I just binge watched the first five episodes whilst visiting my BFF this weekend. It is SUCH a CRAZY cult story! Makes SGI look tame as fuck. I hope I can see the rest of the episodes when they come out but I don't have HBO at home :(

My BFF and I were both part of different cults for the same three years of our lives! We talked for a while about our post-cult realizations. One thing we both felt was that the organizations we were both involved in had cult qualities but didn't really feel or look like a full on cult. Especially when you compare it to the crazier controlling cults such as NXIVM which is what that show The Vow is about.

Anybody care to comment about "levels" of "cult-ness"?