The BEST episodes written by Marshall Karp
#2 - Sing, Sister, Sing
Amen - Season 3 - Episode 21
A record producer wants to make a star out of Amelia, so the Deacon appoints himself her manager and books her in a club, so the producer can hear her sing. But not being an experienced manager, deacon Frye never checked out the kind of club he booked her into. It turns out the club is a dive that features strippers and women mud wrestlers.
#3 - A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Amen - Season 3 - Episode 22
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.
#4 - Get 'em up, Scout
Amen - Season 3 - Episode 5
To get a recommendation from the church board, the Deacon has to take a scout troop on a camping trip.
#5 - Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Amen - Season 3 - Episode 10
A rich widower is willing to make a substantial donation to the church, if the Deacon can match him up with a devout woman to be his bride. When the deacon invites him to a social at his house to introduce him to the eligible women in the church, he spots Thelma, and decides she is the one for him.
#6 - The Green Card
Amen - Season 3 - Episode 13
The Deacon's Swedish housekeeper will be deported unless she finds an American citizen willing to marry her. When her husband-to-be drops out at the last minute, Deacon Frye volunteers to stage a marriage ceremony to fool immigration.
#7 - The Deacon vs. the US Army
Amen - Season 4 - Episode 13
Frye defends Thelma in court-martial proceedings.
#8 - Moving In
Amen - Season 4 - Episode 19
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.