On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.
Air date
November 17th, 1990
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5x2: Two Men, One Woman and a Baby
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...
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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.
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Air date
December 1st, 1990
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Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""
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December 8th, 1990
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Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""
Air date
December 15th, 1990
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5x5: Miracle on 134th Street (1)
Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)
Air date
December 22nd, 1990
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5x6: Miracle on 134th Street (2)
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December 22nd, 1990
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Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.
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December 29th, 1990
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Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.
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January 5th, 1991
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5x9: Lights, Camera, Deacon
Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.
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January 12th, 1991
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Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.
Air date
January 19th, 1991
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5x11: Ernie and the Sublimes
The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.
Air date
February 2nd, 1991
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5x12: The Deacon's Slam Dunk
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...
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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?
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February 9th, 1991
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5x13: Three Men and a Hammer
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February 23rd, 1991
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5x14: Nothin' Says Lovin' ...
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March 2nd, 1991
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March 9th, 1991
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Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.
Air date
March 23rd, 1991
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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...
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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!
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March 30th, 1991
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April 6th, 1991
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Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.
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April 13th, 1991
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At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.
Air date
April 27th, 1991
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Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.
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May 4th, 1991
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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,...
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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.
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Air date
May 11th, 1991
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