Removing a Single Episode from Season?

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Hi,

I’ve been organising and cleaning up my Plex media for TV Shows, which i scrape the metadata etc from the TVDB, rather than local NFO details.

I have a season of ‘specials’ from a Series, and the 2nd episode of the Specials on the TVDB, whilst aired on TV and is part of the database, wasnt actually an official episode of the Specials ‘Season’. Because of this, it picks this episode up, and effectively name the 2nd Episode in the Season an episode i dont have, and then all subsequent episodes in the season is out of sync and doesnt match with the actual file?

Is there a way of deleting an ‘Episode’ from a Season, and then have the library re-sync with the source location, so the files actually match with the Metadata scraped from the TVDB??

Thanks

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  1. Make sure your files are naming like they should be
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows

  2. Make sure the episode numbers of your files follow the order on TheTVDB. Even those in the Specials Season.
    If your special is not listed on ThetVDB, give it an episode number safely away from those episodes which are listed.

  3. Make sure Plex is not picking up embedded metata from your files, which are often wrong or nonsensical - by doing this:

Go to Settings - Server - Agents - Shows - TheTVDB
In there, grab the line ‘Local Media Assets’ with your mouse and drag it downwards, so it ends up being at the bottom of the stack of active agents.
Repeat the same under
Settings - Server - Agents - Shows - TheMovieDatabase
+
Settings - Server - Agents - Movies - Plex Movie
+
Settings - Server - Agents - Movies - TheMovieDatabase

  1. After ensuring 1) - 3)
    ‘Scan Library Files’,
    followed by ‘Empty Trash’
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions

If that doesn’t help, perform the Plex Dance with the affected episode files.