American Dreams - Fourth Season Plotlines

Fourth Season Plotlines

In interviews, Jonathan Prince revealed that if American Dreams had been renewed for a fourth season, the following plotlines would have been included.

• The fourth season would have picked up in January 1967.
• Meg would have returned to Philadelphia six episodes into the season after JJ goes to California with intentions to take her home.
• Roxanne would have taken a job as the hairdresser for American Bandstand.
• Jack would become angry after discovering that Helen had been using her job as a travel agent to help young men dodge the draft and flee to Canada.
• There would be tension in JJ and Beth's marriage, after Beth reluctantly agreed to JJ's wishes to postpone going back to college.
• Henry would re-marry and accept a new, deaf stepson into his home.
• JJ would continue working for the company designing spacesuits for the manned mission to the moon.
• The Apollo 1 fire would somehow figure into the fourth season plotline.
• Patty would serve as the Team Manager for the East Catholic football team.