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Season 5 · 22 episodes · Nov 17, 1990

  1. Episode 1

    Love, Deacon Style

    Nov 17, 1990

    On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.

  2. Episode 2

    Two Men, One Woman and a Baby

    Dec 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.

  3. Episode 3

    Child's Play

    Dec 8, 1990

    Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""

  4. Episode 4

    Yo, Deak

    Dec 15, 1990

    Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""

  5. Episode 5

    Miracle on 134th Street (1)

    Dec 22, 1990

    Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)

  6. Episode 6

    Miracle on 134th Street (2)

    Dec 22, 1990

  7. Episode 7

    Judge Deacon Frye

    Dec 29, 1990

    Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.

  8. Episode 8

    The Gospel Truth

    Jan 5, 1991

    Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters her in a gospelfest.

  9. Episode 9

    Lights, Camera, Deacon

    Jan 12, 1991

    Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a fried-chicken mogul.

  10. Episode 10

    Unforgettable

    Jan 19, 1991

    Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.

  11. Episode 11

    Ernie and the Sublimes

    Feb 2, 1991

    The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.

  12. Episode 12

    The Deacon's Slam Dunk

    Feb 9, 1991

    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?

  13. Episode 13

    Three Men and a Hammer

    Feb 23, 1991

    Rapper MC Hammer has a dual role as a flamboyant minister and as himself, busting a move to keep Clarence in school. Guard: Jacques Apollo Bolton. Clarence: Bumper Robinson. Rev. Gregory: Clifton Davis.

  14. Episode 14

    Nothin' Says Lovin' ...

    Mar 2, 1991

  15. Episode 15

    My Fair Homeboy

    Mar 9, 1991

  16. Episode 16

    A Star is Burned

    Mar 23, 1991

    Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.

  17. Episode 17

    Deak-Scam

    Mar 30, 1991

    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!

  18. Episode 18

    The Wild Deak

    Apr 6, 1991

  19. Episode 19

    Three's a Crowd

    Apr 13, 1991

    Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.

  20. Episode 20

    Date with an Angel

    Apr 27, 1991

    At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.

  21. Episode 21

    Deliverance (1)

    May 4, 1991

    Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive granddaughter Darletta.

  22. Episode 22

    Deliverance (2)

    May 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.