Nothing happened?
Eh....I feel you but at the same time you gotta understand most people aren't like us. Most people didn't see the lawnmower man shyt from a mile away. Most people
on message boards seen that shyt from a mile away, but like I said people have been throwing shyt at a wall since the first episode. Think about how many theories have been wrong vs the handful that were right.
I've yet to talk to a person that doesn't frequent message boards that made the connection that it was the same guy. Despite this being the Golden Age of TV most people watch it the same way they always have. Which is to say, half assed. Especially people around my age. If you've spent the last 30+ years watching TV it's hard to acclimate yourself the intricate story telling that goes on in these prestige dramas. This is a relatively recent trend in TV.
Anyway, a lot happened, just not for us. But we watch the show obsessively, so
As far as the cult, they don't really need any more lore or back story. I tried to tell cats like 50 pages ago about the Lovecraft shyt, that's obviously what this cult is based on. Especially with the old black woman talking about "Him Who Eats Time"....that's Lovecraft 101. Each of the Great Old Ones has a name and then an unofficial title, IE Nyarlathotep aka The Crawling Chaos, Yigg aka The Father Of Serpents, Yog-Sothoth aka The Lurker At The Threshold, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos_deities#Table_of_Great_Old_Ones
There is a fukk ton of lore out there that the show gave people in short hand, that's why I tried to explain as much as possible.
Fred.