ITunes is automatically adding items to download queue - 1 GB

"The iTunes client is downloading items that I did not choose to purchase! I find this annoying and would very much like to get the issue resolved as soon as possible. I would like to have the remaining items in my download queue removed. I would like to receive a credit for these items in the queue.
I purchased a Multi-pass and downloaded an episode of "The Daily Show" on 3/9/2006. This is the only episode that I have chosen to download. I noticed that that iTunes was downloading episodes for a range of dates starting on 3/13/2006. There is 1/2 Gigabyte of The Daily Show episodes days in my download queue. This is particularly irritating because I purchased a song last night that I can not download until I get the issue resolved."
The preceding was the message that I originally sent to customer service. The problem persists. Every time I log into iTunes I find that more episodes have been automatically added to the queue.
I thought that I would be able to select the specific episodes that I wanted when I purchased the multipass.
I have sent several messages to customer service and each time I get a stock answer that had nothing to do with my actual problem.
The first answer began:
"Dear Customer,
I'm sorry to hear your purchased music is missing. Its possible that the title is still in your download queue. Follow these easy instructions to resume your download:
1. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed. iTunes can be downloaded, free-of-charge, from our website. Installing the latest version of iTunes will not affect your download queue. ..."
The second answer began:
"Thank you for your patience as we have worked to resolve the recent problem with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
The corrected version of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 3/20/06" has been added to your download queue. You may download it at any time, free of charge, by opening iTunes and selecting Check for Purchases from the Advanced menu.
To learn more about the Check for Purchases feature in iTunes, please read this article. ..."
I am getting frustrated with the situation. Please help

The multi-pass is apparently functioning as it was designed to function. It is designed to automatically download the next 15 episodes automatically as they become available.
The text by the "buy" button read "$9.99 (16 episodes)." The fine print beneath indicates that the episodes are contiguous. I might have guessed this but there was a 4 day gap after the first episode.
This is not really what I had expected but I'm not complaining. I have not seen any bad Daily Show episodes.
I received a follow up message from Apple explaining the situation. The message was on par with the excellent support I have received from Apple in the past.

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