Why does each episode in my Season Pass download twice?

I have recently started using iTunes to buy my TV series. I have subsribed to House Season 8 and Game of Thrones Season 2. With both, when I download the latest episode, it appears twice on the downloads list. The files are always the same size, so I don't think it is a SD version and a HD version (plus we don't seem to get HD versions here in Australia). If I allow both to complete there are duplicate entries in iTunes and both seem to be identical. Generally I just delete one, as soon as it starts, to save bandwidth. I have double checked, and have not accidentally purchased either season twice. This does not seem to happen for other seasons, that I have bought after all episodes are released. Any insights would be appreciated, I did a few searches and couldn't find any solutions.

I am having this problem too, for 2 days now. I'd love an answer on how to fix this..I have contacted support and reported the problem yesterday morning, but my passes still aren't showing up.

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Apologies if this is an off-target question, but had you bought the HD season originally or just the SD version?
The reason I ask is that I have had similiar difficulties with the autodown load and when I check for available downloads on season passes, it says all downloaded.
Then, when I go to the store and search for the season, it first brings up the HD season indicating I would need to make a new purchase, but if I select on SD, there are my purchases and I can freely (and manually) download the latest episode without new cost.
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I have purchsed a season pass of Game of Thrones.
I am trying to download episodes 1,2 and 3 onto my second laptop.
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When I go to the purchased items I can see episode 4, and all of season 1. But S2 episodes 1,2, and 3 are not available for download.
They are not on this laptop - but I have tried the "not on this computer" option and "all" option but they are still not there.
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