at a guess, this is s03e12 counting the three-episode special as s03e01 through e03, whereas last week's
episode was s03e08 not counting those episodes.
imdb needs to step up their game - this whole including a 3-part special in a season is bush-league.
at least the guys over at thetvdb know what they're doing (this is how it should look: http://thetvdb.com/?
tab=seasonall&id=110381&lid=7 )
actually, it was originally part of of season 3 as 16 episodes were approved for archer for season 3
instead of the usual 13 - the first three being an epilogue to season 2. even the fx site originally
had them listed as episodes 1-3 of season 3, then some producer said in a comic-con interview they
were season 2 episodes - and confusion reigned with no one (included stations, fans and fx) too sure
which episodes were which. finally fx called them special episodes and didn't include them in season
2 episode list or season 3. some scene groups are still using original numbering though.
nope. imdb made a deliberate choice some five years ago to adopt an entirely separate episode
numbering scheme. the upside is that it is consistent across all series in the db, the downside that it
regularly leads to disagreements with the so-called official episode numbers.
the moral is to use imdb episode numbers for what they are and not to expect them to be something that
they are not.
every week do we have to have an issue with the numbering? i mean what are people just all of a sudden
jumping in in the middle of the season so this is news to them? ffs stfu about it!!!!!!!!!!
...imdb is fine, sometimes great, for show descriptions, user ratings, and user reviews. however, not
so good when it comes to keeping up with season and episode lists.
for season/episode lists, my first two stops are tvrage and wiki.
it has been my experience that tvrage and wiki are correct, and/or match scene releases, more often
than any other site. there are instances when "the scene" release groups are using a numbering
scheme that does not match tvrage, wiki, or any other site for that matter. sometimes an official
season/episode list is not available at the time a show is being capped, sometimes a list exists but then
changes later on down the road. the people behind scene releases do their very best to
be methodical and logical. in the end...shit happens get over it. lol.
this confused me because i went back to check my downloads and realised i had downloaded the 1st 3
episodes and had got a mix of part the 3 part special "heart of archness" and the now called
episodes 4,5 & 6 episodes. all the episodes on eztv are the correct 1-8 (numbered 4 -
11 on imdb an wikipedia). you just need to download the 3 part special separately as one video to
make sure you
have all of it and be able to watch in the correct running order. otherwise it just won't make sense
when watching if the episodes are all mixed up or missing.
its stupid when different groups use different numbering. at least put an episode title on it so
everybody knows exactly what episode they are getting, especially if the numbering system is all out
of sequence.
looking at the list of torrent labels for archer on this site it is all over the effin' place.
the problem is consistency. of course.
once you start with a sequence you can't use the same label or change the format of your labels.
well you can, but you'd confuse the hell out of everybody.
considering the hundreds of tv shows and thousands of torrents, capped, ripped, uploaded,
and shared by unpaid hobbyists, they do a major fu*king awesome job....very few errors,
when put into perspective.
there was some confusion this past season due to the three-and-a-half month long break between
airings of the show. some sites counted the 3 part special as part of season 3 and some did not. it is
common for specials, or in-between-seasons mini-series, to be listed or counted separately, rather than
part of the full regular season.
season 3 -- 13 episodes (3 specials + 10 regular) -- sept. 15, 2011 to march 22, 2012
specials:
#1 -- sept. 15, 2011 -- heart of archness
#2 -- sept. 22, 2011 -- heart of archness
#3 -- sept. 29, 2011 -- heart of archness
regular episodes:
3x01 -- january 19, 2012 -- the man from jupiter
3x02 -- january 26, 2012 -- el contador
3x03 -- february 2, 2012 -- the limited
3x04 -- february 9, 2012 -- drift problem
3x05 -- february 16, 2012 -- lo scandalo
3x06 -- february 23, 2012 -- bloody ferlin
3x07 -- march 1, 2012 -- crossing over
3x08 -- march 8, 2012 -- skin game
3x09 -- march 15, 2012 -- space race (1)
3x10 -- march 22, 2012 -- space race (2)
excerpt from the nfo file:
here is the three part special that aired back in the fall for the new archer season.
for this one i took all three of the episodes, and trimmed openings/credits in the middle and everything
where necessary, basically recutting the three part ep into one 60 minute movie type deal. encoded
from a 720p.web-dl source so no pesky chan logos/ratings info, bumpers, etc.
nice and clean like a dvdrip!