Amen: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Amen Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
California Dreaming
Oct 3, 1987
Reuben contemplates accepting a new job in Los Angeles.
Dancing in the Dark
Oct 17, 1987
A rivalry is renewed when Deacon Frye is pitted against an old law-school classmate, in defending a palimony suit. Deacon Frye decides to settle their rivalry in court.
Thelma's Reunion
Nov 7, 1987
As Thelma's high school reunion approaches, Thelma dreads coming to the reunion because of the way her life has turned out, and especially because of her old friend, Darlene Moore
Deacon on the Line
Nov 14, 1987
The Deacon is left to his own devices when a teen-hotline caller threatens suicide.
Thelma's Birthday
Dec 5, 1987
Deacon Frye slips and falls while shovelling snow, and hurts his back. The doctor treating the Deacon's back becomes romantically interested in Thelma, and competes with Rev. Greg
Thelma's Little Girl
Dec 12, 1987
Thelma becomes a foster parent to a precocious nine-year-old girl.
The Twelve Songs of Christmas
Dec 19, 1987
The choir fights over which carol to sing in a competition.
Snakes Alive
Jan 2, 1988
After the Deacon runs out of the church in mortal terror, the Reverend discovers that his panic was due to a fake rubber snake someone had left behind. And because of that inciden
To Catch a Thief
Jan 23, 1988
After money from the collection plate comes up missing, the Reverend and the Hetebrinks believe that Jeanette may have stolen it. And when Jeanette buys Thelma an expensive gift,
Stranded
Feb 20, 1988
At a church retreat in the mountains, the Deacon has a spiritual reawakening after almost freezing to death during a blizzard. Thanks to Amelia, who took quick action to help save
Deacon Dearest
Feb 27, 1988
Deacon Frye takes a personal interest in the divorce of a church couple, when he finds out the husband of the distraught woman is a millionaire.
The Fantasy
Mar 5, 1988
Thelma daydreams about a honeymoon with the Reverend, but the Deacon has his own vision of being with someone special, and where having the minister as a son-in-law creates lots of
Wedding Bell Blues
Mar 12, 1988
Rev. Gregory is upset when the first couple he ever married accuses him of malpractice and negligent counseling. He is represented at his trial by attorney Frye, with surprising r
A Slight Case of Murder (1)
Apr 30, 1988
When an attractive & glamorous woman comes to Deacon Frye for help in the murder of her husband, Deacon Frye defends her in court, and falls for charms.
A Slight Case of Murder (2)
May 7, 1988
Deacon Frye has now defended Roxanne in court and she has been found not to have murdered her husband. Now, there is nothing to stand in the way of his romantic passions for her.