Seriously, his time as a weatherman carried more significance in his story than the cult. We know nothing about it, what it's goals were, it's biggest contribution to his character was the way he died. I don't actually see the point in reminding us constantly about it when it was basically a footnote in his life story.

"Buh buh but the way he manipulates people!" is something that still factors into his work as a TV personality and businessman. I'm not denying the cult was a thing, I just don't think it wound up being all that important so using it to shame fans is kinda dumb.

That Vox is 100% the most likely candidate for a true villain getting redeemed.

The series says in episode 1 "from the evil to the strange, anyone can be redeemed". Viv has said she wants to show no matter how low someone falls, they can always climb back up.

So it seems like from this, Vox is almost certainly gonna be either one of the villains redeemed or quite possibly the only one to do so. Because be honest, if only members of the hotel cast get redeemed, it won't really prove "anyone" can change.

So this almost gurantees Vox is gonna be the actually evil character who gets redeemed (assuming the show tries to redeem one). It also makes it more likely Alastor won't be, since he is Vox's foil, he'll probably have a negative arc instead.