Amen
To Catch a Thief
Season 2, Episode 14 · Aired 1988-01-23
Synopsis
Deacon Frye's granddaughter Jeanette is accused stealing money collected at a fundraiser to start a day care center at the church. After he threatens to resign following the accusation, Ernest and Thelma suspect that Jeanette might actually be guilty when she comes home from the mall with an expensive bottle of perfume.
In the series
This episode is part of Amen (1986–1991) on NBC.
Sherman Hemsley takes the pulpit — church politics as sitcom battleground.
Key cast
- Sherman Hemsley as Ernest Frye
- Clifton Davis as Reuben Gregory
- Anna Maria Horsford as Thelma Frye
- Roz Ryan as Amelia Hetebrink