Pretty sure the writers get ideas from actual court cases, so my guess would be the other way round, but we’d need to check dates of airing and whatnot.

Did not.

No.

A cult is a group of people centered around a central leader who controls literally every aspect of the followers’ lives in minute detail. If someone belongs to a religion and feels free to, for example, go find a different pastor/teacher/priest to follow, this alone would make it not a cult. If said person can leave the religion without dire personal consequences, it is not a cult. If said person is free to spend money on things unrelated to the religion, it is not a cult.

If it helps, you could say religion is to government as cults are to fascism.

I get that you are an atheist and think religion is stupid. But please understand there are important distinctions to make. And if you think religion is bad, you need to know cults are worse.

This is a pin cylinder or tumbler lock, which represents the vast majority of key locks (as opposed to electronic or combination locks) made today. Other types of locks exist, but are not as common. These include lever locks, wafer locks, warded locks, disc detainer locks, and whatever madness various inventors have occasionally come up with for one-off lock ideas.

Lock Picking Lawyer, a very popular and fascinating YouTube channel.