Anyway, my thoughts on the episode. It was rushed. If I thought episode 2 was rushed, then this takes the cake. Seriously, even the time skip was bad. They could have done a little prologue/narration before doing a time skip.
The Good:
-They emphasized on Kirito/Sachi relationship which IMHO, is the core of the episode. This is what helped define Kirito in the coming episodes and they managed to pull it off.
The Bad:
-Klein's emo/drama part was completely unexplained. An anime viewer would wonder why Klein, who got abandoned, would hold Kirito in such high regard.
-Action. Where the hell was the "high-leveled sword skills?" Coz it looked to me like he was just swinging his sword (technically that's what sword skills are but they could've done better).
-Rushed. Nuff said.
However, looking at it from an anime-viewer only perspective, it was quite good. I definitely enjoyed it compared to episode 2.