It was a typical morning in the Heffernan household. Doug was sitting on the couch watching TV when Carrie came into the house from outside. She was carrying various envelopes.
"Mail call," Carrie said.
"Anything for me?" Doug said passively while his eyes were still glued on the TV.
"Let's see," Carrie mumbled as she searched through the mail. She came across an envelope that said Doug's name on it.
"There is something for you," Carrie said.
"What is it?" Doug wonders.
Carrie opens the envelope and reads the letter inside. While she does this, Doug goes into the kitchen to get something to drink. Meanwhile, Arthur comes into the kitchen from downstairs.
"Afternoon, Douglas," Arthur says.
"Yeah, hi," Doug mumbles half-heartedly.
"You know, I had the strangest dream last night," Arthur began. Not wanting to hear it, Doug tried to come up with an excuse to leave.
"Uh, you know Arthur, I have to, um..." Doug stammered.
"Please let me finish," Arthur said as he put his hand up. "I dreamt that an enormous man, bigger than you, came to our house, ate all our food, tried to put the moves on Carrie, and...sat on me," Arthur explained.
Doug tried very hard not to laugh at Arthur's strange dream.
Carrie came into the kitchen with the letter that was addressed to Doug in her hand.
"Honey, it says here that you've been chosen to participate in something called a husband swap," Carrie said.
"A husband swap? W-what's that?" Doug asked, genuinely curious.
"Well, you'll apparently be swapping lives with another husband for two weeks," Carrie explained.
"Who is this other husband?" Arthur wonders.
"Doesn't say his name, but it does show his address. Apparently you'll be going to Chicago," Carrie tells Doug.
"Hmm...I don't really know..." Doug hesitated.
"I think you should do it. It might be an interesting experience for all of us. We might learn something from this," Carrie suggested.
After taking a couple seconds to think about it, Doug decides to do it. "I think I'm going to do it," Doug said.