What If...

S06E15

She's worried about the amount of people coming to her parents' surprise 31st anniversary party. Joe reassures her that everything will be fine. Alternate reality Julia has much better hair than regular Julia does. It's long and she's wearing it in a braid. Maybe it's not as trendy, but she also doesn't look like Carol Brady. Jan maybe, but not Carol. There's a commotion (the captioning literally said "commotion") as Charlie and Bailey walk in. Bailey explains they couldn't find place cards and wonders where they were supposed to get them. Julia says they could've gone to the store she put on their list. The boys look at each other and say, "The list!" From this we can deduce that alternate reality Charlie and Bailey are irresponsible and alternate reality Julia is a bit of a nag. Joe says he hasn't seen Charlie in a while as Charlie sits on the back of the booth. So, now we know that alternate reality Charlie doesn't frequent the restaurant, and was raised in a barn. Also, he wears a black leather coat. Julia wonders why they are even meeting since they will blow off their tasks and she will end up doing everything herself at the last minute. She suggests that the boys just go home and let her handle it. I told you she was a nag. Bailey gets a beer for himself and one for Charlie. Charlie is down with Julia doing everything, but Bailey and Joe protest. Charlie says he doesn't feel like getting "yelled at for forty-five minutes". I want to warn you that I might have a little residual bitterness here, because I planned a surprise twenty-fifth anniversary party for my parents and my brother did not help much, so I know where Julia's coming from. Granted, that was eight years ago, but I'm still kind of bitter. Anyway, Charlie wonders why they are even doing this since it's their 31st anniversary, and Julia reminds him of "last year's debacle". Charlie says the party was fine, and Julia says it was "beer and pizza on paper plates". Class-ay! Bailey says it "was kinda lame, man" and Charlie points out that Bailey helped him plan it. This causes Bailey to change his tune and say that it was great since there was "plenty of beer". Hey, do you think alternate reality Bailey likes to drink beer? Because I didn't get that from the fact that he was drinking and driving in the first scene, and drinking and planning in this one. I hope they give us some more clues before the episode is over. Julia yells at her brothers for their lack of gratitude for all their parents have done for them.