7 files changed, 26 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
index 22793206e..184bb4d68 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
@@ -752,9 +752,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         public virtual bool SupportsAncestors => true;
 
         [JsonIgnore]
-        public virtual bool StopRefreshIfLocalMetadataFound => true;
-
-        [JsonIgnore]
         protected virtual bool SupportsOwnedItems => !ParentId.IsEmpty() && IsFileProtocol;
 
         [JsonIgnore]
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
index 0f2ec1f8f..fcb45e7e5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
             if (IsFileProtocol)
             {
-                IEnumerable<BaseItem> nonCachedChildren;
+                IEnumerable<BaseItem> nonCachedChildren = [];
 
                 try
                 {
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
                     Logger.LogError(ex, "Error retrieving children folder");
-                    return;
                 }
 
                 progress.Report(ProgressHelpers.RetrievedChildren);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/InternalItemsQuery.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/InternalItemsQuery.cs
index 555dd050c..1461a3680 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/InternalItemsQuery.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/InternalItemsQuery.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             TrailerTypes = Array.Empty<TrailerType>();
             VideoTypes = Array.Empty<VideoType>();
             Years = Array.Empty<int>();
+            SkipDeserialization = false;
         }
 
         public InternalItemsQuery(User? user)
@@ -358,6 +359,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
         public string? SeriesTimerId { get; set; }
 
+        public bool SkipDeserialization { get; set; }
+
         public void SetUser(User user)
         {
             MaxParentalRating = user.MaxParentalAgeRating;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Movies/Movie.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Movies/Movie.cs
index 81f6248fa..ede544eec 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Movies/Movie.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Movies/Movie.cs
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Movies
             set => TmdbCollectionName = value;
         }
 
-        [JsonIgnore]
-        public override bool StopRefreshIfLocalMetadataFound => false;
-
         public override double GetDefaultPrimaryImageAspectRatio()
         {
             // hack for tv plugins
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Season.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Season.cs
index c29cefc15..083f12746 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Season.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Season.cs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
 
             Func<BaseItem, bool> filter = i => UserViewBuilder.Filter(i, user, query, UserDataManager, LibraryManager);
 
-            var items = GetEpisodes(user, query.DtoOptions).Where(filter);
+            var items = GetEpisodes(user, query.DtoOptions, true).Where(filter);
 
             return PostFilterAndSort(items, query, false);
         }
@@ -169,30 +169,31 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
         /// <param name="options">The options to use.</param>
+        /// <param name="shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes">If missing episodes should be included.</param>
         /// <returns>Set of episodes.</returns>
-        public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(User user, DtoOptions options)
+        public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(User user, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
-            return GetEpisodes(Series, user, options);
+            return GetEpisodes(Series, user, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes);
         }
 
-        public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(Series series, User user, DtoOptions options)
+        public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(Series series, User user, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
-            return GetEpisodes(series, user, null, options);
+            return GetEpisodes(series, user, null, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes);
         }
 
-        public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(Series series, User user, IEnumerable<Episode> allSeriesEpisodes, DtoOptions options)
+        public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(Series series, User user, IEnumerable<Episode> allSeriesEpisodes, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
-            return series.GetSeasonEpisodes(this, user, allSeriesEpisodes, options);
+            return series.GetSeasonEpisodes(this, user, allSeriesEpisodes, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes);
         }
 
         public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes()
         {
-            return Series.GetSeasonEpisodes(this, null, null, new DtoOptions(true));
+            return Series.GetSeasonEpisodes(this, null, null, new DtoOptions(true), true);
         }
 
         public override List<BaseItem> GetChildren(User user, bool includeLinkedChildren, InternalItemsQuery query)
         {
-            return GetEpisodes(user, new DtoOptions(true));
+            return GetEpisodes(user, new DtoOptions(true), true);
         }
 
         protected override bool GetBlockUnratedValue(User user)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs
index d200721b2..d704208cd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
     /// </summary>
     public class Series : Folder, IHasTrailers, IHasDisplayOrder, IHasLookupInfo<SeriesInfo>, IMetadataContainer
     {
-        private readonly Dictionary<int, string> _seasonNames;
-
         public Series()
         {
             AirDays = Array.Empty<DayOfWeek>();
-            _seasonNames = new Dictionary<int, string>();
         }
 
         public DayOfWeek[] AirDays { get; set; }
@@ -72,9 +69,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
         /// <value>The status.</value>
         public SeriesStatus? Status { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonIgnore]
-        public override bool StopRefreshIfLocalMetadataFound => false;
-
         public override double GetDefaultPrimaryImageAspectRatio()
         {
             double value = 2;
@@ -212,26 +206,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
             return LibraryManager.GetItemList(query);
         }
 
-        public Dictionary<int, string> GetSeasonNames()
-        {
-            var newSeasons = Children.OfType<Season>()
-                .Where(s => s.IndexNumber.HasValue)
-                .Where(s => !_seasonNames.ContainsKey(s.IndexNumber.Value))
-                .DistinctBy(s => s.IndexNumber);
-
-            foreach (var season in newSeasons)
-            {
-                SetSeasonName(season.IndexNumber.Value, season.Name);
-            }
-
-            return _seasonNames;
-        }
-
-        public void SetSeasonName(int index, string name)
-        {
-            _seasonNames[index] = name;
-        }
-
         private void SetSeasonQueryOptions(InternalItemsQuery query, User user)
         {
             var seriesKey = GetUniqueSeriesKey(this);
@@ -276,7 +250,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
             return LibraryManager.GetItemsResult(query);
         }
 
-        public IEnumerable<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(User user, DtoOptions options)
+        public IEnumerable<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(User user, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
             var seriesKey = GetUniqueSeriesKey(this);
 
@@ -286,10 +260,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
                 SeriesPresentationUniqueKey = seriesKey,
                 IncludeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Episode, BaseItemKind.Season },
                 OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) },
-                DtoOptions = options
+                DtoOptions = options,
             };
 
-            if (user is null || !user.DisplayMissingEpisodes)
+            if (!shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
             {
                 query.IsMissing = false;
             }
@@ -299,7 +273,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
             var allSeriesEpisodes = allItems.OfType<Episode>().ToList();
 
             var allEpisodes = allItems.OfType<Season>()
-                .SelectMany(i => i.GetEpisodes(this, user, allSeriesEpisodes, options))
+                .SelectMany(i => i.GetEpisodes(this, user, allSeriesEpisodes, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes))
                 .Reverse();
 
             // Specials could appear twice based on above - once in season 0, once in the aired season
@@ -311,8 +285,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
 
         public async Task RefreshAllMetadata(MetadataRefreshOptions refreshOptions, IProgress<double> progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            // Refresh bottom up, children first, then the boxset
-            // By then hopefully the  movies within will have Tmdb collection values
+            // Refresh bottom up, seasons and episodes first, then the series
             var items = GetRecursiveChildren();
 
             var totalItems = items.Count;
@@ -375,7 +348,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
             await ProviderManager.RefreshSingleItem(this, refreshOptions, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        public List<BaseItem> GetSeasonEpisodes(Season parentSeason, User user, DtoOptions options)
+        public List<BaseItem> GetSeasonEpisodes(Season parentSeason, User user, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
             var queryFromSeries = ConfigurationManager.Configuration.DisplaySpecialsWithinSeasons;
 
@@ -392,24 +365,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
                 OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) },
                 DtoOptions = options
             };
-            if (user is not null)
+
+            if (!shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
             {
-                if (!user.DisplayMissingEpisodes)
-                {
-                    query.IsMissing = false;
-                }
+                query.IsMissing = false;
             }
 
             var allItems = LibraryManager.GetItemList(query);
 
-            return GetSeasonEpisodes(parentSeason, user, allItems, options);
+            return GetSeasonEpisodes(parentSeason, user, allItems, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes);
         }
 
-        public List<BaseItem> GetSeasonEpisodes(Season parentSeason, User user, IEnumerable<BaseItem> allSeriesEpisodes, DtoOptions options)
+        public List<BaseItem> GetSeasonEpisodes(Season parentSeason, User user, IEnumerable<BaseItem> allSeriesEpisodes, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
             if (allSeriesEpisodes is null)
             {
-                return GetSeasonEpisodes(parentSeason, user, options);
+                return GetSeasonEpisodes(parentSeason, user, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes);
             }
 
             var episodes = FilterEpisodesBySeason(allSeriesEpisodes, parentSeason, ConfigurationManager.Configuration.DisplaySpecialsWithinSeasons);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Trailer.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Trailer.cs
index 1c558d419..81d50bbc1 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Trailer.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Trailer.cs
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             TrailerTypes = Array.Empty<TrailerType>();
         }
 
-        [JsonIgnore]
-        public override bool StopRefreshIfLocalMetadataFound => false;
-
         public TrailerType[] TrailerTypes { get; set; }
 
         public override double GetDefaultPrimaryImageAspectRatio()