By this point the movie is in its third act and that means something big is going to occur. We see Markus going over to Jessica’s apartment. Arthur wants to take a bath with Markus. I heard that it’s culturally acceptable to take baths with other people in Germany. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Next we see Markus getting ready to take off his clothes to enter the tub with Arthur already in it. They then play around in the tub. It’s the cutest shit ever!
While they are playing together in the tub, Jessica finds that she has run out of milk. She finds Markus’ key to his apartment and decides to borrow his milk. I always get so anxious during the next scene because while she is over there she discovers a photograph of her son hanging up on a thread. Ugh, this part makes me want to yell “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Leave! Go back! Stop being nosy.” at Jessica.
Now cut back to bath time, Arthur asks Markus if he loves him. Markus says yes (you just know he wants to tell Arthur he’s in love with him). Arthur then says how much he loves Markus in the cutest way possible. He’s such a cutie. No wonder Markus fell for him.
Cut back to mom snooping around. If things couldn’t get worse than what they are already, she then comes across Markus’ drawer filled with photos of boys he collected and took throughout the years. This situation just went from bad to nightmare. It’s an unfortunate situation for everyone. I’m sure Jessica is just absolutely mortified to come across this revelation about the man she loved so dearly and allowed into her family life, especially since her ex was a terrible guy.
Markus walks in. Jessica notices him and admittedly confronts him, asking repeatedly: “what is this!” He doesn’t respond. Jessica gets frustrated enough to the point that she starts to hit him but not hard. She assumes he was just using her to get to her son. She tells him she never wants to see him again. Markus has a moment of mental breakdown. He tells her how much he hates having his attraction to children; it’s like being in a prison, according to him… a prisoner of your own mind. In a moment of drastic behavior, he tries to kill himself with a knife; cutting into his arm. We never see what happens right after but I assume Jessica called for emergency help.