8.2/1028 votesLoading...#1 - Rolly Falls in Love
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1986
Rolly has his eye on the waitress at the diner around the corner, but he is too shy to approach her. So he asks Deacon Frye to approach her on his behalf. Deacon Frye meets the waitress named Leona and finds out she doesn't even know who Rolly is. But since she's so attractive, he decides to ask her out himself. But while having a romantic get-together at her place, they are surprised by the unexpected return of her husband. Deacon Frye narrowly escapes without getting caught, but when he stops by to tell Rolly what happened, Rolly makes a date with the real waitress he's had his eye on, Hannah. Oddly enough, he doesn't even know who Leona is.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1050 votesLoading...
#2 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1986
In the series pilot, Ernest Frye, a holier-than-thou deacon, is seeking a new minister for the First Community church.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1033 votesLoading...
#3 - The Morning After
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1986
Thelma intoxicates Reverend Gregory with her wine-cooked dinner, and he intoxicates her with a kiss. But the next morning, he has to break the news to her that he is not romantically interested in her, it was the alcohol that affected him. However, Thelma doesn't take the bad news very well, and gives him some charm of her own. Reuben also faces a dliemna with secretarial overstaffing.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Peter Noah
- 8.1/1030 votesLoading...
#4 - Thelma's Birthday
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1987
Deacon Frye slips and falls while shovelling snow, and hurts his back. The doctor treating the Deacon's back becomes romantically interested in Thelma, and competes with Rev. Gregory for her attention, on her birthday.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1026 votesLoading...
#5 - Wedding Bell Blues
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1988
Rev. Gregory is upset when the first couple he ever married accuses him of malpractice and negligent counseling. He is represented at his trial by attorney Frye, with surprising results. Meanwhile, Deacon Frye tries to turn the church into a wedding chapel, Las Vegas style.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1045 votesLoading...
#6 - The Courtship of Bess Richards
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1986
After hearing a beautiful gospel singer sing at a wedding, Deacon Frye decides to woo her so she will join the church and sing in the choir. He flatters her, and wines her and dines her to compel her to come, but his plan backfires when all the attention she is receiving causes her to fall in love with Deacon Frye, and she thinks he wants to marry her. At his wits end, he decides to tell her the truth, unaware of the wrath of a scorned woman.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1027 votesLoading...
#7 - Deliverance (2)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/1991
Appearances by James Brown and Lloyd Price aren't the only surprises during a telethon to save the church: Thelma delivers a baby boy. (Part 2 of 2) Her delivery overdue, Thelma attends a telethon.
Director: N/A
Writer: James R. Stein
- 7.9/1025 votesLoading...
#8 - Into the Night
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1987
A date with Frye lands Reuben's aunt in jail.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Jace Richdale
- 7.9/1022 votesLoading...
#9 - California Dreaming
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1987
Reuben contemplates accepting a new job in Los Angeles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1023 votesLoading...
#10 - The Twelve Songs of Christmas
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1987
The choir fights over which carol to sing in a competition.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 7.9/1022 votesLoading...
#11 - A Slight Case of Murder (2)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/1988
Deacon Frye has now defended Roxanne in court and she has been found not to have murdered her husband. Now, there is nothing to stand in the way of his romantic passions for her. After a brief romantic interlude, they decide to get married, even though Thelma strongly disapproves. At the wedding ceremony, Thelma does everything she can to interrupt the proceedings, but undaunted, Deacon Frye presses ahead with the ceremony. Not even a fire in the church could stop him from marrying the woman of his Dreams.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 7.9/1021 votesLoading...
#12 - Who Am I?
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1989
After tripping and falling during a fishing trip, Thelma looses her memory and can't remember who she is. She can't remeber that the Deacon is her father, and she forgets that she is in love with Ruben. To compensate, she takes on new personality and begins dating another man.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 7.9/1024 votesLoading...
#13 - The Honeymoon
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/1990
Plans for a Hawaiian honeymoon sour like yesterday's poi when a man tries to jump from the ledge of Thelma and Reuben's hotel suite.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1033 votesLoading...
#14 - Dueling Ministers
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1987
Rev. Johnny returns to give a sermon at the church.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1027 votesLoading...
#15 - Thelma's Reunion
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1987
As Thelma's high school reunion approaches, Thelma dreads coming to the reunion because of the way her life has turned out, and especially because of her old friend, Darlene Moore who she grew up with, and with whom she feels she could never match up. Meanwhile, the Reverend asks Thelma to go with him to her reunion, but then she finds out her father set it up. Meanwhile Cassietta is being audited by the IRS.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 7.8/1018 votesLoading...
#16 - Deacon Dearest
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1988
Deacon Frye takes a personal interest in the divorce of a church couple, when he finds out the husband of the distraught woman is a millionaire.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 7.8/1020 votesLoading...
#17 - A Slight Case of Murder (1)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1988
When an attractive & glamorous woman comes to Deacon Frye for help in the murder of her husband, Deacon Frye defends her in court, and falls for charms.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 7.8/1017 votesLoading...
#18 - Moving In
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1990
A lonely Deacon makes a pest of himself after the newlyweds return home from their honeymoon, and Thelma makes a huge mess when she tries to flambe' a chicken at her first dinner party.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1030 votesLoading...
#19 - The Deacon Delivers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1986
A wayward teen wants to be reinstated in the church choir after being away from it for a while. Pastor Gregory is anxious to reinstate her, until he finds out she is pregnant, and not married. Fearing that her example might be a bad one for other teens in the church, he asks her to leave the choir. But things come to a head when she goes into labor during a baby shower at Deacon Frye's house, and the deacon is the only one left to deliver the baby. Meanwhile, the gang is trying to learn to speak Italian.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Peter Noah
- 7.7/1029 votesLoading...
#20 - Reuben's Romance
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/1986
Rev. Gregory has a crisis of conscience when he is attracted to a widow who needs comforting in her time of grief. He wrestles with his conscience when she asks him to perform her wedding ceremony to another man, knowing that he wishes it was him.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Jace Richdale
- 7.7/1024 votesLoading...
#21 - Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1989
Everyone thinks Thelma needs help holding on to her man when the svelte ex-fiance of the Reverend's, Maxine Varnay, comes to Philadelphia and makes a beeline for the Reverend, intending to rekindle a love affair.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1031 votesLoading...
#22 - Miracle on 134th Street (1)
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/22/1990
Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1026 votesLoading...
#23 - Retreat, Heck!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1986
The church's planned retreat is not at all interesting to Deacon Frye, until he learns that a former client, whom he caused to spend 5 years in jail, is getting out, and blames him for his jail time. So now, Deacon Frye must join the rest of the church at the retreat so the angry former client can't find him.
Director: John Robins
Writer: David Lloyd
- 7.6/1023 votesLoading...
#24 - Casting the First Stone
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1987
While testifying in the church, Lorenzo admits to having an affair with an unnamed sister in the church, which starts the congregation speculating and gossipping, and turns member against member. In order for the church to get back to normal, and for people to stop speculating, the woman must come forward and also confess her illicit affair with Lorenzo. However, in an uncharactistic move, the congretation gels when the guilty party stands before them.
Director: John Robins
Writer: David Lloyd
- 7.6/1030 votesLoading...
#25 - The Rival
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1987
Deacon Frye hires a new attractive Sunday school teacher for the church, and Reuben falls for her, angering Thelma.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Peter Noah
The Best Episodes of Amen
Every episode of Amen ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Amen!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Rolly Falls in Love" is the best rated episode of "Amen". It scored 8.2/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/8/1986. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".