I watched a couple of episodes of episodes of season 3 yesterday. Epidode 3 and 6 (Ripples and Sailor Pluto) are actually really good episodes for Crystal. A lot of stuff is going on but I never had the feeling it was rushed. Okay, you could have and they should have made of each act two episodes... Animation wise it had quite some stunning moments, especially when the animators left the official design behind. It looks like a different show indeed.
I love this Kaori quote!
Season 3 made some things better compared to season 1+2, but it still feels and looks a bit generic, from a narrative and artistic point of view. Still has its stellar moments and is actually less painful to watch compared to season 1.
There is so much hope in those 2 Eternal movies, I think TOEI wants this to be successful and we can expect they'll deliver a
good better show this time.