As of July 2026, Amen Season 3 aired in 1988 with 22 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Amen Season 3

1988 22 Episodes Comedy · Family ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Amen Season 3 is available on streaming right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 19 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Watch it for Sherman Hemsley — stay for everyone else around them. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Amen Season 3 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Amen Season 3 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 3 of Amen includes 22 episodes. It aired from October 1988 to April 1989. This season stars Sherman Hemsley, Clifton Davis and Anna Maria Horsford. Sherman Hemsley and Clifton Davis lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1988. What keeps Amen Season 3 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Amen Season 3. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Sherman Hemsley's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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🎬 Amen Season 3 — Episode Guide

While stuck on a discount flight to the Bahamas, with the gang, Thelma has to overcome her extreme phobia of flying. Little does she know that the pilot has turned green from eating a tuna sandwich, and is out cold. Who will fly the plane? Who will land the plane before they run out of fuel? Wil...

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Frye pushes Thelma to give Reuben an ultimatum.

Look at Me, I'm Running

Frye campaigns against an imprisoned state senator.

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 colde...

Get 'Em Up, Scout

To get a recommendation from the church board, the Deacon has to take a scout troop on a camping trip.

The Minister's Wife

Thelma tries to snare Rev. Gregory in matrimony, but the lavish church banquet she arranges to lure him turns into a washout thanks to the Deacon's faulty plumbing repairs.

The Housekeeper

Thelma moves in with Rev. Gregory, creating a church scandal that threatens to defrock the minister.

Thelma's Handyman

Thelma, at age 34, finds herself in a situation where she has to dissuade a 19-year-old admirer from chasing after her. And because everyone thinks they are having an affair, she tries to halt rumors linking her to the young handyman. The scandalous rumors have not set well with the Reverend, or t...

The Deacon's Donkey

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.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

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.

I Remember Mama

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 die...

The Reverend Ernest Frye

Thelma cares for Rev. Gregory, who's felled by the measles, and copes with the Deacon, who has appointed himself the new minister.

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.

The Psychic (1)

The Deacon and Thelma seek advice from a client whose psychic powers came from a bump on the head.

The Psychic (2)

Rev. Gregory looks for a way to convince Thelma that Tanya's prediction is bunk, while Thelma goes on an eating binge and Tanya dons a wedding gown. (Part 2 of 2)

The congregation thinks the Deacon must be punch-drunk for agreeing to manage boxer Windmill Pearsonâ€”until Windmill gets into the ring with a contender.

Nothing But the Truth

Rev. Gregory's mother comes to town for a visit, and is smitten by the deacon's charms. So much so, that they get caught in a compromising situation with her taking the deacon's pants off. On the other hand, she disapproves of Thelma because of her large bone structure.

Tired of waiting for Rev. Gregory to marry her, Thelma decides to embark on a marketing career.

First Community Talent Show

Church members perform in a charity show. Songs include ""Triplets,"" ""Sonny Boy,"" ""I Remember It Well,"" ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,"" ""Livin' in America,"" and ""Amen."" Easter Seals poster child Joy Hall appears.

The Last Supper

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 foo...

🎭 Cast of Amen Season 3

Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley

Deacon Ernest Frye

Clifton Davis

Reverend Reuben Gregory

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

Barbara Montgomery

Barbara Montgomery

Casietta Hetebrink

Roz Ryan

Amelia Hetabrink

Jester Hairston

Jester Hairston

Elsa Raven

Tony T. Johnson

Tony T. Johnson

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