Works like magic! Thanks again for finding time to look into it.

btw: I used some time to make this just for you ;) Thank you very much! I'll try that! I had a feeling those "before" and "after" functions will come useful for my case, but the docs examples weren't enough to figure out how to conjure something so complex for me. I'm a little confused about multi ...

Could you give me more examples of what you are trying to do, what you have tried, and where you have trouble? Is it about retaining bits and pieces of the original filename? Yes, it's exactly about "retaining bits and pieces of the original filename". I don't care if the episode original filename ...

Thanks, but I wasn't talking about matching at all, I can match just fine manually using the Episodes tab. I was talking about expression that will give me desired result for both cases (if such expression is possible) AFTER I match the episode manually.

For example, if I have Downton.Abbey.Christmas.Special.720p.Bluray.AC32.0.2011.720p.bluray.shortbrehd I'd like to get Downton.Abbey.S00E02.Christmas.Special.720p.Bluray.AC32.0.2011.720p.bluray.shortbrehd And if I have Downton.Abbey.s02e09e10.1080p.BDRip.2xRus.Eng.mkv I'd like to get Downton.Abbey ...