# Plex showing wrong TV Episode names

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [June 29, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683 "2020-06-29T16:31:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![bengalih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@bengalih](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bengalih)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/1 "2020-06-29T16:31:10Z")

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Server Version#: 4.30.2

I’m having an issue with episode naming of a new (second) season of a show.  
I do think that they might have been mixed up naming initially - i.e. the episodes may have been named out of order and had some wrong metadata/pics downloaded for them.

After I saw plex wasn’t identifying them right I made sure to rename them properly and I deleted and redownloaded/recreated all metadata and matching jpg files.

These are MKV files and have no local embedded metadata as far as I can tell.  
I have also done the “Plex Dance” several times:

- Remove episode files, rescan library, empty trash, clean bundles, put episodes back, rescan library.

Plex now shows _almost_ everything right. All of the episodes have the right picture shown, and episodes 1-6, 9, and 10 are named correctly. However Episode 7 is named what Episode 8’s name is and Episode 8 is the same name as Episode 2.

Again, there is no local metadata on the MKV files (as far as I can tell), TheTVDB has the right info listed for the series, the files are named appropriately (e.g. Series Title - 2x07 - Episode Name.mkv), and I’ve done the Dance multiple times.

Ideas?

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/2 "2020-06-29T16:40:58Z")

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> [@bengalih](#):
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> the files are named appropriately (e.g. Series Title - 2x07 - Episode Name.mkv), and I’ve done the Dance multiple times.

That’s close, but not quite correct. Plex expects the season/episode information in the form SxxEyy. So, for your example, Series Title - S02E07 - Episode Name.mkv. To be even more specific, Plex expects the folder layout to be:

```auto
TV Shows\ <--- Library points here, name unimportant
     Series Title\
          Season XX\
               Series Title - SXXEYY - Episode Name.mkv

```

Your format may work to a point, but it will likely break eventually. That may be what you’re seeing here. Try naming the files/paths per [Plex’s guidelines](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) and try the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) again.

If that doesn’t help, please share your actual file names and folder paths in a screenshot.

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**Author:** ![bengalih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@bengalih](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bengalih)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/3 "2020-06-29T16:43:35Z")

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Well you may be correct about what might be considered 100% official, but what I can say is I’ve been a Plex user for over 5 years and never seen this before.

I have Sonar handle all my file naming, and this series is in the same format I have used forever. I currently have at least a dozen other current shows in my library with the same formats and folder structures and never seen this issue before.

I will try a rename as you suggest and see if it does something, but I’m not optimisitc.

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/4 "2020-06-29T16:46:55Z")

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Fair enough. And, to be clear, I’m not saying that your naming is definitely the cause of the issue; it could be something else entirely. It’s just good practice to follow the guidelines to give Plex its best chance to do the right thing.

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/5 "2020-06-29T16:53:59Z")

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Twilight Zone (2019) Season 2?

Something strange with that one. Even if named exactly to Plex specifications, using mkv files w/ no embedded metadata, and Local Media Assets at the bottom of the list, the displayed episode names are still wrong.

> [@The Twilight Zone (2019) Season 2 has wrong metadata](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-twilight-zone-2019-season-2-has-wrong-metadata/608293):
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> Server Version#: latest stable Hey there, Season 2 has wrong Metadata, for example Ep 2 and Ep 8 are both named “Downtime”. Ep7 name is wrong.

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**Author:** ![bengalih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@bengalih](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bengalih)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/6 "2020-06-29T16:56:26Z")

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YES! That’s it. I’ve tried everything suggested above and more and still an issue. I’ll go ahead and continue on in that thread.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-showing-wrong-tv-episode-names/608683/7 "2020-09-27T16:56:39Z")

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