# Plex agent idiocracy **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [July 4, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705 "2024-07-04T18:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![max\_plexibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@max\_plexibility](https://forums.plex.tv/u/max_plexibility)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/1 "2024-07-04T18:29:26Z")
no words needed. Tried [plex dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) and every naming scheme I can think of. does not matter. it is only episode 264 that is separated and there is no feature to just include it into another tv show unfortunately. why? ![plex idiocracy](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/1/7/c173774d67632832324744baa3604bec3866a11d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/2 "2024-07-04T18:44:30Z")
Details, please! e.g. file naming / folder organization within the library folder; any conflicting embedded metadata (with your library configured to prefer local data). ---
**Author:** ![max\_plexibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@max\_plexibility](https://forums.plex.tv/u/max_plexibility)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/3 "2024-07-04T18:55:36Z")
![plex idiocracy 2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/9/1/99129d1d74eff603eccf660efacb4a6415f58836.jpeg) there you go. It is only THAT file (episode 264) that is separated. for no apparent reason. I just used the new scanner/agent. not other metadata (local) applied. ---
**Author:** ![BanzaiInstitute](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/banzaiinstitute/32/293273_2.png) [@BanzaiInstitute](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BanzaiInstitute)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/4 "2024-07-04T19:24:13Z")
That doesn’t look like the official filename spec for TV shows. `/TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info.ext` [https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) ---
**Author:** ![max\_plexibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@max\_plexibility](https://forums.plex.tv/u/max_plexibility)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/5 "2024-07-04T19:42:12Z")
![plex idiocracy 3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/a/9/7a9dd1714382ab98b76955399f5812a456d7df68.png) same result. other seasons have the same naming scheme without a problem. ---
**Author:** ![BanzaiInstitute](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/banzaiinstitute/32/293273_2.png) [@BanzaiInstitute](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BanzaiInstitute)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/6 "2024-07-04T19:54:20Z")
> [@max\_plexibility](#): > > same result Did you do a [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)? > [@max\_plexibility](#): > > other seasons have the same naming scheme without a problem. Plex can be pretty tolerant of different filenames, but if you don’t follow the rules, your luck eventually runs out. Maybe the filename is not the root cause here but it is still best practices and can prevent other problems. ---
**Author:** ![rossinior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@rossinior](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rossinior)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/7 "2024-07-04T19:59:53Z")
> [@BanzaiInstitute](#): > > ename is not the root cause he Erm… I might b totally off here, but 264 could very well be filtered because people name the video format of their files … like x264 … Try “Pokemon (yyyy) - S05E264 - Episode Title.extension” ---
**Author:** ![Divideby0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Divideby0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Divideby0)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/8 "2024-07-04T20:02:04Z")
You’re using a strange numbering system. You are using “Season” numbers with “Absolute” episode numbers. Even if you get it to work, Plex is likely not going to pull in metadata for the episodes. Anyway, have you tried merging the two entries together? ![Merge](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/4/4/b444f7490e08fe309842738257879e164eeac2f8.png) ---
**Author:** ![max\_plexibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@max\_plexibility](https://forums.plex.tv/u/max_plexibility)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/9 "2024-07-04T20:08:22Z")
merging did the trick. even [plex dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) did not help this time. Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![Divideby0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@Divideby0](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Divideby0)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/10 "2024-07-04T20:09:18Z")
No problem. Not sure why Plex was separating out that one episode into another show entirely though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agent-idiocracy/881705/11 "2024-10-02T20:09:42Z")
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