Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4936165-20140827005907/@comment-6175354-20140828181632

Rena Charming wrote:

Zelena and her connection to Regina's family was a bit of a curveball, but Greg and Tamara didn't just come out of nowhere, their introductions came before their revelation that they were evil.

While the Wicked Witch was foreshadowed several times, the way Zelena was introduced was kind of random. Let us forget, that she is Regina's sister.... it literally could have been any character, who acted as the enemy during the "missing year".

Their introductions were unnecessary, as was their "arc" in general. Greg and Tamara were pretty useless, and only served as red-herrings. The story would have ended up in Neverland, even without them. Was it any surprise that they were killed off, within the first 15 minutes of Season 3?