User blog comment:KidLego09/Max - Funny/Failed Antagonist and Opinions/@comment-4393544-20141219101005/@comment-24152851-20141221041347

I just felt she didn't need to try and kill everyone from the beginning. If she just did what she did in A Blast form the Past, only more frequently than she would've been fine as an antagonist. It was not a good idea to keep her cooped up and then let it all out at once in Scarlett Fever.

Yeah that's why I don't have an issue with Max lasting so long, he sort of had a purpose and was needed, even if he had to dodge that elimination to accomplish it. He was the only one who could give Scarlett her karma.