When you say it's a MAJOR glitch, we'd expect to see at least a few complaints about what you described but we haven't seen anything similar here or in the FB group.  Just two obvious questions...

Did you check your account's preparer setup and whether there's an override on those problem returns for who the preparer is?

As you may be aware, this is not Intuit Support but a peer-to-peer support community.  In case you want anything escalated, you should contact Support directly.  Although there are a few Intuit moderators who stop by from time to time, their role is to moderate this community and not to provide support.