From 87a90a88bc0f642345fe85b76785458dafe19197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Garret Patti <42485635+garretpatti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 22:18:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] handle shows without season folders

---
 src/components/tv/TvView.tsx | 10 +++++++++-
 src/lib/tv.ts                | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx b/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx
index 78dad0c..5ffc521 100644
--- a/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,15 @@ export default function TvView({ libraryId }: Props) {
     setError(null)
     fetch(`/api/tv?libraryId=${encodeURIComponent(libraryId)}&seriesId=${encodeURIComponent(s.id)}`)
       .then((r) => r.json())
-      .then((data) => { setSeasons(data); setLoading(false) })
+      .then((data: TvSeason[]) => {
+        setSeasons(data)
+        setLoading(false)
+        // Flat series: a single synthetic season (id='.') means episodes live
+        // directly in the series folder — skip the seasons screen automatically.
+        if (data.length === 1 && data[0].id === '.') {
+          openSeason(data[0])
+        }
+      })
       .catch(() => { setError('Failed to load seasons'); setLoading(false) })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/tv.ts b/src/lib/tv.ts
index a4ef949..41bd620 100644
--- a/src/lib/tv.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tv.ts
@@ -83,10 +83,14 @@ export function scanTvLibrary(libraryRoot: string, libraryId: string): TvSeries[
     const backdropFile = findFile(seriesPath, /^(backdrop|fanart|background)$/i)
 
     const seasonDirs = readDirs(seriesPath)
-    const seasonCount = seasonDirs.filter((sd) => {
+    const seasonDirCount = seasonDirs.filter((sd) => {
       const sdPath = path.join(seriesPath, sd)
       return countVideosInDir(sdPath) > 0
     }).length
+    // If no season subdirectories contain videos, fall back to counting
+    // video files directly in the series root (flat/seasonless structure).
+    const seasonCount =
+      seasonDirCount > 0 ? seasonDirCount : countVideosInDir(seriesPath) > 0 ? 1 : 0
 
     const id = encodeURIComponent(dirName)
 
@@ -150,6 +154,23 @@ export function scanTvSeasons(
     })
   }
 
+  // Flat series fallback: no season subdirectories have videos, but the
+  // series root itself does. Return a single synthetic season with id '.'
+  // so that scanTvEpisodes can scan the series directory directly.
+  if (seasons.length === 0 && countVideosInDir(seriesPath) > 0) {
+    const posterFile = findFile(seriesPath, /^(poster|folder)$/i)
+    seasons.push({
+      id: '.',
+      seriesId,
+      title: 'Episodes',
+      seasonNumber: null,
+      posterUrl: posterFile
+        ? thumbnailApiUrl(libraryId, path.join(seriesDirName, posterFile))
+        : null,
+      episodeCount: countVideosInDir(seriesPath),
+    })
+  }
+
   return seasons.sort((a, b) => {
     if (a.seasonNumber !== null && b.seasonNumber !== null) {
       return a.seasonNumber - b.seasonNumber