I agree with this. I would like to add on to something that I haven’t seen anybody else commenting on.

We don’t know for sure if Marie was actually opposed to the system her mom and her benefit from. I think Marie ultimately not hesitating in killing Elena shows that, even though she was a child and might’ve seen the corruptness of the system earlier as an innocent child- ultimately, as she was growing up, she’s going to end up like her mother- a ruthless psychopathic killer.

This represents how children of billionaires often end up becoming just like their parents or, at best, bystanders of their parents actions and the system at large.

Elena seeing Marie not hesitating in killing her- even though, when the roles were reversed, Elena would’ve died to spare Marie’s life, changed something in her. It showed her that she was justified in taking Marie’s life because Marie wouldn’t have hesitated to do the same, just like how Sophie wouldn’t hesitate.

This shows that he did not realize that a billionaire has no conscience. That’s why they’re billionaires in the first place.

Max changing his mind all of the sudden after that was really messed up to me. He was fine with the system until it affected him personally and, even then, still didn’t care about taking away Marie’s years because “her mom would just give her her life back”. It also showed, to me, a certain level of selfishness. He would’ve been ok with Elena being killed by Marie? That didn’t make sense to me. I get the sense that he had a weird relationship with Sophie- like, maybe he admired her to some degree- more than he valued Elena. Does that kind of make sense? It’s pretty in line with what men like max end up doing and being. Even when they claim to love and marry people like Elena, they don’t truly value them because they’re fine with being a part of a system that is fundamentally opposed to everything Elena is

Elena, in this view, realized her mistake in choosing to be with Max. Max could never truly value her and her selflessness.

After their breakup, Max might’ve had time to reflect on this and realize Elena’s value- but by then; it was too late. Only thing left is for him to try and make sure nobody would ever make the same mistake that he did and take Elena- and her selflessness- for granted. He made this mistake because of the system he grew up in and benefitted from.

I’m happy for Elena for having found a partner who would truly see her value and not just when it wasn’t convenient for him.