When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Annette Li arrives at a job interview at The Fromagery, a cheese shop in Madison, Wisconsin. Phyllis Hubbard, the co-owner, interviews her. Annette admits that she is struggling financially due to college tuition and has taken the interview out of necessity despite being lactose intolerant. Phyllis, unfazed, offers Annette a bottle of Lactaid and tells her she understands. She hires Annette on the spot and explains that business has tripled since the moon turned into cheese.

Phyllis warns Annette about a rival store across Capitol Square—DemocraCheese—run by her brother-in-law Ted. Annette admits that she has an interview there later that day but cancels it.

During her first shift, the shop becomes packed. Jack, Phyllis’s husband and co-owner, explains that they get three types of customers: regulars, tourists, and “weirdos.” While Jack and Phyllis fetch more cheese from the back, a young man asks Annette to pick a cheese for him. Annette warns him that she has no experience, but he insists. She makes a selection, and he leaves without complaint.

Later, Jack tries to persuade Annette to spy on DemocraCheese. Ted, Jack’s brother, banned him from the shop years ago. Curious, Annette agrees to retrieve a specific cheese for Phyllis: wensleydale.