Cherry is certainly trying to be reasonable and—shockingly—even pledges to work with Honest Ernest! All to no avail, of course. And Cherry should know better, since Violet has a reputation for not changing her mind.

So, what happens next: Call on her garden club commandoes? Drive out to the mountains to get her survivalist brother? Or call on Mark to make a last stand on property that is not hers? I don’t see any way to take the Society to court; in fact, virtually anything Cherry does would likely be seen as illegal or actionable. I’d be more than surprised if she was able to talk Ernest into taking any kind of action that would hurt his business or contract. It’s a cracker of a problem. I have no idea, but I’m curious to see what Rivera comes up with. One alternative approach for Cherry is to go the way I suggested earlier:  Quit and find new customers: You can’t win ‘em all.