Season 3 • Episode 17
LatestWhen Chris returns, Meg finds out that he has been drafted for the war and is going to Berkeley to avoid it. Meg must decide between being with Chris or being with her family but her decision is made even harder when Jack threatens to disown her if she leaves. Roxanne begins to cut hair at the Vinyl Crocodile much to Luke's dismay. JJ begins to feel overwhelmed at work when he volunteers to help on a project. Nathan is given a second chance by Mr. Pryor when he allows Nathan to do deliveries again. Helen decides to accompany a mother to pick up her son's coffin.
Set to the soundtrack of the 1960s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her 'good girl' image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an American Bandstand dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Father.
Production
Meticulous period detail that'll make your boomer parents weep
Acting
Brittany Snow's breakout—wholesome rebellion never looked this complicated
Costume
Wardrobe department deserved their own Emmy for those Bandstand fits
Creator
Jonathan Prince
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real American Bandstand footage was digitally manipulated to insert Meg into dances with actual 1960s teens.
The show's cancellation in 2005 coincided with NBC's 'rural purge'—ironic for a series about urban working-class families.
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