diff --git a/internal/scanner/scan.go b/internal/scanner/scan.go
index a5a7e62..fe4fcfd 100644
--- a/internal/scanner/scan.go
+++ b/internal/scanner/scan.go
@@ -478,7 +478,11 @@ func buildTVGroups(lib library.Library, found map[string]candidate) map[string]g
 		c := found[rel]
 		dir := path.Dir(rel)
 
-		season, episode, isEpisode := parseEpisode(c.relPath, path.Base(dir))
+		// The base name, not the relative path: parseEpisode is a function of a
+		// file name and its directory, and the leading-number pattern is anchored
+		// at the start. Handed "Show/Season 1/05 - Title.mkv" it would never
+		// match, which is how the bare-number case was silently missed.
+		season, episode, isEpisode := parseEpisode(path.Base(rel), path.Base(dir))
 		if !isEpisode {
 			g := groups[rel]
 			g.key, g.title, g.kind = rel, library.CleanTitle(rel), lib.Kind
diff --git a/internal/scanner/scan_test.go b/internal/scanner/scan_test.go
index bdbeeae..4110af0 100644
--- a/internal/scanner/scan_test.go
+++ b/internal/scanner/scan_test.go
@@ -519,6 +519,30 @@ func TestScanParsesEpisodes(t *testing.T) {
 				{kind: "video", path: "Fargo/Season 4/Fargo.S01E01.mkv", title: "Fargo", parent: "Fargo/Season 4", season: 4, episode: 1},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// A bare leading number, which older rips and anime use. This case
+			// exists because the pattern is anchored at the start of the name:
+			// handed the whole relative path it silently never matched, and only
+			// a scan-level test catches that - a unit test on parseEpisode passes
+			// a bare file name and cannot see it.
+			name: "bare leading number under a Season directory",
+			file: "The Wire/Season 3/06 - Title.mkv",
+			want: []item{
+				{kind: "series", path: "The Wire", title: "The Wire"},
+				{kind: "season", path: "The Wire/Season 3", title: "Season 3", parent: "The Wire", season: 3},
+				{kind: "video", path: "The Wire/Season 3/06 - Title.mkv", title: "06 - Title", parent: "The Wire/Season 3", season: 3, episode: 6},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// The anime shape: an episode with no season in the name at all.
+			name: "episode-only marker under a Season directory",
+			file: "Show/Season 2/E05.mkv",
+			want: []item{
+				{kind: "series", path: "Show", title: "Show"},
+				{kind: "season", path: "Show/Season 2", title: "Season 2", parent: "Show", season: 2},
+				{kind: "video", path: "Show/Season 2/E05.mkv", title: "E05", parent: "Show/Season 2", season: 2, episode: 5},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {