to find a lost city.

The following were confirmed by other sources:
 * "Melbourne, March 1910" - This episode was to involve Indy meeting Harry Houdini and flying in a balloon with him. The events of this episode are mentioned in "Palestine, October 1917".
 * "Flanders, July 1916" - This was to involve Indy, Remy and Jaques fighting in Flanders. The events of this episode are mentioned in "Trenches of Hell".
 * "Berlin, Late August 1916" - This was to be a second season episode that involved Indy escaping from prison and fleeing to Berlin, and would have been the third part in the Somme/Germany cycle following Indy's capture in Somme, his escape from prison, and his escape from Germany itself. He has to decide between returning to the US (since the US isn't at war with Germany yet) or returning to the Belgium Army. He ultimately decides to return to the Belgian army. Indy would have met Sigrid Schultz.
 * Additional stories set in 1905 (aside from "Princeton, May 1905") were planned.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
In 1996, George Lucas oversaw the re-editing of the complete series into twenty-two feature-length episodes, called chapters. New footage was shot, including bridging material and two new segments: "Tangiers" (for My First Adventure) and "Morocco" (for ''Tales of Innocence'). "Palestine, October 1917" was extended with new footage, as well as footage from the film The Lighthorsemen, and renamed Daredevils of the Desert. The Travels with Father bookends were removed, and combined with "Paris, May 1919" and a new "Princeton, August 1919" segment to make Winds of Change.

Several of the chapters were released on VHS in 1999 as part of The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones, which also included VHS versions of the (at the time) three theatrical films. The complete series was released on DVD from October 2007 to April 2008; Chapters 1-7 were included in the 2007 box set The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One, The Early Years, Chapters 8-15 were included in the 2007 box set The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Two, The War Years, and Chapters 16-22 were included in the 2008 box set The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Three, The Years of Change. The series has also aired on the USA, SCI FI and History channels.