ITunes TV download playback issues

Help - I downloaded a TV episode I missed from Lost and it plays back in a diffused screen of about 12 blocks. I tried all the fixes on Help to no avail. Any suggestions?? I can't go on w/o seeing this episode!!

Got it solved!! Thanks!! I just needed to view it in
another program.
Just curious, what program did you use? I thought you had to use itunes or quicktime. I have also been trying to watch Lost on a Dell in Windows XP, and have been having playback issues as well.

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