Mia and Jason seem to go swimmingly and Mia jogs in fur, which (sorry, PETA) is amazing. To make amends, she becomes the foster parent to a dog (per the suggestion of the awesome Mary Testa) and tries to convince it to love her. Jason falls asleep during an encouragingly suggestive almost-sex scene. Wallace Shawn works for the pet adoption service and decides that Mia isn"t ready for a dog. She becomes determined to show that she is, in fact, ready. But, she"s not really. She decides that she and Jason aren"t right for each other because they aren"t all over each other all of the time, and she may be right about that one. She decides that because she feels more right about the dog than about Jason, she has to have it.
Zoë gets really type-A with mommy duties now that she"s unemployed. Eric tries to get her to recharge, but she"s "go, go, go." She tries to learn Italian, and we learn that Adam the Manny speaks it fluently. Pretty. Clayton keeps trying to ask her questions about the Tate deal that they worked on together. It sounds like it might be falling apart without her. It looks like she"s going back.
Juliet has to fight a takeover bid from a corporate raider. Also, Gerard decides that he wants a new architect for the project that they"re working on. She and the raider, Len Dinerstein, do that urbane flirting thing where they act like they are burning holes through the other person"s head with their eyes. She goes on a date with him, but he buys even more stock in her company, furthering his takeover bid. Zoë asks Juliet to interview Eric for the architect position. She does so, hesitantly, and Gerard hires him.
Lily Parish is in a tizzy because Zac Posen drops them from his show. I guess they were the sponsors of his show? This apparently means that Caitlin has to find a new designer, so she chooses this young guy right out of design school. She keeps talking about how she"s giving him the chance of a lifetime, but he doesn"t finish his designs in time for Fashion Week. So, Caitlin gets the bright idea to send all of the models down the runway in matching flesh-colored swimsuits with crazy doo-dads on their eyes. It Kills!