both of them are fucked up, but not irredeemably so. They have some good patterns and foundations that can be built upon, like Malcom's ability to reflect and learn, his loyalty or Marie's support of Malcom, her openness or willingness to let all her ugly hang out. But, they also have some extremely toxic habits.

They both need therapy. Malcom's priviledged upbringing does not mean he is without issues. The fact that he had a history of "saving" broken people or having an attraction to tragic figures points to some deep unacknowledged shit in his past.

I almost want to say Malcom has some personality disorder thing going on, but I don't think thats really the case since he's able to display empathy...to a point.

Marie has some obvious tells of trauma. Shes stuck in a loop...or she WAS stuck in a loop.