After taking care of the wet bandits and making a new friend in his elderly neighbor Marley as he learns that Marley is a misunderstood and mistreated just like Kevin, He starts to feel sorry for the way he retaliated against his family's mistreatment even though he knows that they were also at fault for bullying him in the first place.
When his Mother comes back and apologizes for forgetting him and is joined by Kevin's father and siblings, who waited in Paris until they could obtain a direct flight to Chicago. They don't apologize to Kevin but are impressed with his self-sufficiency.
Kevin keeps silent about his encounter with Harry and Marv, although Peter finds Harry's knocked-out gold tooth. Kevin then observes Marley reuniting with his son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter. Marley notices Kevin, and the pair wave to each other. Just then, Buzz, whose room was damaged during the fiasco, yells at Kevin who runs out of the house.