Editing Judith Harper-Melnick (section)

== Biography ==
Alan realized marrying Judith was his biggest error, reflecting their mutual reliance on each other's issues. Judith became pregnant with Jake around two years after her marriage to Alan. She claims to have endured eight spinal injections for pain relief, though Alan disputes this, stating she requested them. Judith kicked Alan out of his home at the beginning of the series and embraced her newfound independence, supported by her monthly alimony from Alan. She lived luxuriously, renovated her kitchen, went on vacations to Hawaii, and even underwent cosmetic procedures like liposuction and breast augmentation. She was Alan's first wife, yet their marriage lacked warmth, with her admitting the only time she felt truly happy was during her pregnancy with Jake. She still harbored some feelings for him, especially after breaking up with a boyfriend who comforted her, leading to them making out and planning to have sex until Jake and Charlie walked in, interrupting them. She briefly tried to reconcile with Alan, but he saw through her unchanged nature. She later married Dr. Herb Melnick (Ryan Stiles), which brought Alan happiness as it meant no more alimony. In Season 6, their marriage hit a rough patch, leading to Herb's departure, which deeply hurt Judith, marking another failed union. Alan tried to comfort her, and they ended up making out, with Judith declaring she would never let him leave her. This only fueled Alan's decision to start a secret relationship. At the series' end, Judith was pregnant with either Alan's or Herb's child, giving birth to Milly Melnick in the season's final episode, with Charlie by her side. In Season 8, she expressed concerns about becoming Alan's neighbor, which was temporarily alleviated when Alan accidentally burned down Lyndsey's house shortly after. She and Herb were also involved in Alan's Ponzi scheme, contributing $15,000 and six months of child support payments. When Alan objected to the child support being for Jake, Judith responded, "Oh, don't be so naive." Judith appeared in just six episodes of Season 9. She made a brief cameo in "The Straw in My Donut Hole" when Alan suffered a heart attack, returning to [[Walden Schmidt|Walden]]'s house to look after him and waive his child support payments. In Season 10, Judith vanished from the show, with her absence only mentioned sporadically. Her reasons for leaving were never fully explained until "Run, Steven Staven! Run!", where Herb revealed their marriage had ended after Judith discovered him cheating with his receptionist .She brought their daughter Milly with her, while Herb stayed behind at their home.

Walden and Alan reach out to her, asking her to come and assist Herb in the pivotal episode "Someone Stole A Spoon," she comes and is reunited with him. Judith makes a comeback in the eleventh season, episode "Cab Fare and a Bottle of Penicillin," where she and Alan have a brief reunion and end up getting married in a drunken state. Their marriage ends when Judith discovers that Alan had proposed to Lyndsey before her. Her last scene on the show is in the series finale, "Of Course He's Dead," where Alan informs her that even though they're divorced, she was his true love. Judith replies, "How sweet," and mentions she has another call before hanging up on Alan.