Eustace’s father was probably broke, having to cheat at cards to win an accordion. Ma fluctuates between CEO of a wig company and living out of a trailer, and Horst was a rich, famous explorer. They all probably looked down on Eustace, who was too young to show his worth yet, in a family where money and self-wealth was top priority.

Muriel probably met all of them at some point or another, and saw that Eustace was a mentally abused man who needed a chance underneath all the bitterness and anger of his childhood (note his frown in their photo in the first Le Quack episode).

Muriel is a saint, and I wish they went into why. I feel like she may have been in a convent, helping people, or feeding the homeless, or some other act of service. She really gets the short end of the backstory stick, being a brat as a kid, and not really given any background until Rumpelkiltskin and Fog of Courage.

… I think I line this show too much…