The women learn something about competing with men in the design business when they go up in a competition to win a bowling alley contract. This group of heterosexual men are terribly macho when it comes to proving their masculinity, and in trying to compete with them, the women become equally piggish. The resulting choice of unseen gay decorators teaches the women (as well as the male firm) something about good business practice, and that makes this a fair look at gender difference in business, ruthless business practices and what clients really don't want to deal with, a bunch of nonsense.
While this episode could have been another one with a lot of male bashing, the writing presents a fair viewpoint where the women are revealed to be just as childish in their efforts to score a client and the ways they go about getting it. Mary Jo gets schnockered on one beer and gets to act out her own views of how piggish men can be, actually forgetting at one point that she's a lady. Then Anthony tells the women how they make him feel when they involve him in things that he's uncomfortable about and they have to see the truth in that. This gives the sometimes maddening show a bit more respect in the sense that there's no way any unfair play can win in business, regardless of who's doing it.
While this episode could have been another one with a lot of male bashing, the writing presents a fair viewpoint where the women are revealed to be just as childish in their efforts to score a client and the ways they go about getting it. Mary Jo gets schnockered on one beer and gets to act out her own views of how piggish men can be, actually forgetting at one point that she's a lady. Then Anthony tells the women how they make him feel when they involve him in things that he's uncomfortable about and they have to see the truth in that. This gives the sometimes maddening show a bit more respect in the sense that there's no way any unfair play can win in business, regardless of who's doing it.