No, it is not the expectation, but it is a method for you to check.
Change the number in the URL in your address bar to the grandparentRatingKey from the episode XML to get the show data.
Example: Find grandparentRatingKey="262680" in the XML and change the URL to /library/metadata/262680.
Of if you use browser userscripts, you can install my script to just press CTRL+I on any page (i.e. the show page) in Plex to automatically open the XML data for that item.
Tools like Tautulli can also export data from your entire library so you can check everything at once.
