This series will examine baffling decisions and characters from popular films.

Not only is Indiana Jones the worst archeologist* in the history of archeology, but he regularly hands his helpless Nazi enemies the items they are looking for without them even trying.

In Raiders of the Lost Ark after being informed of the Nazi’s scheme to find the Ark of the Covenant, Indy rushes to his old flame Maid Marion because she has a medallion that will pinpoint where the Ark is located in the ancient Egyptian city of Tanisha. So far, so good! Maid Marion isn’t aware that Nazis are up to no good, and Indiana needs to get that to protect her AND keep the bad guys from the Ark. It pretty much all goes awry from there, however.