Meredith came to New Salem to escape her abusive boyfriend in New York. Hoping to start a new life, Meredith finds the town she resides in to be boring and filled with morons, who she frequently berates, often to their faces. Quick witted and always down for a party, Meredith and Sue have become close in the past year working together and seem to have a certain connection that keeps them a part of each other's lives.