When Steve is selected to sing the national anthem at the Langley Falls Veterans' Day celebration, he gets some heat from Stan who doesn't think he's ready for such an undertaking. Unimpressed with Steve's vocal talents, Stan decides Steve needs to experience real war in order to sing about our country's military prowess. But things quickly go south when Roger gets involved and Steve goes bananas.

In order to get a promotion at work, Stan has to convince the dictator of Isla Island to sign a treaty. Stan meets the general and accidentally kills him and has Roger pose as the leader of the small island nation. Meanwhile, Steve and Snot become competitive to see who can get farther with the other's mom.

Steve is left home alone when the family takes a trip to look at a potential college for Hayley. When his friends arrive and realize he has the run of the house, they persuade Steve to break the rules. They're soon in over their heads when they discover that what they thought was a video game is actually a military controlled drone. As they attempt to cover their tracks, Roger has a meltdown that keeps the family from making their trip. Stan returns to find that Steve has betrayed his trust and thrust them into a high-level security situation.

Francine teaches Roger to be self-sufficient so he can get his own place; at camp, Steve and his friends fall prey to a scheme.

When Stan has a run-in with local law enforcement, the father-son roles are reversed, forcing Steve to become the man of the house.

Stan and Francine celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, and Roger takes over the planning. Francine, however, stops her regular beauty regimen after learning that Stan only married her for her looks, and becomes incredibly unattractive.

Stan becomes obsessed with My Morning Jacket and decides to become a groupie and meet Jim James, believing they are soul mates and that James is writing the music specifically for him. Disguised as a reporter for Rolling Stone (an allusion to the film Almost Famous), Stan follows My Morning Jacket on tour, accompanied by Roger.

When Stan's business goes south, he finds himself dancing for cash. Meanwhile, Steve and his friends go to space camp, but refuse to take Roger along. When Roger shows that he has strippers in Steve's room, they escape but arrive after the strippers leave.

The world ends and Stan, Francine and Roger are left behind. As the Smith family go to Church, Stan and Francine have sex in the janitor's closet as the world ends, leaving them and Roger on earth as Hayley, Steve and Klaus float up to heaven. It's the end of the world when Francine leaves Stan for a better man during the ultimate fight between good and evil, but when the anti-Christ kidnaps her, Stan will do anything to get her back.

When Stan gets told by Francine to get rid of his gas-guzzling SUV, he and Roger hatch up a plan at the local horse track to avoid losing his car. Meanwhile, Steve and his friends help an old friend.

Stan puts down liberal social programs because he thinks they are a waste of money and gives Francine a hard time for lending a helping hand at the local homeless shelter. When Stan develops a nasty crack addiction and needs help, he suddenly has a change of heart.

Stan gives Francine "love coupons" for Valentine's Day, but refuses to honor them once he becomes preoccupied with his very own CIA cyborg. Meanwhile, Roger helps Steve and his friends remake a classic '80s movie.

When Stan admits that his heroes include the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, Roger confesses that he played on the team. However, when he discovers that Roger used steroids during the match, Stan tries to take his gold medal make to the Olympic Committee in Switzerland.