Judy “going up the stairs and never coming down?”

[Kittykittykittycats]

In her final episode, Mama’s Wedding, the only thing I recall is her walking down the aisle during the wedding ceremony. I don’t remember anything about her going upstairs and never coming back. Can someone please clear this up for me? Or was that not the actual episode?

[RetroGuy2000]

Yeah, her final episode is in Mother Winslow's wedding episode. There's never a scene there where she goes up the stairs.

It's because in other episodes, she says a line, and then goes upstairs. This myth grew that Judy goes upstairs and never comes down. It's grown so prevalent that it's become how people remember it, even though those scenes happened in different episodes. It's a good example of the Mandela Effect.

[rusty spike]

Why wasn't there a storyline explaining why she's no longer seen on the show?

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by rusty spike

Why wasn't there a storyline explaining why she's no longer seen on the show?

Jo Marie Payton says the producers told her "no one would even notice" she was gone. But we definitely noticed!

I couldn't watch the show after Judy was axed. The show felt so sinister, as if they were hiding the fact that one of their children was missing: no one talked about it, but you could see them eyeing the stairs...

Jo Marie indicates people asked her all the time about her missing daughter. She says she'll only do a reunion series if Judy "comes back down those stairs in the first episode". Love her!

If they do a reunion series, I'll only watch if Judy's in it, coming down those stairs. Maybe with a line like, "Boy, it seems like I've been upstairs a long time!"

[Kittykittykittycats]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Yeah, her final episode is in Mother Winslow's wedding episode. There's never a scene there where she goes up the stairs.

It's because in other episodes, she says a line, and then goes upstairs. This myth grew that Judy goes upstairs and never comes down. It's grown so prevalent that it's become how people remember it, even though those scenes happened in different episodes. It's a good example of the Mandela Effect.

Yes, exactly!!! It’s just like in I Love Lucy, how people think Ricky’s famous line is “Lucy, you got some ‘SPLAININ TO DO!!!” When in fact, I’ve seen every episode and he never says it. He does say “ok, this needs splainin” sometimes.