ITunes Video Sorting Issue

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and am in the process of moving all of my music and videos from my PC to an external hard drive that I purchased. When I import some of the video into iTunes they are completely out of order.
The videos in question are TV Shows purchased directly from the iTunes Store. Most of the videos are not effected, however some are and I can't seem to figure out how to resolve it.
For example, I have the first 3 seasons of Lost. The first 2 seasons, sort fine. Looking at Season 3, the sort order is completely messed up even though the shows are tagged correctly (as they should be because I purchased them from iTunes). Yet, they are sorted like this: Episodes 1,3,2 etc.
This is also the case for Prison Break Seasons 1 and 2 and South Park Season 10.
Anyone that can shed some light on this, I would greatly appreciate it.
I would like to add that these same files sort just fine on my PC with iTunes 7, the Mac has the newly released 7.1

Hi Paul,
I had a similar problem about a month ago with some files I had tagged with incorrect episode numbers. (in the Track field under Info) With no "of ##" value, tagging an incorrect episode number and correcting resulting in my fix.
Try this...
Make sure you have backup copies of the entire season's videos (if possible) in a folder that is NOT in your iTunes library folder. If you are short on hard drive space, find the actual files in the iTunes library folder and move them into a new folder on the Desktop.
Once you've copied these, go back into iTunes, and under Preferences -> Advanced -> General, uncheck the option that says "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library".
Remember - at this point you have backup copies of the videos, safe in a folder on the Desktop... from the iTunes window, delete all of the videos for that particular season from the library. (again, let me re-emphasize the importance of backing up these video files)
At this point, if the original files are still in the iTunes Library folder (if you made copies of the files), iTunes will ask whether you wish to move the files to the Trash - click "Yes". If you simply moved the originals out of the iTunes Library folder and into a new folder, this option shouldn't appear - you are now just removing the library references to the files.
Now, re-drag the backup files into the iTunes library window, where it should process them and add them to its library. If all is successful, the sort order should be restored. (provided that the correct Track number was populated into the ID3 tag)
If so, create a folder in <user> -> Music -> iTunes -> iTunes Library (something like that... I can't remember the actual path offhand, am at work at the moment away from my Mac) and copy the formerly-backup files here. iTunes should recognize the change in directory; use Apple-I to "Get Info" and check the bottom of the Summary tab for the file's path, it should be associating the video file with the new directory.
Restore all of your original options ("Copy files to iTunes Music Folder...") as they were for future imports, and you should be good to go.
Hope this helps... again, I am at work at the moment, and am recreating my problem/remedy in my head step by step.
Steve
iMac G5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.16 GHz, 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9) iBook G3 366 MHz (clamshell), 576 MB RAM, Mac OS X 10.3.9

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