The BEST episodes of Amen season 4
Every episode of Amen season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Amen season 4!
One year after the demise of The Jeffersons, Sherman Hemsley returned to television to star in another hit sitcom as Ernest Frye, the lawyer and scheming deacon of First Community Church of Philadelphia, and who intended to keep it under his thumb. Unfortunately, the new minister, Rev. Reuben Gregory, had other ideas and every week he quietly deflated the strutting deacon. Both, of course, really had the church's best interests at heart. Frye's 30-year-old romantically frustrated daughter, Themla, developed a massive crush on the new pastor. Other members of the church board included chattering sisters, Amelia and Casietta Hetebrink and Rolly, the board's wise old voice of reason.
#1 - Thelma Frye, Dough Girl
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1989
Thelma is home on a weekend pass for the Christmas holiday, which affords her the perfect opportunity to be the perfect hostess, the perfect cook and the perfect wife-to-be for Rev. Gregory.
#2 - You're in the Army Now (1)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1989
Thelma joins the Army, intending to become one lean, mean fighting machine.
#3 - Sergeant in Arms
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1989
Fearing he's lost Thelma to Sgt. Burke, Rev. Gregory puts up a fight when she comes home on a weekend pass with the sergeant in tow.
#4 - Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine
Season 4 - Episode 3 - 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.
#5 - Who Am I?
Season 4 - Episode 4 - 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.
#6 - Witness for the Defense
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1989
Frye gets his first big murder case.
#7 - TV or Not TV
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1989
As the congregation prepares for a TV appearance showcasing Sunday services, a street gang terrorizes the neighborhood and threatens to stop Rev. Gregory from delivering his sermon.
#8 - Don't Rain on My Shower
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1989
Thelma goes overboard at her bridal shower to impress her high school nemesis with reports that she's living the good life.
#9 - The Deacon and the Mother-in-Law
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1990
Frye entertains Reuben's mother in Atlantic City.
#10 - Trouble in Paradise
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1990
A brick doesn't need to fall on Thelma to remind her that the honeymoon is over; Reuben has lost interest in her and Thelma blames herself.
#11 - Who's Sorry Now?
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/17/1990
The Deacon and Amelia trade insults in and out of the courtroom after Amelia trips on the Deacon's steps and breaks her foot.
#12 - The Wedding
Season 4 - Episode 16 - 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.
#13 - The Engagement
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1989
Nobody in the First Community Church can keep a secret. When word gets out that Ruben is about to propose marriage to Thelma, the whole congregation drops what they were doing, and shows up at the church to witness the blessed event. But when the deadline comes and goes, and Rev Gregory doesnt make his move, everyone wonders if it will ever happen.
#14 - Where There's a Will
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1989
The Deacon's estranged father-in-law, who once disowned the Fryes, lies on his deathbed and tries to reconcile with the Deacon by leaving him an inheritance. But all bets are off when Grandpa Tillman begins to recover.
#15 - Thelma Says, I Do
Season 4 - Episode 8 - 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.
#16 - The Deacon vs. the US Army
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1990
Frye defends Thelma in court-martial proceedings.
#17 - The Honeymoon
Season 4 - Episode 17 - 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.
#18 - Moving In
Season 4 - Episode 19 - 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.
#19 - You're in the Army Now (2)
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1989
Rev. Gregory and the Deacon pay a visit to the Army base after a tough drill sergeant denies misguided private Thelma a weekend pass.
#20 - The Roast
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1990
Deacon Frye is the subject of an honorary roast.
#21 - Deacon's Dilemma
Season 4 - Episode 20 - 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.