# Problem with how Plex loads TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows, library-management\ **Created:** [November 5, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-with-how-plex-loads-tv-shows/755691 "2021-11-05T19:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psquittieri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/psquittieri/32/12122_2.png) [@psquittieri](https://forums.plex.tv/u/psquittieri)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-with-how-plex-loads-tv-shows/755691/1 "2021-11-05T19:54:01Z")
Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173 sorry in advance if I placed this post in the wrong part of the form. I don’t know where this problem should be posted or if it can be fixed. Folder path: Library\TV Shows\The Shows Name\S01, S02 and so on File Naming: The Shows Name S01E01E02, The Shows Name S01E03E04 and so on. I have a TV Show that I added to Plex. Plex added it to menu fine, you can see the show and under it you can see the seasons. when you go into a season you see all the episodes all named correctly. The problem is that Episode 1 and 2 are one file but Plex show 1 and 2 as an option in the menu. Then you play episode 1 it will play both episodes (fine) but if you play 2 it start from the beginning of the file a plays 1 and 2 again. is there a way to change where 2 start from in the file? if not is there a way to merge 1 and 2 together? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-with-how-plex-loads-tv-shows/755691/2 "2021-11-06T02:19:46Z")
That’s how multi-episode files are currently designed to work. There’s a number of feature suggestions on how to improve this. Mainly suggestions to [reflect such multi-episode files with a single library item](https://forums.plex.tv/t/display-single-file-multi-episode-shows-in-a-single-item/596310) (e.g. titled “Episode Name 1 & Episode Name 2”) or to guess / indicate where in the file each episode ends/starts and how to reflect this in the UI / playback (e.g. [1](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-chapter-start-point-to-the-filename-parser-fixes-multi-episode-files/619882), [2](https://forums.plex.tv/t/span-the-progress-bar-over-each-part-of-a-multiple-file-episode/477611), [3](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-video-start-and-end-times/401870)). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-with-how-plex-loads-tv-shows/755691/3 "2022-02-04T02:20:24Z")
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