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'The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones' TV Movie Review: 'Adventures in the Secret Service'

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Pros:  Fairly effective marriage of two separate Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episodes Cons:  Feels a tad uneven, and the mood is downbeat.  In the middle of the 1991-92 TV season (March 1992, to be precise), ABC and George Lucas's Lucasfilm Limited attempted a daring experiment; to give viewers a mixture of educational material - primarily focusing on early 20th Century history - and entertainment (edutainment for short) in a series titled The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.   Like Lucasfilm's 2008-2013 Cartoon Network animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars , The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was an anthology; instead of being a linear narrative which starts in 1908 and ends in 1923, the series jumped around the timeline and alternated episodes with preteen Indy (played by Corey Carrier) and teen/young adult Indiana/Henri Defense/Henry Jones, Jr. (Sean Patrick Flannery).  Each episode was "framed" with prologues and epilogues set in the ser