Hey yall, this might be of interest for the Lost journal revision.
These are plot summaries from Unmade Young Indy episodes.
Make use for them if you want. Wouldn't know how to word it in Indy's thoughts though.
Stockholm, December 1909
In the episode, Indiana Jones would fall asleep and have a dream intended to serve as a reference to Lagerlöf's most famous work, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige ("The Wonderful Adventures of Nils"), a children's book about a boy that has been shrunk to five inches tall by a gnome's magic as a punishment for his mischief. Nils then travels over most of Sweden, sitting on the back of a flying goose.
Jerusalem, June 1909
In this episode, Indy would visit Jerusalem. While his father Henry goes off an a separate trip to visit Crusader castles, Indy would have his first encounter with future mentor Abner Ravenwood, who invites Indy to spend time with him. Montague Parker, a grave robber, offers to let Indy work at his dig if he "borrows" a map that Ravenwood has which indicates that the Ark of the Covenant is below the Temple Mount. Parker's group, disguised as Arabs, enter into the temple and excavate, but are ultimately discovered. The temple keeper brings a large local mob who chase Parker's gang out of Jerusalem. In the end, Ravenwood would explain to Indy that the Ark isn't believed to be under the Temple Mount, but elsewhere, and someday a real archaeologist would find it, foreshadowing the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Geneva, May 1909
In this episode, Indiana Jones would encounter Jean-Henri Dunant, the elderly uncle of a friend, who tells him the story of the Red Cross. While on a mission to visit Louis-Napoleon in Italy for a business deal, Indy views Louis-Napoleon and the Austrians in battle. He sees the carnage and goes across the battle to meet him. Looking to help, Indy searches for the hospital tent, which has been destroyed along with many of its medical staff. Dunant conceives of a neutral organization that would take care of people after a battle, becoming a recognizable symbol for medical personnel and hospitals. Switzerland ultimately agrees to sponsor a conference composed of European leaders, and the Red Cross is formed.
Tokyo, April 1910
In this episode, a ten year old Indiana Jones would visit Peers School in Tokyo, Japan, where his father Henry would be teaching. He would meet a Samurai instructor, who teaches him the ways of Japan, discussing the importance of information and education in Japanese society. On a trip to the coast, Indy encounters a local fisherman and discusses the ocean with him. Indy would meet General Nogi Maresuke and the future Emperor Hirohito, the latter of whom would have go whale-watching with Indy that leads to a shark attack. The boys would have been ultimately rescued by the samurai.
Princeton, May 1905
In this episode, a five-year old Indiana Jones and his friends, including Paul Robeson, would have a charming, funny adventure that begins with Indy organizing an event to raise money for a vase he had broken and culminates in a search for the legendary Captain William Kidd's buried treasure and the capture of hobos who are wanted by local police.
Le Havre, June 1916
In this episode, Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin would have been in basic training for the Belgian Army at Le Havre, France. Their sergeant, a nefarious and tough man who likes to give the soldiers a difficult time targets Indiana Jones in particular for abuse, angering Baudouin. At the end of training, the men are drinking and celebrating at a bar when their sergeant is found dead. Remy is blamed for his murder and Indy defends him at his court martial.
Moscow, July 1918
A follow-up to the events of the episode "Petrograd, July 1917", Indy would have been working in French Intelligence in Moscow, Russia on the eve of the Allied invasion at Archangel (Arkhangelsk). Assigned to assist Sidney Reilly, who is working with counter-revolutionaries to try to destabilize the Bolsheviks from within, Indy is reunited with Rosa, whom he met in Petrograd two years earlier and is now working with Reilly. Indy and Reilly would have had dangerous encounters with the Cheka in an attempt to rescue an arrested general. However, Reilly has a secret plan unknown to the French, British and Americans to take over Moscow, but all the conspirators must flee for their lives when Vladimir Lenin is shot. Rosa ultimately helps Indy to escape.
Bombay, April 1919
In Bombay, Indy stays with Rabindranath Tagore, a family friend, while Remy Baudouin continues his search for the Monk Diamond. Tagore has Indy to translate one of Ghandi's books. Indy hears him speak, and meets him somewhere close to Bombay. Indy sees several riots from the country's repression, and finds out about the British massacre at Amritsar. Indy decides he wants to return to the US and attend college, while Remy decides to keep looking for the treasure.
Note: also from what I've heard Remy supposedly dies in the desert looking for the Eye of the Peacock.
Buenos Aires, June 1919
In the episode, while trying to board a ship to New York in France, Indiana Jones gets beaten up and robbed, and finds himself bound for Argentina instead. There he would meet Carlos Gardel, a young tango dancer who he tutors to afford passage back to the USA. Gardel is tutored in subjects including English, arts and history, and in exchange, the boy teaches Indy the tango. However, Gardel is in love with a young woman whose father thinks he will never amount to anything, so Jones helps him to solve his problem and in turn, Gardel helps Indy pursue an Argentinian woman to whom he is attracted. Singer José Razzano was also intended to be featured in the episode.
Havana, December 1919
In this episode, Indiana Jones, a freshman at the University of Chicago, gets a request from his father to spend Christmas with friends in Havana, Cuba. There, Indy would befriend Cristobal Torriente. The story also involved an exhibition baseball game where a white American team, Babe Ruth among them, comes to play against an integrated Cuban team. Indy learns about racism in the US National Leagues. During the game, Torriente gets the opportunity to play against Ruth and outplays him. However, he knows that ultimately his dream of playing in the Major Leagues will not be realized.
Honduras, December 1920
While on a field trip with Herbert Spinden, after they arrive at a Honduran port and meet some Banana Republic types before they begin, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter René Emile Belloq, his future rival, who initially has a friendly relationship with him. The story was to depict their discovery of a crystal skull in the ruins of a Mayan city where Jones and Belloq would have tried to decipher Mayan hieroglyphs at the ball court, as well as discussing possible sacrifices and rituals. However, Belloq steals the skull and sells it to the adventurer Mitchell-Hedges.
Alaska, June 1921
In the episode, Indiana Jones would have been involved in an expedition with an American anthropologist, his professor, to study Eskimos in a region east of Nome near the Arctic Circle. There, Jones and his professor would have meet Nellie Cashman and Doctor Joseph Romig. Indy would meet and get to know the villagers, and would have learned about sledding and the care of the dog team, going on a hunt with them, and learning about their customs. The villagers would have been stricken by a contagious disease with the serum having to be rushed to them by dog sled so that they could be inoculated.
Brazil, December 1921
In this episode, Indiana Jones would have another encounter with his arch-nemesis René Emile Belloq after having confronted him in Honduras the year prior. The two boys would have got involved in Colonel Charles Fawcett's quest to find the legendary 'Lost City of Z'. The trek would have started in Bahia, and they would have come across a group of American confederates living on a plantation there, witnessed rituals of the Candbomble religion, and encounter fierce indigenous natives in the interior. Belloq and Indy get captured but escape, and go their separate ways.
Berlin, Late August 1916
In 1916, Jones accidentally attaches himself to a group of British POWs, mistaking the group for a German road-mending gang. Discovered by the officers during a roll call, Jones convinces them that he is actually a double-agent and taken to Berlin. However, during his attempt to get out of enemy territory, Jones is betrayed by the individual he turns to for papers and is beaten unconscious. He manages to make his way to a soup kitchen where a pair of Americans, one of whom is journalist Sigrid Schultz, tend to his injuries.
The two young women suggest that Jones contact the American Embassy which could get him to Rotterdam. Seeing a chance to return home, Jones is faced with the realization that doing so would mean abandoning his fellow soldiers on the front lines so re-dedicates himself to the war effort.
