They simply stayed in a cabin, not really bothering anyone and waiting for their centrics. They were the time killers before we got to the Author.
Boy you said it. WASTE. Oooooo look at me, I’m Regina being bad with the queens of darkness to try and infiltrate them. I’m playing chicken on train tracks and flipping cop cars. Look at me and my bad self. It was an utter joke. Give me 4a any day of the week. We lost crucial characters to frozen new character stuff, but at least the themes worked well. 4b was a ridiculous mess.