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Originally Posted by phantom train
* As a footnote, it was interesting that at the end of "Treasure of the Peacock's Eye", it seemed like Indy intended to try to go directy to the U.S. However, since "Paris 1919" takes place chronologically after "Treasure", I guess he decided to use his extensive language skills to take part in the Paris Peace Talks beforehand - this was probably because he needed to make some funds in order to get home, and also because he may have been thinking of getting a job with the S. Department.
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Originally posted by TalonCard
The transition from "Peacock" to "Winds" is one of the biggest leaps we have to make in the series--Indy's journey back to the states would have been several episodes longer if the third season had been picked up, and presumably would have explained exactly why it took him so long. I'm surprised, what with all the extra stuff Lucas shot to bridge the gap between episodes, that "Winds" doesn't have some dialogue at the beginning of the episode explaining this.
I'm guessing that the reason for this is that since the "Paris 1919" segment of "Winds" was filmed long before TOTPE (even though "Treasure" takes place chronologically before "Winds"), TOTPE may not have happened in L.'s mind when he was coming up with "Paris 1919".
Therefore, there is no exposition at the beginning of "The Winds of Change" explaining what happened.
This is just speculation on my part, but it makes a lot of sense that, since TOTPE was one of the four Family Channel (Cable) 1994-1996 Indy tele-films (and not part of the regular 1992-1993 US TV broadcasts), L. came up with the "Treasure" story long after the "Paris 1919" story, and then when they were editing the episodes into the tele-films for the late 1990's VHS releases, L. decided to retroactively insert TOTPE before "Winds", since, chronologically, it would have to fit there.
I like to think that, though Indy intended to go directly back to the U.S. after speaking to Bronislaw (sp?) on the island at the end of "Treasure", he got side-tracked when he started travelling and heard about the Paris Peace Talks. He wanted to observe the talks since he had fought in the War and had a vested interest in the outcome, and also decided to use his language skills to get a job there so he could get some money to help him with his long trip back to the U.S. This are just my thoughts, I know, but it does make sense.