The first time I saw Episode 1, I liked it. Of course, I was 8 at the time... But yeah, I actually thought it was good. So it was more like the reverse order of what you said.

Episode 2 I thought was dumb the first time I saw it, and I still haven't changed my mind about it... For me, Stage five never happened for Episode 2.

Episode 3 I've seen 3 times now, and I have really liked it each time. The bad things weren't as bad this time around, and they were mostly over shadowed by all the cool things going on.