diff --git a/src/components/DoomScrollView.tsx b/src/components/DoomScrollView.tsx
index d677ed8..e9c4c38 100644
--- a/src/components/DoomScrollView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DoomScrollView.tsx
@@ -73,9 +73,20 @@ export default function DoomScrollView({ items, videoContext = 'mixed', onClose
     setTimeout(() => { cooldownRef.current = false }, 300)
   }, [goNext, goPrev])
 
-  // Reset pause when switching items
+  // On navigation to a new item: reset pause state and start playing.
+  // Merging the reset + play() into one effect prevents the old isPaused=true
+  // value from calling pause() on the freshly-mounted video element before the
+  // reset fires. If autoplay is blocked by browser policy (common when unmuted),
+  // fall back to muted and retry — the user can unmute manually afterward.
   useEffect(() => {
     setIsPaused(false)
+    if (!videoRef.current) return
+    videoRef.current.play().catch(() => {
+      if (!videoRef.current) return
+      videoRef.current.muted = true
+      setLocalMuted(true)
+      videoRef.current.play().catch(() => {})
+    })
   }, [current?.url])
 
   // Sync muted imperatively — React's muted prop is not reliable
@@ -83,7 +94,8 @@ export default function DoomScrollView({ items, videoContext = 'mixed', onClose
     if (videoRef.current) videoRef.current.muted = localMuted
   }, [localMuted, current?.url])
 
-  // Sync play/pause imperatively
+  // Sync play/pause imperatively for user-initiated pause/unpause only.
+  // current?.url is intentionally excluded: navigation is handled above.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!videoRef.current) return
     if (isPaused) {
@@ -91,7 +103,7 @@ export default function DoomScrollView({ items, videoContext = 'mixed', onClose
     } else {
       videoRef.current.play().catch(() => {})
     }
-  }, [isPaused, current?.url])
+  }, [isPaused])
 
   // Auto-play timer — resets on each new item, pause, enable/disable, or interval change
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx b/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx
index b862b1f..c5fb257 100644
--- a/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/tv/TvView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState, useCallback } from 'react'
 import type { TvSeries, TvSeason, TvEpisode } from '@/types'
-import type { DirectoryListing } from '@/types'
+
 import FilterPanel from '@/components/FilterPanel'
 import VideoPlayerModal from '@/components/mixed/VideoPlayerModal'
 import TagSelector from '@/components/tags/TagSelector'
@@ -190,13 +190,30 @@ export default function TvView({ libraryId }: Props) {
           mediaType: 'video' as const,
         }))
       } else {
-        // No filters — use full recursive browse
-        const data: DirectoryListing = await fetch(
-          `/api/browse?libraryId=${encodeURIComponent(libraryId)}&path=&recursive=true`
+        // No filters — fetch all episodes via the TV API hierarchy
+        const allSeries: TvSeries[] = await fetch(
+          `/api/tv?libraryId=${encodeURIComponent(libraryId)}`
         ).then((r) => r.json())
-        items = data.entries
-          .filter((e) => e.type === 'file' && e.mediaType === 'video' && e.url)
-          .map((e) => ({ url: e.url!, name: e.name, mediaType: 'video' as const }))
+        const episodeLists = await Promise.all(
+          allSeries.map(async (s) => {
+            const seasons: TvSeason[] = await fetch(
+              `/api/tv?libraryId=${encodeURIComponent(libraryId)}&seriesId=${encodeURIComponent(s.id)}`
+            ).then((r) => r.json())
+            const seasonEps = await Promise.all(
+              seasons.map((season) =>
+                fetch(
+                  `/api/tv?libraryId=${encodeURIComponent(libraryId)}&seriesId=${encodeURIComponent(s.id)}&seasonId=${encodeURIComponent(season.id)}`
+                ).then((r) => r.json() as Promise<TvEpisode[]>)
+              )
+            )
+            return seasonEps.flat()
+          })
+        )
+        items = episodeLists.flat().map((ep) => ({
+          url: `/api/file?libraryId=${encodeURIComponent(libraryId)}&path=${encodeURIComponent(ep.videoPath)}`,
+          name: ep.title,
+          mediaType: 'video' as const,
+        }))
       }
       setDoomScrollItems(items)
       setDoomScrollActive(true)