Meg Pryor is a character in the NBC television drama American Dreams. She is played by Brittany Snow.

Meg lives in 1960s Philadelphia with her father Jack, her mother Helen, her sister Patty and her younger brother Will. (Her older brother, JJ, has been fighting in the Vietnam War as of season 2.) Her real name is Margaret, but her family and friends call her "Meg" as a nickname. She currently attends the fictional East Catholic High School with her best friend, Roxanne Bojarski.

In the pilot of American Dreams, Meg persuades her father to let her appear on her favourite TV show, American Bandstand. While Meg manages to fulfill that dream, other plans of hers are thwarted throughout the first season. For instance, her attempts at befriending Sam Walker are constantly criticised by her father and her brother, who warn her that it is unwise. The relationship between Meg and Sam is put to the test at the end of Season 1, when the pair find themselves in the middle of the 1964 Philadelphia riots. (In fact, fans have speculated whether Sam and Meg might become romantically involved, noting that there is a certain degree of sexual tension between the two.)

While Meg is good-natured in Season 1, in the following season she becomes rebellious and argumentative. Jack takes a harsh attitude to Meg's behaviour, especially after Meg begins dating Drew, a college student who is also an anti-war activist. Even Helen, who normally gets along well with Meg, is frustrated by her daughter's change in personality. Finally Meg runs away from home after she is forbidden to see Drew again. She soon leaves Drew and reconciles with her parents.

At the beginning of the show's third season, Meg's opposition to the Vietnam War gets her into trouble with the police. At school, she is made to produce an adaptation of Henry V, which she decides to redo as a commentary of present-day politics. East Catholic's principal stops the play's production, but Meg becomes even more determined to make her views heard after JJ is reported missing in action.

External link

Ask Meg (http://www.nbc.com/nbc/American_Dreams/ext/ask_meg.shtml) Advice column on NBC's American Dreams website