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By Jeff

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This show isn't getting better.

Mia's parents show up at her office unexpectedly. They couldn't call, because they were busy being the stock busybody mom and passive dad on every other TV show ever created. Mia's mom sets Mia up with Jason, a neurosurgeon. They meet for coffee and he's totally a model and not at all a brain surgeon, but Mia seems to like him. He doesn't seem to be that into her, but he's nice. So, she asks him to act like her boyfriend at a party where she knows Jack will be. Jason's dating someone too. He totally makes a good show for Mia's friends, and later they decide to actually start dating, even though they're both Asian. Later, Jack sees Mia on the street and tells her that he's conflicted about breaking up. She says that she wants to move on.

Caitlin goes to a lesbian wedding shower with Alicia. She meets a cute guy while there and gives him her number. Not to put the kibosh on the Sapphic aspirations of this show, but she had so much more chemistry with wedding-shower dude than Alicia.

Zoë had been planning Luke's Laser Tag birthday party for months. Katherine plotted to have an important meeting moved to the day of the party, so Zoë would be gone and she could take control. Clayton totally enabled her chicanery. On the day of the party/meeting, Katherine lost control of the proceedings and had to call Zoë for help, at which point it became evident that it was Katherine and Clayton who wanted to change the meeting. This is war.

Davis bought Juliet a car. She was dealing with this sexy and difficult European guy at work, who is most likely going to be some sort of love interest. Later, Juliet sees Davis with Cilla. Turns out that Davis's hedge fund is in trouble and he asked Cilla for money. And, the car was purchased for appearances, not for romantic getaways with Juliet. She packs his bags and tells him they're finished. And, seriously, I don't consider myself a genius, but I'm not an idiot either, and I don't know why this episode was called "The Deciders." Want more? The full recap starts right below!

Previously: Zoë witnessed Katherine and Clayton having an affair, after which Katherine enjoyed a promotion. Caitlin is enmeshed in vague difficulties related to her maybe lesbian-ness. Mia wrote a Letter From The Publisher in Modern Man that was meant for Jack. Juliet told Davis that she would be having an affair as revenge for his fling with Cilla Gray, but she didn't.

It's morning in New York and there's our beloved Central Park. Zoë, in three-inch heels, is in a playground area of the park, giving an animated explanation of her vision for Luke's Laser Tag-themed birthday party to Eric. He bemusedly remarks that Zoë has been planning this party for eight months. Well, she doesn't want this party to turn out like last year's disaster. Waiting...but no -- no explanation of how last year's party was a disaster. Was Luke even potty-trained last year? He can hardly talk -- how can he be old enough to freak out about the quality of his birthday party? That said, I want to hear about the crappy birthday party. But, nothing. Eric says that Luke didn't have "a horrible time" at last year's birthday party, and Zoë says, "What an accomplishment! Aren't I supermom?" Eric says that yes, in fact, sometimes she is. I guess her supermom costume includes super-high heels and fake eyelashes and a fashion-y red suit with a slit up the back of the skirt to the thigh like she's wearing right now, because didn't normal Zoë give Katherine the stink-eye last week because she thought her office attire was inappropriate? What she's wearing is no more polished for a banking environment. I understand -- if you've got Pat Field on the payroll, you're going to let her do her thing -- but then don't have one of your leads point out that another person's clothing is too provocative and the week parade her around in stilettos and drag-queen eyes. Zoë gets a text on her Blackberry, makes a face, and tells Eric that she has to get into the office. Then, she runs off.

In Zoë's office, a meeting is taking place. This guy, who I'm assuming is someone they're representing for an acquisition (?), is wearing flannel and flip-flops at the conference-room table. I guess it's Dress Like Singles Or Other Equally Dated Grunge Reference Day. Katherine is in the meeting as well. Zoë bursts into the room and greets flip-flops as "Shane." He says that he just flew in that day and managed to "kill" Halo 3 and "throw down some code" for his new site.