If Olivia is the heart of the tragedy, Malcolm is the virus. Max Irons plays him with a chilling duality—charming on the surface, but hollow and cruel underneath. However, the true specter hanging over the series is the "Original Sin" of the Foxworth name: Corrine.
Olivia makes the fateful decision to hide the children in the attic to secure Corrine's inheritance. flowers in the attic the origin episodes
The prequel inserts a line absent from the original – “I had no mother to teach me. The house was my mother.” This reframes Olivia as raised by architecture of abuse, not by people. If Olivia is the heart of the tragedy, Malcolm is the virus