Turnabout

Tim and Sally Willows, a spoiled, quarrelsome couple, constantly argue at home while an Indian idol named Mr. Ram watches from the wall. The tense atmosphere hints at an outside influence that might upend their carefully ordered lives. The idol's presence foreshadows the miraculous change to come.

After a crushingly stressful day at Manning, Willows & Clare, Tim comes home to find Sally relaxing in the bath, and their argument erupts with no holds barred. The mounting pressure of their lives amplifies their discontent. The idol on the wall remains ominously silent, listening.

In a heated moment, Tim wishes he could swap lives with Sally to glimpse her days at a slower pace, and Sally makes the same wish with equal seriousness. The idol Mr. Ram suddenly speaks and makes their wishes reality, swapping their bodies. The couple is left to confront a reality neither anticipated.

Morning reveals the swap: Tim finds himself in Sally's body, stuck at home with staff while Sally, in Tim's body, heads to the advertising firm. The switch turns familiar routines into chaos, as each person struggles to adapt to the other's life. The idol's magic has pushed them into a world where their strengths are misapplied.

Sally, inhabiting Tim's body, goes to the firm and is unexpectedly bold, even rude to the biggest client. Tim, in Sally's body, remains at home and manages the household, accidentally exposing how undervalued his wife's routine is. The two experiences highlight the flaws in their perceptions of each other.

While at the firm, Sally as Tim's body manages to secure a new client that Tim had previously rejected. The unexpected success rattles Tim's colleagues and complicates Sally's plan for the business. The mounting tension foreshadows consequences if the swap continues.

At night, the couple returns to their home and, on their knees, beg to switch back to their real bodies. They realize the price of the swap is the growing distance between their identities and responsibilities. The idol's influence seems to waver as hope for normalcy flickers.

Mr. Ram grants their request and reverses the swap, returning Tim to his own body and Sally to hers. Life begins to normalize, with Tim tasked to clean up the mess Sally made at the firm and Sally apologizing to their friends. The couple feels grateful yet wary of the new consequences.

When things seem to settle, friends attribute the upheaval to Sally's pregnancy, explaining away the chaos. This external justification threads through their social circle and keeps tensions subdued for a moment. The memory of the ordeal lingers as they pretend everything is back to normal.

Mr. Ram reveals that he made a mistake when reversing the switch, so Tim ends up pregnant instead of Sally. The revelation flips expectations and leaves the couple to confront an absurd new reality. The arrangement forces them to adjust to the consequences of the magical error.