Both Season 4 of Arrow and Season 2 of The Flash contain two identical episodes. This is because there was a "crossover event" that had Part 1 of a story (Legends of Today) airing as a Flash episode and Part 2 of the same story (Legends of Yesterday) airing as an Arrow episode.
You can see both of these episodes listed on VUDU under their respective seasons.
Arrow Season 4: Episodes 8 and 9
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...eason-4/695900
The Flash Season 2: Episodes 8 and 9
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...eason-2/695704
Since this is the same content, you would assume that VUDU would have the same ALID for the episodes in both places. Instead it has two ALIDs for each episode. How do I know this?
Because when I redeemed Season 4 of Arrow, I got everything listed in Season 4, except "Legends of Today." That shows on my VUDU account as available for purchase. Thing is, "Legends of Today" does show on my account as owned when I look up Season 2 of The Flash. On THAT page, it shows that "Legends of Yesterday" is not owned, and is available for purchase.
It makes for a poor viewing experience to have to swap between different show pages simply to watch a full season in order. I'm guessing this is why VUDU has both episodes listed under both shows. That said, shouldn't identical content use the same ALID, so that once you own it, you have it no matter how you view it in the system?
Right now it is possible to purchase both of these episodes twice due to how they are listed.
You can see both of these episodes listed on VUDU under their respective seasons.
Arrow Season 4: Episodes 8 and 9
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...eason-4/695900
The Flash Season 2: Episodes 8 and 9
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/...eason-2/695704
Since this is the same content, you would assume that VUDU would have the same ALID for the episodes in both places. Instead it has two ALIDs for each episode. How do I know this?
Because when I redeemed Season 4 of Arrow, I got everything listed in Season 4, except "Legends of Today." That shows on my VUDU account as available for purchase. Thing is, "Legends of Today" does show on my account as owned when I look up Season 2 of The Flash. On THAT page, it shows that "Legends of Yesterday" is not owned, and is available for purchase.
It makes for a poor viewing experience to have to swap between different show pages simply to watch a full season in order. I'm guessing this is why VUDU has both episodes listed under both shows. That said, shouldn't identical content use the same ALID, so that once you own it, you have it no matter how you view it in the system?
Right now it is possible to purchase both of these episodes twice due to how they are listed.
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