What was the S2 cliffhanger like in real time?

For those who watched S2 when it first came out, what was it like waiting for S3? With all the cliffhanger plot turns that came out of the school fight?

I binged S1-S5 when I found the show. The only season I had to wait on was S6. I just now had this thought about how different it must have been waiting between seasons, especially S2 to S3.