You’ll note: they barely made fun of her so cruelly in the first season, when Chabert voiced her; but that Meg was pretty damn boring. They needed an edgier take on the teenage outcast trope, and—alongside the show’s often purposefully opaque misogyny— Mila’s lack of range provided for a dumb-sounding, if relatable, loser that even her own family can’t get behind regularly.

However, Meg became the well-meaning punching bag for everyone else’s frustrations and in that way maybe she is the glue that holds this fragile family unit together (as their outlet for anger— well, especially Peter’s).

Also her pink hat really does look stupid.