A show is in library but plex won’t find

That will not work.

You must follow Plex naming and organization guidelines.

See Plex DocumentationYour MediaNaming & Organizing Your TV Show Files.

Also see the example (Archer) provided in my earlier post.

After you rename and reorganize the files, you may need to Plex Dance the show to have it correctly recognized.

Example:

/TV  <-- folder added to tv show library
.../Bottom (1991) <-- Show name (intro year)
....../Season 01 <-- "Season" in English, two digits for season number
........./Bottom (1991) s01e01.ext <-- sXXeYY mandatory, ext = mkv/mp4/etc.