ITunes Downloads Same Episode Simulataneously?

iTunes 6.0.1, 12" PowerBook G4 867 MHz, 256 MB RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.3
iTunes 6.0.1, 15" eMac 1.0 GHz, 256 MB RAM, Mac OS X 10.3.9
I am downloading 5 episodes of "Monk" and we thought that I I used Advanced>Check for Purchases on our eMac that maybe we could download more from that purchase to speed it up (for instance, if the PowerBook downloaded the first episode, the eMac should download the second, right?). Well, instead of following what we wanted it to do, the eMac started downloading the same episode. Isn't that kind of a purchasing workaround? People could get all their computers to download the same purchases at the same time! Very interesting.
P.S. I realize that it's okay to copy the episode to another authorized computer, but isn't this a little odd?

To help others, there are some things that helped me out. (Again, this is on my mac, not an i device)
- Force quit itunes, then launch it again.   Often the downloads will resume
- in itunes, click on Store -> Check for available downloads - that might get a download restarted
- Check the folder ~/music/itunes/itunes music/downloads.   There may be folders/files for the hung downlaods.   Trash them then try re-try one of the two uggestions above
- in preferences -> store check the Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases box.   This fixed a stubborn one for me. After checking the box, waiting a while, then quitting and re-launching itunes, my failed music downloads showed up in my music folder with a cloud next to them - that let me download a few stubbon songs.
Of course, none of this should be happening at all.   I'm just wondering if all of Apple is on vacation and this won't get addressed until January...

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If I've ordered an entire TV series is there a way to
make itunes download the episodes one at a time
instead of trying to do it all at once? Trying to
download all the episodes simultaneously slows itunes
way down, I don't think the download will ever
finish.
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