diff --git a/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py b/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
index c6a8a4f0e..ab3c6cae8 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
@@ -493,13 +493,21 @@ async def identify_episode(
 			absolute = await self.get_absolute_number(show_id, season, episode_nbr)
 
 		async def for_language(lng: str) -> Episode:
-			episode = await self.get(
-				f"tv/{show_id}/season/{season}/episode/{episode_nbr}",
-				params={
-					"language": lng,
-				},
-				not_found_fail=f"Could not find episode {episode_nbr} of season {season} of serie {name}",
-			)
+			try:
+				episode = await self.get(
+					f"tv/{show_id}/season/{season}/episode/{episode_nbr}",
+					params={
+						"language": lng,
+					},
+				)
+			except:
+				episode = await self.get(
+					f"tv/{show_id}/season/{season}/episode/{absolute}",
+					params={
+						"language": lng,
+					},
+					not_found_fail=f"Could not find episode {episode_nbr} of season {season} of serie {name} (absolute: {absolute})",
+				)
 			logging.debug("TMDb responded: %s", episode)
 
 			ret = Episode(
diff --git a/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py b/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py
index af0945a50..565ae1fc4 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/implementations/thexem.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async def get_show_map(
 			ret = await r.json()
 			if "data" not in ret or ret["result"] == "failure":
 				logging.error("Could not fetch xem mapping. Error: %s", ret["message"])
-				raise ProviderError("Could not fetch xem mapping")
+				return []
 			return ret["data"]
 
 	async def get_show_override(
diff --git a/scanner/providers/provider.py b/scanner/providers/provider.py
index aef107d03..f9e449e44 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/provider.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/provider.py
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ async def identify_show(self, show_id: str) -> Show:
 		raise NotImplementedError
 
 	@abstractmethod
-	async def identify_season(
-		self, show_id: str, season_number: Optional[int]
-	) -> Season:
+	async def identify_season(self, show_id: str, season_number: int) -> Season:
 		raise NotImplementedError
 
 	@abstractmethod