So I've just watched Episode 1 of Season 2 and so far, really, REALLY enjoying the show. It's already an all-time great. I've been able to follow along pretty well so far even though there's some technical stuff here and there that goes over my head, but there's one thing that I'm not fully sure about and I'm worried about spoilers if I try to dig too deep on the Internet, so I prefer to ask here.
What was exactly the point of the hack at the end of season 1? What did it do? Because Evil Corp seems to still be up and running and managing fine, as if not much had happened, except that they lost records of payment and debts? Is that just it? Or is there more (don't answer if it's spoilers, obviously lol)? I'm just wondering because I was expecting a collapse of society as we know it, but things still seem to be going as if nothing real bad happened, so I'm slightly confused.
As a bonus, just for fun, here's my theory right now before watching episode 2. Elliot is either in prison or in a psychiatric hospital and his whole routine life is a facade hiding the truth to himself... I mean who's Leon and where did he come from? The strict routine? The church group? Gideon talking to him but they just sit at both ends of a table and never get near each other? The fsociety guy (forgot his name) asking Darlene if she visited Elliot and her not wanting to talk about it? Too many things just don't add up for his version to be the whole truth...)