 When Emma picks up a one-dollar coin on the bus, she thinks it will bring her luck: She has a great job, and her boyfriend has just been promoted. In fact she loses her job, loses her man, loses her shares, and her dog dies. Finding herself in hospital after somehow ending up in the harbour, she discovers that it was actually a bad luck coin dropped by network supervisor Anson who has been in love with her for a long time. He leaves her a note explaining how she can make a wish come true if she peels an apple before midnight strikes. She follows the instructions, wishing herself back in time by three days. But although she carefully avoids the coin, it has stuck to the bottom of her shoe...