User blog comment:SDMIawesomeness/Why I think the mara-bashing is unneccesary/@comment-25576856-20141226211841

Mara was never a necessary character in the first place. Take season 1. She was only there to be the smart one (when there was already Fabian for that) and to mess with Mickber. If you'd have taken her out of the story completely, Mickber STILL would have broken up because of Amber missing dates. So nothing she did made a real impact in the show. Season 2 was where she shone the most, but that's not saying much. The best storyline she ever got was when she was investigating Vera for the Jackal. All she really did other than the Jackal was support Jerome. That was really nice, and we saw a different side of Jerome because of her, but...she was a part of HIS storyline, not her own. Then in season 3, they needed her to do SOMETHING, so they messed with her relationship with Jerome, and BAM! You have Jeroy. She was only there for subplots, and that goes for all three seasons.