American Dreamer

E1 Episode 1: Pilot

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• 30m
• Sep 20, 1990

Tom Nash trades in his network newsman job to write a human interest column for a Chicago newspaper, moving to Wisconsin with his two children. He begins by exploring women's anger toward men by hiring a female assistant and visiting the woman he stood up on prom night.

E2 Episode 2: Guys Just Wanna Have Fun

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• Sep 22, 1990

Tom attempts to find out why men are not open with their feelings by hosting a bonding party for men.

E3 Episode 3: Flight of the Dodo

• 30m
• Sep 29, 1990

A disillusioned cartoonist (Austin Pendleton) quits his job.

E4 Episode 4: All God's Children Go to Wisconsin

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• Oct 6, 1990

Tom's meeting with an Episcopal cleric causes him to question his current standing as a lapsed Catholic.

E5 Episode 5: Corvette Man

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• Oct 13, 1990

While Tom considers buying a corvette, Lillian makes plans to remarry her ex-husband.

E6 Episode 6: Over the Hill?

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• Oct 20, 1990

Tom's preliminary results of his physical reveal he's in great shape but a chest X-ray casts a spot of doubt, requiring further tests.

E7 Episode 7: Mr. Wizard

• 30m
• Oct 27, 1990

Tom Nash begins substitute teaching and discovers it is not easy and happily accepts advice.

E8 Episode 8: Divorce, American Dreamer Style

• 30m
• Nov 3, 1990

E9 Episode 9: In from the Cold (1)

• 30m
• Nov 10, 1990

Tom considers writing about his memories and the loss of his wife but his kids consider her a forbidden subject for his column.

E10 Episode 10: In from the Cold (2)

• 30m
• Nov 24, 1990

Tom learns the true identity of Kathleen in the conclusion of a two part episode.

E11 Episode 11: The Fabulous Baker Girls

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• Dec 1, 1990

Holly's free-spirited sister Drew returns and makes good copy for Tom's newspaper column.

E12 Episode 12: A Face in the Cloud

• 30m
• Dec 8, 1990

E13 Episode 13: Don't Drink the Water

• 30m
• May 25, 1991

Tom discovers that Lillian's ex-husband's business is a fraud.

E14 Episode 14: Mother Knows Best

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• Jun 1, 1991

Lillian must live a lie when her mother visits.

E15 Episode 15: Papa Joe

• 30m
• Jun 8, 1991

Joe's weekend with his daughter is spoiled.

E16 Episode 16: Heartbreak Diner

• 30m
• Jun 15, 1991

Tom intervenes in his daughter's crush on a young college student.

E17 Episode 17: They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?

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• Jun 22, 1991

Danny disobeys his father and sneaks off to go duck hunting with Bill.