I would like the ability to search the shows description and other metadata for media files. For example: If searching "The Simpsons" and I want to find an episode where homer has a crayon in his brain. the episode title is "HOMЯ" with a backwards R. It is not possible to type this in using a US…

You might want to search any of about a dozen previous topics already requesting such a feature.

A better search function would be great. Here is another thread for this feature. https://forums.plex.tv/topic/79795-enhanced-search-capability/?hl=description#entry467932

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