# Episodes showing duplicates

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/episodes-showing-duplicates/179062>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episodes-showing-duplicates/179062 "2017-02-07T17:01:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rapidfuzion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@rapidfuzion](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rapidfuzion)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episodes-showing-duplicates/179062/18 "2017-02-10T16:04:02Z")

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> @leelynds said:
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> > @rapidfuzion said:  
> > so when i add an episode of gotham for example it shows its duplicated, but when i do the “[Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)” its fine. Then that night when more tv shows are added, those tv shows appear duplicated.
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> Is it possible Plex is reading a folder for downloads? Active downloads should go someplace that Plex can’t see, and moved only after completed. I have seen several reports of an active download causing problems.

That’s what i was thinking, but i created a full new directory well away from the downloads folder and still the issue persists

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