The Best Episodes of Amen Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(16 votes)

   #1 - Love, Deacon Style

   S5:E111/17/1990

   On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.

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   7.1/10(22 votes)

   #2 - Two Men, One Woman and a Baby

   S5:E212/1/1990

   After a woman is car-jacked, with her baby still in the car with the theif, the thief drops the baby off on the doorsteps of the First Community Church. And since Thelma has no children of her own, whe makes plans to become the child's foster mother, against objections from the deacon and the Rev. Soon the child even begins to soften the deacon's stand. But in the end, Thelma is determined to hold onto the baby. . . until the child's mother shows up. Meanwhile, Deacon Frye is tax audited and owes Uncle Sam a large sum of money.

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   7.0/10(24 votes)

   #3 - Child's Play

   S5:E312/8/1990

   Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""

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   6.8/10(24 votes)

   #4 - Yo, Deak

   S5:E412/15/1990

   Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""

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   Writer:James R. Stein

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   7.9/10(32 votes)

   #5 - Miracle on 134th Street (1)

   S5:E512/22/1990

   Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)

   Director:Gary Shimokawa

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   7.6/10(25 votes)

   #6 - Miracle on 134th Street (2)

   S5:E612/22/1990

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   Writer:James R. Stein

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7. 

   6.7/10(20 votes)

   #7 - Judge Deacon Frye

   S5:E712/29/1990

   Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.

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   6.4/10(22 votes)

   #8 - The Gospel Truth

   S5:E81/5/1991

   Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.

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   7.4/10(21 votes)

   #9 - Lights, Camera, Deacon

   S5:E91/12/1991

   Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.

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    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #10 - Unforgettable

    S5:E101/19/1991

    Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.

    Director:Gary Shimokawa

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    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Ernie and the Sublimes

    S5:E112/2/1991

    The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.

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    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #12 - The Deacon's Slam Dunk

    S5:E122/9/1991

    Frye and Ruben both try to intervene when the Deacon's pro basketball player client, wants to marry Amelia and move to Italy. Will Love intervene instead and short-circuit the deacon's plans?

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13. 

    6.6/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Three Men and a Hammer

    S5:E132/23/1991

    Rapper MC Hammer has a dual role as a flamboyant minister and as himself, busting a move to keep Clarence in school. Guard: Jacques Apollo Bolton. Clarence: Bumper Robinson. Rev. Gregory: Clifton Davis.

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    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Nothin' Says Lovin' ...

    S5:E143/2/1991

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    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #15 - My Fair Homeboy

    S5:E153/9/1991

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    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #16 - A Star is Burned

    S5:E163/23/1991

    Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.

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    6.7/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Deak-Scam

    S5:E173/30/1991

    Judge Frye visits an old nemesis who tries to set him up in a sting operation. The judge is offered a large sum of money to alter the outcome of a certain case he presides over. And while everyone watches him on film, Judge Frye must make one of the toughest decisions of his life: whether to be honest and turn the money down, or enjoy the spice of life, with all that cash!

    Director:Michael Dimich

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    6.9/10(20 votes)

    #18 - The Wild Deak

    S5:E184/6/1991

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    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #19 - Three's a Crowd

    S5:E194/13/1991

    Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.

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    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Date with an Angel

    S5:E204/27/1991

    At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.

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21. 

    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Deliverance (1)

    S5:E215/4/1991

    Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.

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    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #22 - Deliverance (2)

    S5:E225/11/1991

    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.

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    Writer:James R. Stein

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