Previously on Little House...a lot of terrible things happened. Now, we begin with Charles buying Albert a $2.55 rifle to try and cheer him up. Seems the boy has been awful quiet and withdrawn lately. You know, because of the tragedy. But while in the store, Albert discovered a music box that plays Brahm's Lullaby, similar to the one Mary had before the fire, so in lieu of the rifle, Albert wanted the music box as a present for Mary...somehow I don't think that's a very good idea; so while Charles went to comfort Andrew on account of his abusive, alcoholic father, Albert went to see Mary. The poor Kendall woman was all but dead to the world, until Albert played the new music box for her, and boy did that get her going! She screamed for her baby at the top of her lungs. Albert shouted he didn't mean it and ran off just as Laura and Nellie came racing up to Mary's aid. You're batting a thousand and one, Albert. So while the drama raged on at Nellie's, Charles went to have a man-to-man talk with Jonathan and manages to make him see the true error of his ways and that his harsh treatment towards Andrew was not only hurting him, but in effect hurting Alice as well as himself. Well Jonathan's dark clouds have a silver lining, but as for Mary, her recovery was long and bleak. Amidst her earlier screaming fit, she recalled Albert screaming he 'didn't mean it' and 'it was an accident'. That's when Hester Sue told Charles about catching Albert and Clay in the basement the day of the fire. He went to find Albert, only to learn the boy had flown the coop. So together with Jonathan, they began their search.
They stop at the Mays residence to speak with Clay, who confesses to smoking in the basement with Albert the day of the fire, and then he ran away to dramatic music. Charles' worst fear was realized: Albert might have had something to do with that fire. So while Charles, Jonathan and Caroline sit around worrying about Albert, the little bugger had run away to the city to try and locate his biological father. Charles and Jonathan hurried to town because on a hunch, they figured he might try to do that for some reason. Well, Albert remained one step ahead of the men and located the farm of his old man. Guy by the name of Jeremy Quinn. Well, he does find Mr. Quinn, but...well, take a guess what happened to him. Yep, Albert finds an abandoned farm and a grave in the corner of the yard with 'J. Quinn' written on the cross. Now he felt truly alone in the world; Albert slept in the barn and by morning, he heard Charles and Jonathan, having discovered the boy's possible whereabouts from the judge, and quickly took off running. Thankfully, Jonathan somehow managed to get ahead of the boy, who apologized profusely and swore he couldn't go back, but Jonathan assured him the fire was nobody's fault and sometimes in life, a little rain must fall, but you must go on regardless and other such nonsense he'd learned from this experience. Charles proclaims his love for his son and they all go back to Walnut Grove. As for the future of the blind school, Adam's father agreed to help fund the rebuilding and even insisted on naming it, and this is the name he chose: "The Alice Garvey/ Adam Kendall Jr. School for the Blind." May we make them proud.
I honestly don't know what to say about this one. There was a horrible tragedy in which a woman and a small baby lose their lives, it pushes Mary nearly over the brink of insanity, Adam becomes an emotional wreck, Jonathan becomes a widow and an alcoholic and hurts what little family he has left, and instead of just confessing to the whole matter, Albert just runs away, adding to everybody's worry, but then when they catch him, they just let it go as if it was all no big deal. Oh yeah, people died, people were hurt, but hey, no big thing. This episode is one of the reasons I hate Albert, I think he was just a waste from the day he came to the very end. Charles should have left him in Winoka to rot; anyway, "May We Make Them Proud", I still don't see why this episode needed to be made. Just to add on the drama? They didn't already have enough? I say skip it and watch some of the far better episodes produced for Little House.
They stop at the Mays residence to speak with Clay, who confesses to smoking in the basement with Albert the day of the fire, and then he ran away to dramatic music. Charles' worst fear was realized: Albert might have had something to do with that fire. So while Charles, Jonathan and Caroline sit around worrying about Albert, the little bugger had run away to the city to try and locate his biological father. Charles and Jonathan hurried to town because on a hunch, they figured he might try to do that for some reason. Well, Albert remained one step ahead of the men and located the farm of his old man. Guy by the name of Jeremy Quinn. Well, he does find Mr. Quinn, but...well, take a guess what happened to him. Yep, Albert finds an abandoned farm and a grave in the corner of the yard with 'J. Quinn' written on the cross. Now he felt truly alone in the world; Albert slept in the barn and by morning, he heard Charles and Jonathan, having discovered the boy's possible whereabouts from the judge, and quickly took off running. Thankfully, Jonathan somehow managed to get ahead of the boy, who apologized profusely and swore he couldn't go back, but Jonathan assured him the fire was nobody's fault and sometimes in life, a little rain must fall, but you must go on regardless and other such nonsense he'd learned from this experience. Charles proclaims his love for his son and they all go back to Walnut Grove. As for the future of the blind school, Adam's father agreed to help fund the rebuilding and even insisted on naming it, and this is the name he chose: "The Alice Garvey/ Adam Kendall Jr. School for the Blind." May we make them proud.
I honestly don't know what to say about this one. There was a horrible tragedy in which a woman and a small baby lose their lives, it pushes Mary nearly over the brink of insanity, Adam becomes an emotional wreck, Jonathan becomes a widow and an alcoholic and hurts what little family he has left, and instead of just confessing to the whole matter, Albert just runs away, adding to everybody's worry, but then when they catch him, they just let it go as if it was all no big deal. Oh yeah, people died, people were hurt, but hey, no big thing. This episode is one of the reasons I hate Albert, I think he was just a waste from the day he came to the very end. Charles should have left him in Winoka to rot; anyway, "May We Make Them Proud", I still don't see why this episode needed to be made. Just to add on the drama? They didn't already have enough? I say skip it and watch some of the far better episodes produced for Little House.