# Seperating Companion Show Episodes

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/seperating-companion-show-episodes/600856>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/seperating-companion-show-episodes/600856 "2020-06-07T14:37:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![darkmast2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@darkmast2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/darkmast2)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/seperating-companion-show-episodes/600856/1 "2020-06-07T14:37:03Z")

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Server Version#: 1.19.4.2902  
Player Version#: 4.30.2

I’ve been having an issue trying to get a tv show’s episodes to show as separate in my server, it keeps merging the episode plus it’s companion episode together. I’ve searched for this issue and it talks about splitting episodes but I can’t seem to find this option.

RuPauls.Drag.Race.All.Stars.S01.E01.720p  
RuPauls.Drag.Race.All.Stars.S01.E01.Untucked.720p

There are 6 episodes in the season plus a companion episode to each each episode (12 files in total). I can get them to play by selecting play version in the player but this is a bit annoying. Is there a way to try and separate them? I’ve tried naming the files differently and having them in different directories but that hasn’t worked.

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**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:** [June 7, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/seperating-companion-show-episodes/600856/2 "2020-06-07T15:14:42Z")

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You can split a tv-show (not episodes), if you have two separate top-level-folders accidentally merged to a single show item in your Plex library. Multiple files of the same episode are treated simply as different versions of that same episode.

As for your particular scenario…  
[TheTVDb.com](http://TheTVDb.com) is listing those specials / companion episodes as an independent show. Naming should be like this:

```auto
TV Shows <- the folder linked to your Plex tv-show library
   RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
      Season 01
         RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars - s01e01 - It Takes Two.ext
         RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars - s01e02.ext
         ...
         RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars - s01e06.ext

   RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Untucked
      Season 01
         RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Untucked - s01e01 - It Takes Two.ext
         RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Untucked - s01e02.ext
         ...
         RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Untucked - s01e06.ext

```

See

- [https://www.thetvdb.com/series/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars/allseasons/official](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars/allseasons/official)
- [https://www.thetvdb.com/series/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-untucked/allseasons/official](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-untucked/allseasons/official)

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You could add both shows to a `RuPaul's Drag Race` collection to have them linked in your library.

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**Author:** ![darkmast2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@darkmast2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/darkmast2)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/seperating-companion-show-episodes/600856/3 "2020-06-07T18:36:11Z")

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Sorted all the episodes as you suggested and I still couldn’t get it to detect properly. But then I found the split option, which created two entries on the server. I was then able to go into the Untucked episodes and use Fix Match and it has now corrected itself.

Thanks so much for the help.

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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 5, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/seperating-companion-show-episodes/600856/4 "2020-09-05T18:36:17Z")

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