Cannot transfer rental movie from itunes to iphone

I rented an episode of Glee Season 1 and want to transfer it from itunes to my iphone. I have the iphone 3gs-16gb running OS 4.2.1 Itunes will not transfer it to my phone telling me "it did not transfer this episode because it cannot be played on this phone." I checked the Apple discussions and it tells me that I need to convert the rental in Itunes under the "Advanced" tab - "convert this to iphone version". In my itunes - this option is not available. The available options are in black. The unavailable options are in light gray. This is a light gray option. Any help or ideas?
This episode is HD. On other posts, people have mentioned an SD version of Glee but I cannot find any SD versions - only HD

You cannot convert a rented movie to another format, so that option is not possible. And HD episodes can be played only on an iPhone 4, not on the 3GS. To find the SD versions, go to the Glee Season 1 page:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=314493878&s=14 3441
and click on the Glee icon under "In Standard Definition". You should be able to rent the SD version there.
Regards.
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