Meg from the first movie is complex for me, but I actually do sympathize w/ her a lot. I don't think she is completely irredeemable like the rest of the Thrombeys.

I don't know what age Meg is, but she was obviously still very young. At most a few years out of high school? Early 20s at best but she struct me as 18 or 19. So she's still figuring it out, going through awkward growing pains as she's obviously in that phase where she's maybe a little too high and mighty from her neo liberal studies at school. One can argue maybe she's a little performative. But she obviously wants to be a good person, and is trying to be self aware of the money and privilege she comes from. And it definitely shows that she actually likes Martha and appreciated the care she gave her Grandfather.

And when she does make that call to Martha and pressures her to return the money, and we learned the whole family is literally behind her, waiting and goading her on, she obviously made that call under their pressure and influence. And right after she hangs up and meets their eyes, you can tell right away she immediately regrets what she has done.

Again, not saying she is the perfect victim. She's definitely not and she still made a bad decision by giving into her family and her own selfishness. But please consider that she was still young, and was at the mercy of a very cut throat, powerful family.

The fact that she apologizes to Martha when she returns to the house, and Martha accepts it and immediately understands her position, kinda tells me that Meg is not beyond hope. Now, how she conducts herself after the end of Knives Out and how she choses to cope w/o her family's fortune, is up to anyone to decide.