The WORST episodes of Amen
Every episode of Amen ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Amen!
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 - Wedding Bell Blues
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1988
Rev. Gregory is upset when the first couple he ever married accuses him of malpractice and negligent counseling. He is represented at his trial by attorney Frye, with surprising results. Meanwhile, Deacon Frye tries to turn the church into a wedding chapel, Las Vegas style.
#2 - Stranded
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1988
At a church retreat in the mountains, the Deacon has a spiritual reawakening after almost freezing to death during a blizzard. Thanks to Amelia, who took quick action to help save his life.
#3 - The Talent Show
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1990
#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.""
#5 - The Last Supper
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1989
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.
#6 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1988
Frye pushes Thelma to give Reuben an ultimatum.
#7 - After the Fall
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1986
Rolly falls at the bank and, after the Deacon finagles, is awarded a settlement—which he refuses.
#8 - Thelma's Little Girl
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1987
Thelma becomes a foster parent to a precocious nine-year-old girl.
#9 - A Slight Case of Murder (2)
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/1988
Deacon Frye has now defended Roxanne in court and she has been found not to have murdered her husband. Now, there is nothing to stand in the way of his romantic passions for her. After a brief romantic interlude, they decide to get married, even though Thelma strongly disapproves. At the wedding ceremony, Thelma does everything she can to interrupt the proceedings, but undaunted, Deacon Frye presses ahead with the ceremony. Not even a fire in the church could stop him from marrying the woman of his Dreams.
#10 - The Boxer
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1989
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.
#11 - The Roast
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1990
Deacon Frye is the subject of an honorary roast.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Child's Play
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/1990
Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
#16 - 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)
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Your Christmas Show of Shows
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1986
The church is preparing to put on a Christmas pageant, when they find out that a TV crew is scheduled to come and broadcast the show on live TV. Everyone works feverishly long into the night to finish preparations for the event. But at the last minute, a heavy snowfall blankets Philadelphia in tons of snow. Now everybody is snowed-in, and no one shows up to watch the show, not even the film crew. Eventually, the kids in the show teach the congregation a lesson in faith & perseverence.
#20 - 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.
#21 - The Housekeeper
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1988
Thelma moves in with Rev. Gregory, creating a church scandal that threatens to defrock the minister.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.