Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

When shy, soft-spoken Chicago detective Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie inadvertently saves the life of local gangster Frank Milo, he's the reluctant recipient of an unusual one week "thank you" gift - a beautiful bartender named Glory.

A man discovers that his best friend's wife is having an affair.

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

A woman leaves an abusive husband to start a new life in Chicago, where she befriends a man undergoing an emotional crisis, who she does not know is a professional killer, and a detective, who is investigating the hit man.

Follows Tommy Egan after he cuts ties and puts New York in his rear-view mirror for good.