tˈuː wˈiːks lˈeɪɾɚ, tˈɛd wˈeɪks ˌʌp ænd ɡˈɛts tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn hˈoʊm tə hɪz wˈaɪf mˈɑːli mˈɑːɹni mək fˈeɪl ænd tˈiːneɪdʒ sˈʌn mˈæks bˈɛn lˈuːɪs ɪn ʃᵻkˈɑːɡoʊ, bˌʌt hiː ɪz sˈʌfɚɹɪŋ fɹʌm pˈoʊsttɹɔːmˈæɾɪk stɹˈɛs dɪsˈoːɹdɚ kˈɑːmplᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ðɪ ɛkstɹˈiːm ɡˈɪlt hiː fˈiːlz ɐbˌaʊt ðɪ ɪɹˈæki fˈæmɪliz dˈɛθs.
Two weeks later, Ted wakes up and gets to return home to his wife Molly (Marnie McPhail) and teenage son Max (Ben Lewis) in Chicago, but he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder complicated by the extreme guilt he feels about the Iraqi family's deaths.