Amen

This episode is probably the most balanced in terms of writing for all the characters. It's an ensemble story, and Sherman Hemsley's deacon is not exactly in a supporting role, but he does not dominate the action as he does in so many episodes. Here, the focus is on Lorenzo (Franklyn Seales) and the women of the church. And the reverend plays a significant role when many of the ladies go to him confessing a relationship with Lorenzo. What's really good about David Lloyd's script is that it's basically a mystery right up to the end. We don't know which one Lorenzo had intimate relations with, and when they all confess, it is sort of suggested that maybe they all were involved with him in some way. If it truly is that Amelia was the woman with whom Lorenzo knew in a biblical sense, then this is the only time Amelia is allowed to cross the line that way. She appears chaste in most of the episodes. The dalliance between her and Lorenzo is never alluded to again, and Lorenzo's love life is never used again as the basis for any more stories.