Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920

When I started collecting the soundtracks to the series, the first one picked up was the soundtrack to this one. In fact, this soundtrack won an Emmy. It was so good that I became a fan of George Gershwin and Rhapsody in Blue.

This one mostly deals with Indy being part of a production in New York while juggling three women at the same time. One of these women is the boss's daughter. Oops.

If there is one thing I enjoyed with this one: that would be the casting. They bring so much life to the characters. The three leading ladies (one played by Anne Heche) are a delight, and the guts playing Mr. White and George Gershwin are a riot.

The whole thing leads to a huge stage production with an important audience and Indy trying to save the show. It's rather entertaining and the music is phenomenal. This, to me, is one of the best episodes.

I haven't enjoyed an episode of this series as much as this one. This was fun from start to finish and I didn't want it to end. This chapter was better than much of what is being shown on the big screen today! Casting was flawless and the depiction of the eras famous people flowed as if Indiana was too a real icon of the time. If Mr. Lucas could've made more episodes like this one this show would still be running on cable today! I can't say enough nice things about this showing and as my rating is the max you get my point!! Now its on to volume 3 disc 9--- Hollywood Follies and I hope it is 1/2 as good as the Scandal of 1920! A must see!!

I recently watched the full series again, and while the various episodes are of varying quality, this was the only one which made me want to review it. Unfortunately not because of its sterling qualities, but because - as someone comments during the course of the episode - its trash.

As the blurb reads, in this episode, Indy woos three ladies. By now, any viewer of the series will have realized that Indy is a hopeless womanizer - wooing and discarding (or being discarded) ladies in every episode. This is not even the first episode where he has more than one leading lady. Nor is it the first one where he comes off as being a little callow and selfish.

Unfortunately, it is the first one where he comes off as having almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever. While the introduction is innocent enough, the Indy we are presented with here is a selfish, dishonest, self-absorbed liar - a far cry from the character established in other episodes. We are supposed to laugh at the antics in the episode - and that might have worked if it had been a short 45 minute episode - but stretched out over 90 minutes, it becomes hard to laugh when the protagonist is so unlikeable.

It's a pity, because the period drama itself is good. Tin Pan Alley and early Broadway are shown here in all its glory, and the three leading ladies are excellent (particularly Anne Heche). Unfortunately, it can't make up for the hopeless central plot that the episode is saddled with.