Originally aired as a two-hour installment, "May We Make Them Proud" features one of the series' most spectacular use of pyrotechnics in the show's eight-year history. A carelessly discarded pipe, left by Albert (Matthew Labyorteaux) and a friend, starts a fire that engulfs the blind school. Though most of the residents and teachers escape, Mrs. Garvey(Hersha Parady) and Mary's (Melissa Sue Anderson) baby perish in the inferno.
When it is discovered that the fire had been caused by a careless smoker, Albert becomes the doting brother to sister Mary who has completely withdrawn as a result of her child's death.
As a whole this is one of the series most dramatic installments. The scene wherein Mrs. Garvey tries to escape by breaking a windowpane, while holding the baby, is truly heart-wrenching.
When it is discovered that the fire had been caused by a careless smoker, Albert becomes the doting brother to sister Mary who has completely withdrawn as a result of her child's death.
As a whole this is one of the series most dramatic installments. The scene wherein Mrs. Garvey tries to escape by breaking a windowpane, while holding the baby, is truly heart-wrenching.