If only they had another 3-5 minutes each episode, the show would be significantly better, which is unfortunate. In this episode, for example, you could have had the scene where they go to Heathcliff and explain what happened and that they're leaving the guild for a while before they head to Asuna's house. Small scenes like that would be enough to tie everything together and not leave people wondering what is going on or thinking things like "Wow, they didn't even acknowledge people died". It is frustrating that to fully enjoy the show you need to think about or assume what happens off-screen, and not many people are willing to do that and instead assume it is just bad.
That said, the latest episodes have still been pretty good. The duel was fairly well done and the Kirito/Asuna dynamics are fun to watch.

At some point, when someone is trying to kill you and the people you love, you have to do something about it or lose something important. He already attacked Asuna after being given a chance once. Would you try to take him into custody? Would you let him run away if he tried? If he kept trying to attack would you finish him or just run away? It is easy to say what you would do, but I don't know what I would do in such a situation.

I like Yui, so I'm glad she's showing up here. I'm curious as to how they're going to cut her story to fit in one episode. Really though, I am just waiting for the 75th floor boss fight, which should hopefully be epic.