In the early seasons, Meadow is introduced as a smart but spoiled partygoer, whose over-dramatic personality and tendency of living in a state of denial reveal a somewhat troubled upbringing.

After struggling through her first year at Columbia University, she volunteered regularly at the South Bronx Law Center.

Meadow was often resentful of her lineage, stemming from a string of failed relationships, beginning with a fellow Columbia student named Noah Tannenbaum.

Jackie ultimately organized a robbery involving a card game in which one man was killed and two others wounded.

Her acceptance of his murder spiraled into problems elsewhere, as she struggled with depression and used alcohol and drugs while a college freshman.

Publicly, she cited her father's position as a "waste management consultant," but in closer circles, she rationalized the Mafia as a cultural tradition borne out of discrimination against her ancestors' social and ethnic origins.

In the series' final scene, she is shown outside the diner where she arrived late for meeting her family for dinner.