diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java
index 7fb8ee96..52b88087 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/EpisodeMetrics.java
@@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ public enum EpisodeMetrics implements SimilarityMetric {
 	// Match by SxE and airdate
 	EpisodeIdentifier(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate)),
 	
-	// Advanced episode <-> file matching
-	EpisodeFunnel(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate, Title)), EpisodeBalancer(new SimilarityMetric() {
+	// Advanced episode <-> file matching Lv1 
+	EpisodeFunnel(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate, Title)),
+	
+	// Advanced episode <-> file matching Lv2
+	EpisodeBalancer(new SimilarityMetric() {
 		
 		@Override
 		public float getSimilarity(Object o1, Object o2) {
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMetric.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMetric.java
index 4e823554..36275c0c 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMetric.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/SeasonEpisodeMetric.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ public class SeasonEpisodeMetric implements SimilarityMetric {
 		float similarity = -1;
 		for (SxE sxe1 : sxeVector1) {
 			for (SxE sxe2 : sxeVector2) {
-				if (sxe1.season == sxe2.season && sxe1.episode == sxe2.episode) {
-					// vectors have at least one perfect episode match in common
+				if (sxe1.season == sxe2.season && sxe1.episode == sxe2.episode && sxe1.season >= 0 && sxe2.season >= 0) {
+					// vectors have at least one perfect episode match in common (require season >= 0 as to put less trust in single-number matches)
 					return 1;
 				}