5.6/1019 votesLoading...#1 - Man on a Ledge
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1988
Frye tries to erase Thelma's angry phone message.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1018 votesLoading...
#2 - Thelma Says, I Do
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1989
Everything goes wrong that could possibly go wrong on Thelma's wedding day; the wrong wedding dress is delivered to the house and Rev. Gregory comes down with wedding-day jitters.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 6.0/1022 votesLoading...
#3 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1988
Frye pushes Thelma to give Reuben an ultimatum.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1014 votesLoading...
#4 - I Remember Mama
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/1989
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: N/A
Writer: Peter Noah
- 6.3/1016 votesLoading...
#5 - A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/22/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1019 votesLoading...
#6 - Deacon's Dilemma
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/1990
The Deacon swears off defending sleazy clients after he falls for the new assistant minister, who thinks he is a perfect Christian man, and looks to him for inspiration. So much so, that she decides to make a drastic change in her life so she can be a help to her fellow man, just like the Deacon.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1020 votesLoading...
#7 - 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 votesLoading...
#8 - 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
- 6.3/1018 votesLoading...
#9 - 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
- 6.4/1018 votesLoading...
#10 - The Roast
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1990
Deacon Frye is the subject of an honorary roast.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1022 votesLoading...
#11 - The Magician
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1987
Aspiring magician Frye auditions for a children's show.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: David Lloyd
- 6.5/1020 votesLoading...
#12 - The Fantasy
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1988
Thelma daydreams about a honeymoon with the Reverend, but the Deacon has his own vision of being with someone special, and where having the minister as a son-in-law creates lots of problems for him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Cohen
- 6.5/1023 votesLoading...
#13 - 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
- 6.5/1018 votesLoading...
#14 - 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
- 6.6/1016 votesLoading...
#15 - Look at Me, I'm Running
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1988
Frye campaigns against an imprisoned state senator.
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Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1019 votesLoading...
#16 - 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
- 6.6/1019 votesLoading...
#17 - The Wild Deak
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/1991
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1018 votesLoading...
#18 - The Divorce Lawyer
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1987
A forlorn woman comes to Deacon Frye's office seeking a divorce from her husband who she suspects is cheating on her. Frye sends his undercover detective to follow the man, and is informed that the husband is definitely cheating. However, after being misinformed, Frye tells the woman that her husband is unfaithful. Meanwhile, the church board votes in a new chairman to replace the deacon.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: David Lloyd
- 6.7/1019 votesLoading...
#19 - The Deacon's Donkey
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1988
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1022 votesLoading...
#20 - You're in the Army Now (Part 1)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1989
Thelma joins the Army, intending to become one lean, mean fighting machine. (Part 1 of 2)
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1018 votesLoading...
#21 - The Wedding
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1990
Thelma and Reuben are finally ready to tie the knot, but the minister isn't: a sedative puts him to sleep during the ceremony and there are no other ministers available to perform the ceremony.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1023 votesLoading...
#22 - 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
- 6.7/1020 votesLoading...
#23 - Nothin' Says Lovin' ...
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/2/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1020 votesLoading...
#24 - Court of Love
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1988
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1022 votesLoading...
#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Amen
Every episode of Amen ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Amen!
Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Man on a Ledge" is the worst rated episode of "Amen". It scored 5.6/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/16/1988. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Thelma Says, I Do".