I can definitely say that even with the cliffhanger it holds up. It's just a - and I'm sorry there's not a better way to say this - total mindfuck and makes you really want S3 because the potential was so incredible. Like, where The Hour makes me desperate for S3 because I need to know that Freddie's alright (I've just decided he is at this point) there are so many different storytelling threads they could have developed in S3 that would have been incredible with so much worldbuilding and of course, all about the character relationships.

And it holds up enough that I go back to it every year and a half like clockwork!