Jeremiah Jones
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Not so much a stretch as a bit of creative genius VF wing. It may be a bit ham fisted the way Ned is introduced, but Lawrence was in the middle East at the time, and was an archaeologist, so having him cycle over is not too much of a stretch of the imagination. He was a crazy guy, wishing to do his masters Thesis on Crusader Castles, he bought a gun an set off to the middle East alone, he was robbed once, and had to shoot at someone to scare them off at another point, but the sands of Arabia left an indelible mark on his psyche.
Whats so great about this in the context of Young Indy is how Ned basically forms the framework for Indy's growth and adventures. As you'll see, its because of Ned Indy becomes an archaeologist, its because of Ned Indy fights in the war, the way the use Ned in both the episodes hes in and the ones where hes merely refered to is, in my opinion, one of the best things about Young Indy, you'll see for yourself how their relationship evolves.
My problem with the episode is not Ned then, but its the way the murder mystery resolves itself, why in the name of Nebechudnezzer would demitrios leave his Detonating plunger with the mummy? It simply makes no sense whatsoever... that and how it just suddenly ends and transitions into the Morrocco sequence, its just not well done at all.
Whats so great about this in the context of Young Indy is how Ned basically forms the framework for Indy's growth and adventures. As you'll see, its because of Ned Indy becomes an archaeologist, its because of Ned Indy fights in the war, the way the use Ned in both the episodes hes in and the ones where hes merely refered to is, in my opinion, one of the best things about Young Indy, you'll see for yourself how their relationship evolves.
My problem with the episode is not Ned then, but its the way the murder mystery resolves itself, why in the name of Nebechudnezzer would demitrios leave his Detonating plunger with the mummy? It simply makes no sense whatsoever... that and how it just suddenly ends and transitions into the Morrocco sequence, its just not well done at all.