Mixing Timeline Sequence Settings

Hey all,
I have this sitcom that I've filmed. Episodes 1-4 are shot with a Sony HDRFX7. And then for Episode 5 (finale) we filmed it with a different camera. JVC HD something.
Problem is, our opening title theme song clip is made up of clips from episodes 1-4. (works fine in those episodes)/
But the same clip show must be used in episode 5 (with clips from episode 1-4). But the timeline sequence settings are different now. So the opening theme got all messed up when i copied it into the episode 5 timeline.
Is there anyway to fix this issue? I haven't tried manually fixing it. But is there anyway to have two different sequence settings? Or any other suggestions?

Please provide detailed sequence settings AND footage settings... (in this case two footage settings). select your footage, hit command-9.
Frame Size?
Aspect Ratio?
Pixel Aspact Ratio?
Anamorphic?
FIeld Dominance?
Editing TImebase?
Compressor?
Audio Settings? Rate/Depth

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