[On the phone with Francis] Then, she slid in the trash and ran off. I swear this family is falling apart.
[Elated] Yes! I knew this moment would come. They don't have their "scapegoat" around so everything goes to hell.
[Malcolm gets an idea forming in his head.]
No one realizes that I was the one who held this family together. Without me to blame everything on, they doesn't know what to do with themselves.
A scapegoat, thanks. [He quickly hangs up and faces the screen] He's right. This family needs a scapegoat. I started this, so I should be the one to end it.
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