The CBS sitcom Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage closed the second part of its Season 2 finale on Thursday, May 21 with a brief on-screen tribute to costume supervisor Phyllis Gilliam.
The card that rolled at the end of the episode read, "In loving memory, Phyllis Gilliam, January 26, 1956 – March 23, 2026." Gilliam, 70, had worked on the series throughout its first season and early on during the second season; her last production credit on the show is listed through Season 2, Episode 5.
phyllis gilliam georgie and mandy appeared together on viewers' screens in that quiet moment, the show naming her by full dates as it wrapped its two-part finale. Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage wrapped its second season in back-to-back parts on Thursday, May 21, and CBS had announced in January that the series is set to return for Season 3 this fall.
Gilliam’s television and film résumé reached well beyond the franchise installment. She served as wardrobe or costume supervisor for Home Economics throughout its three-season run and was credited on series including Splitting Up Together, Great News, 68 Whiskey, Agent Carter and Numb3rs. Her work as a costume supervisor also appears on Mulaney, The Upshaws, Miracle Workers, Wicked City, Gang Related and Mob City, and she is credited on the 2008 movie Role Models. Her first credit in the role came on Don't Shoot Me! from 2001 to 2003.
The placement of the tribute underscores a small but real tension in how television production remembers crew: Gilliam’s on-screen credit for Georgie & Mandy ends at Season 2, Episode 5, yet the series chose the Season 2 finale — filmed and delivered after that point — to carry the show's public acknowledgement. She died on March 23, 2026, and the finale tribute, appearing as the season closed on May 21, served as the program’s formal public recognition of her passing.
For viewers, the moment was concise and specific — a name, birth and death dates, a single line on a black screen. For a crew member whose credits stretch across sitcoms, dramas and a feature film, the card was a deliberate, on-camera acknowledgment that her work on the show and in the industry will be listed alongside the seasons that follow. With the series already greenlit for Season 3 this fall, the tribute ensures Gilliam’s contribution to Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage is part of the record as the show moves forward.
