7.1/1015 votes#1 - Love, Deacon Style
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/1990
On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1021 votes
#2 - Two Men, One Woman and a Baby
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 12/1/1990
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robin J. Stein
- 6.8/1022 votes
#3 - Child's Play
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/1990
Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1023 votes
#4 - Yo, Deak
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 12/15/1990
Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""
Director: N/A
Writer: James R. Stein
- 7.7/1031 votes
#5 - 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
- 7.5/1024 votes
#6 - Miracle on 134th Street (2)
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/22/1990
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Director: N/A
Writer: James R. Stein
- 6.6/1019 votes
#7 - Judge Deacon Frye
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/29/1990
Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1020 votes
#8 - The Gospel Truth
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/5/1991
Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1020 votes
#9 - Lights, Camera, Deacon
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/1991
Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1026 votes
#10 - Unforgettable
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/1991
Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.
Director: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1019 votes
#11 - Ernie and the Sublimes
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/2/1991
The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1023 votes
#12 - The Deacon's Slam Dunk
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2/9/1991
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?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1018 votes
#13 - Three Men and a Hammer
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/1991
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1020 votes
#14 - Nothin' Says Lovin' ...
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/2/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1021 votes
#15 - My Fair Homeboy
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 3/9/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1020 votes
#16 - A Star is Burned
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/1991
Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1019 votes
#17 - Deak-Scam
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/1991
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
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1019 votes
#18 - The Wild Deak
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1022 votes
#19 - Three's a Crowd
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/1991
Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1018 votes
#20 - Date with an Angel
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/1991
At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1025 votes
#21 - Deliverance (1)
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/1991
Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1027 votes
#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Amen Season 5
Every episode of Amen Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Amen Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Love, Deacon Style" is the best rated episode of "Amen" season 5. It scored 7.1/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/17/1990. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Two Men, One Woman and a Baby".