Yeah, I would up just using some... alternate ways... to acquire and watch the episodes. I wanted to support them (because I definitely want a Season 12), but both Netflix and MST3K customer support literally gave me no way to do so legitimately.
And now that I've seen them, I agree with the general consensus - episodes 2 and 3 are better than episode 1. Pearl/Bobo/Brain Guy's cameo in episode 2 felt really forced, though I loved how terrible, bizarre, and terribly bizarre the movie was. (Like how Jim had no trouble believing in Native American spirits, but Bigfoot? No way! "That's a fairy story, Paul! Grow up, Paul!")
Episode 3's movie reminds me a little of This Island Earth, in that it has dirt-boring scientists interacting with an alien culture, but in this case, they're "alien" due to being from the future rather than from space. It does, however, have some surprisingly good special effects. It looks like a professional stage magician was involved, and, again, I mean that in a good way. (Too bad the actual plot wasn't anywhere as good as the special effects. It was about 90% padding)
I'm going to spread the rest of the episodes out over the course of the week. Having watched the theatrical trailers for all of the films for the new season already, I think I'm looking forward to Starcrash and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom the most, and maybe Carnival Magic (which just sounds like a really bizarre movie).