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The Best Episodes of Amen Season 3

Every episode of Amen Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Amen Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Amen Season 3 Episode 1 - Fear of Flying
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #1 - Fear of Flying

    S3:E1

    While stuck on a discount flight to the Bahamas, with the gang, Thelma has to overcome her extreme phobia of flying. Little does she know that the pilot has turned green from eating a tuna sandwich, and is out cold. Who will fly the plane? Who will land the plane before they run out of fuel? Will Thelma's worst fears be realized? Will the Reverend be able to say anything to Thelma to make her not afraid?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Amen Season 3 Episode 2 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
    6.2/10(24 votes)

    #2 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

    S3:E2

    Frye pushes Thelma to give Reuben an ultimatum.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Amen Season 3 Episode 3 - Look at Me, I'm Running
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Look at Me, I'm Running

    S3:E3

    Frye campaigns against an imprisoned state senator.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Amen Season 3 Episode 4 - Court of Love
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #4 - Court of Love

    S3:E4

    The Deacon can't keep his mind on church business when a comely legal assistant (Loretta Divine) is brought in by Rev Gregory to assist him on an insurance case. The church needs to win the court case against the insurance company in order to get a new boiler for heat in the church, during the coldest winter on record. The Deacon is so completely smitten by his new assistant that he may be in danger of losing the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Amen Season 3 Episode 5 - Get 'Em Up, Scout
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #5 - Get 'Em Up, Scout

    S3:E5

    To get a recommendation from the church board, the Deacon has to take a scout troop on a camping trip.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Amen Season 3 Episode 6 - The Minister's Wife
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #6 - The Minister's Wife

    S3:E6

    Thelma tries to snare Rev. Gregory in matrimony, but the lavish church banquet she arranges to lure him turns into a washout thanks to the Deacon's faulty plumbing repairs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Amen Season 3 Episode 7 - The Housekeeper
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #7 - The Housekeeper

    S3:E7

    Thelma moves in with Rev. Gregory, creating a church scandal that threatens to defrock the minister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Amen Season 3 Episode 8 - Thelma's Handyman
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Thelma's Handyman

    S3:E8

    Thelma, at age 34, finds herself in a situation where she has to dissuade a 19-year-old admirer from chasing after her. And because everyone thinks they are having an affair, she tries to halt rumors linking her to the young handyman. The scandalous rumors have not set well with the Reverend, or the young man's girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Amen Season 3 Episode 9 - The Deacon's Donkey
    6.7/10(20 votes)

    #9 - The Deacon's Donkey

    S3:E9

    The animals in the congregation's live Nativity scene include a goat that sends Rev. Gregory up a tree and an ailing donkey that finds a place in the Deacon's heart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Amen Season 3 Episode 10 - Matchmaker, Matchmaker
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Matchmaker, Matchmaker

    S3:E10

    A rich widower is willing to make a substantial donation to the church, if the Deacon can match him up with a devout woman to be his bride. When the deacon invites him to a social at his house to introduce him to the eligible women in the church, he spots Thelma, and decides she is the one for him.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Amen Season 3 Episode 11 - I Remember Mama
    5.8/10(15 votes)

    #11 - I Remember Mama

    S3:E11

    Certain he is dying, Deacon Frye begins to reminisce about the love he had for Thelma's mother, and how she used to take care of him. He begins to tell Thelma about her late mother, about the day Thelma was brought home from the hospital, and about the day he had to tell her that her mother had died.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Noah

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  12. Amen Season 3 Episode 12 - The Reverend Ernest Frye
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #12 - The Reverend Ernest Frye

    S3:E12

    Thelma cares for Rev. Gregory, who's felled by the measles, and copes with the Deacon, who has appointed himself the new minister.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Amen Season 3 Episode 13 - The Green Card
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #13 - The Green Card

    S3:E13

    The Deacon's Swedish housekeeper will be deported unless she finds an American citizen willing to marry her. When her husband-to-be drops out at the last minute, Deacon Frye volunteers to stage a marriage ceremony to fool immigration.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Amen Season 3 Episode 14 - The Psychic (1)
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    #14 - The Psychic (1)

    S3:E14

    The Deacon and Thelma seek advice from a client whose psychic powers came from a bump on the head.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Amen Season 3 Episode 15 - The Psychic (2)
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #15 - The Psychic (2)

    S3:E15

    Rev. Gregory looks for a way to convince Thelma that Tanya's prediction is bunk, while Thelma goes on an eating binge and Tanya dons a wedding gown. (Part 2 of 2)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Amen Season 3 Episode 16 - The Boxer
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Boxer

    S3:E16

    The congregation thinks the Deacon must be punch-drunk for agreeing to manage boxer Windmill Pearson—until Windmill gets into the ring with a contender.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Amen Season 3 Episode 17 - Nothing But the Truth
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Nothing But the Truth

    S3:E17

    Rev. Gregory's mother comes to town for a visit, and is smitten by the deacon's charms. So much so, that they get caught in a compromising situation with her taking the deacon's pants off. On the other hand, she disapproves of Thelma because of her large bone structure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Amen Season 3 Episode 18 - Career Girl
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Career Girl

    S3:E18

    Tired of waiting for Rev. Gregory to marry her, Thelma decides to embark on a marketing career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Amen Season 3 Episode 19 - First Community Talent Show
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #19 - First Community Talent Show

    S3:E19

    Church members perform in a charity show. Songs include ""Triplets,"" ""Sonny Boy,"" ""I Remember It Well,"" ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,"" ""Livin' in America,"" and ""Amen."" Easter Seals poster child Joy Hall appears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Amen Season 3 Episode 20 - The Last Supper
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #20 - The Last Supper

    S3:E20

    While trying to cook a fancy dinner to impress the head of the church council, Thelma refuses the help of the Hetebrink sisters and decides to cook the meal by herself. After she feeds some of her food to the neighbor's pet hamster, and it dies, Thelma fears she served the church board poisoned food, and they all must rush to the hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Amen Season 3 Episode 21 - Sing, Sister, Sing
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #21 - Sing, Sister, Sing

    S3:E21

    A record producer wants to make a star out of Amelia, so the Deacon appoints himself her manager and books her in a club, so the producer can hear her sing. But not being an experienced manager, deacon Frye never checked out the kind of club he booked her into. It turns out the club is a dive that features strippers and women mud wrestlers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Amen Season 3 Episode 22 - A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #22 - A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

    S3:E22

    The Reverend, Dea Frye, and Rollie try to talk a young man into going to college, and try to give him examples of what their lives would have been like had they not gone to college themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Fear of Flying" is the best rated episode of "Amen" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/8/1988. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?".