Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-6963628-20130402013043/@comment-5106672-20130402131218

Well, Billy and Granny were kind of doing their jobs when Regina showed up and did her deeds. They were clearly awkward in taking orders and doing them. Indeed, as you said, she went to then when she needed them. Archie was threatened and coerced into doing what Regina wanted and. While, on the other hand, Sidney clearly worked for her on a regular basis, Miss Ginger sounds like one of those citizens who think they can bother anyone in town with her trivia (it's a stretch, but most likely because she has "important friends"), while I've always had the impression that Spencer's questioning of Mary Margeret was made up aptly to make her sound guilty, so he was obviously working for Regina.

The Severe Nurse... well, for one thing it was hinted that Regina used the mental ward to keep anyone she needed hidden from public eye (Sidney might have had some kind of nervous break down after Regina used him to cover up the Kathryn thing, but it's quite clear she locked him up to prevent further questioning). Plus, I don't really know how this kind of things work, but I highly doubt spending time in complete solitude locked up underground, likely most often sedated, is helpful for a mental patient's recovery. I guess one has to develop some sort of "emotional shield" to work with such patients, still her total lack of concern end empathy about no one ever coming to visit one of her patients is what makes me wonder. I think she was aware of what was going on, namely a girl being locked up for good with no one ever having to see her again.