{"id":4293,"date":"2024-12-06T09:22:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T09:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T09:22:58","slug":"little-houses-darkest-two-parter-features-shows-horrific-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4293","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little House\u2019s Darkest Two-Parter Features the Show\u2019s Most Horrific Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When you think of\u00a0Little House on the Prairie<\/strong><\/em>, your mind probably goes to the opening sequence where the Ingalls girls run down the grassy hill chasing their dog Jack. But\u00a0not every episode of\u00a0Little House<\/em>\u00a0is particularly uplifting.\u00a0Some feature harsh and unthinkable moments<\/strong>\u00a0that can make the blood boil\u00a0and the heart sink. One such episode comes from the series’ sixth season, a two-parter titled “May We Make Them Proud.”\u00a0Longtime fans might recognize\u00a0this one immediately, but for the uninitiated, prepare for the show’s most horrific deaths \u2014 and it’s not even close.<\/p>\n

“May We Make Them Proud” Offers the Most Horrific Deaths in the Series<\/h2>\n
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<\/picture>What starts as a heartwarming episode about raising money for the local blind school \u2014 run by Mary (Melissa Sue Anderson<\/strong>) and her husband Adam Kendall (Linwood Boomer<\/strong>, yes, the guy who made\u00a0Malcolm in the Middle<\/strong><\/em>) \u2014 complete with some fun and lighthearted character moments, quickly turns into the evening from hell. After a full day of raising money and enjoying the company of\u00a0those around Walnut Grove, Mary, Adam, Hester-Sue (Ketty Lester<\/strong>), and Alice Garvey (Hersha Parady<\/strong>) spend some time relaxing at the dinner table. But unbeknownst to them, earlier that day,\u00a0Matthew Labyorteaux<\/strong>‘s Albert Ingalls\u00a0and another local boy had been sneakily smoking a pipe in the basement,\u00a0and it soon caught fire<\/strong>. It wasn’t long before the blind school began to burn down, and while that’s a tragedy on its own, it’s much worse when Mary realizes she left her baby.<\/p>\n

Hoping to save Mary and the baby, Alice Garvey sends Mary outside and heads back in for the child, only to get distracted by saving another. As heroic as her actions were, this results in\u00a0Alice being trapped in an upper room with no escape as she and the baby burn alive<\/strong>. Mary, Adam, Hester-Sue, and the children can do nothing but hear her scream. This is one moment where Mary and Adam are likely thankful to be unable to see, though we, the audience, are exposed to some of Alice’s final moments as she tries helplessly to break through the window. The whole thing is incredibly hard to watch and is arguably one of the more gruesome deaths on the show, leaving the outcome up to the imagination. You wouldn’t find this\u00a0in the real Ingalls story.<\/p>\n

Because of the tragedy,\u00a0Mary is left grief-stricken and for weeks says nothing<\/strong>\u00a0but sits quietly humming a lullaby to herself. This hits especially hard when we recall that this is now the second baby boy that Mary and Adam have lost. The first was lost via miscarriage in the Season 5 episode, “The Sound of Children,” so this baby’s death is a particular blow to the Kendall family. Though\u00a0Mary Ingalls didn’t get married or have children\u00a0in real life,\u00a0Little House\u00a0<\/em>aimed to give her a happier ending, though “May We Make Them Proud, Part 1” rips much of that away from her. For quite some time, Mary can’t even acknowledge that she lost a child, that is, until Albert gifts her a music box that plays the same lullaby, snapping her out of it and revealing that Albert believes himself responsible for the fire.<\/p>\n

Despite the Tragedy, This ‘Little House’ Episode Ends With Hope<\/h2>\n

The first hour of “May We Make Them Proud” is depressing. Aside from Mary’s resulting condition,\u00a0Jonathan Garvey (Merlin Olsen) takes his grief out on his son, Andy (Patrick Labyorteaux)<\/strong>, and actively blames God for the disaster. It seems as if this horror will forever mark the lives of the Kendall and Garvey families. But, thankfully, the two-parter doesn’t end on such a sour note. Thanks to the efforts of Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon<\/strong>), Jonathan and Albert are able to come to terms with what happened. In fact, the former even exclaims to the latter that the fire was nobody’s fault. Having been forgiven,\u00a0Albert returns home\u00a0to his father,<\/strong>\u00a0just like the prodigal son.<\/p>\n

This two-parter touches on the hardships of frontier living and thrives when waxing philosophical about the nature of why bad things happen. Jonathan’s struggle with his faith and ultimately finding it again (which feels akin to\u00a0episodes like “The Lord Is My Shepherd”) is a powerful motivator for the man in his final batch of episodes. It wouldn’t be long before Jonathan and Andy were written out of the show completely, moving to Sleepy Eye to find new work and start over.\u00a0Merlin Olsen would go on to lead his own series,\u00a0Father Murphy<\/strong><\/em>, with the help of Michael Landon, though it would only last two seasons. In any case,\u00a0“May We Make Them Proud” remains a powerful two hours of\u00a0Little House on the Prairie<\/em><\/strong>, forcing our characters to reconcile such tragedy with the true adage that life does indeed go on, even when it’s hard.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you think of\u00a0Little House on the Prairie, your mind probably goes to the opening sequence where the Ingalls girls run down the grassy hill chasing their dog Jack. But\u00a0not every episode of\u00a0Little House\u00a0is particularly uplifting.\u00a0Some feature harsh and unthinkable moments\u00a0that can make the blood boil\u00a0and the heart sink. 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