diff --git a/scripts/media-shows.py b/scripts/media-shows.py
index 481674b..5da7470 100755
--- a/scripts/media-shows.py
+++ b/scripts/media-shows.py
@@ -428,10 +428,13 @@ held = {r["path"]: r for r in rows}
 def row_names_the_park(path, name):
     """The library's own review pile is not a show. When the park sat INSIDE the
     library the server indexed the whole folder as one series named after it, and
-    a row like that would rename a real show to `_unsorted` — so a row whose
-    series is the hidden top-level folder the file itself sits in is dropped."""
+    a row like that would rename a real show to the pile — so a row whose series is
+    the hidden top-level folder the file itself sits in is dropped. The server also
+    sanitizes the display name, dropping the leading underscore, so `unsorted` and
+    `_unsorted` are the same pile: compare them without their leading punctuation,
+    or the pile survives as a visible series folder."""
     top = rel(path).split("/")[0]
-    return top.startswith("_") and eng.norm(name) == eng.norm(top)
+    return top.startswith("_") and eng.norm(name.lstrip("_")) == eng.norm(top.lstrip("_"))
 
 
 def in_review_pile(path):
@@ -687,10 +690,14 @@ def series_key(name):
 
 
 def label_of(s):
-    """`<Series> (<year>)`, the form both matchers read."""
+    """`<Series> (<year>)`, the form both matchers read. A provider's name can
+    arrive WITH the year already on it — TVDb hands back `Acapulco (2021)` for the
+    reboot — and appending a second one names a folder nothing will match again."""
     nm, yr = identity(s)
     nm = clean(nm)
-    return f"{nm} ({yr})" if yr else nm
+    if not yr or re.search(r"\(\d{4}\)\s*$", nm):
+        return nm
+    return f"{nm} ({yr})"
 
 
 def episode_title(r, s, season, ep):
diff --git a/tests/media_shows.bats b/tests/media_shows.bats
index 71fe428..d5c3b9b 100755
--- a/tests/media_shows.bats
+++ b/tests/media_shows.bats
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ setup() {
     # The park inside the library: the server indexed the whole pile as ONE show
     # named after the folder, so its rows state a series that is not a show.
     at "$PARK/Park Show S01E01.mkv" 5000
+    at "$PARK/Twisted.Metal.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" 5200
 
     # The enum census lists every file; the planner reads that instead of walking
     # the tree, so the fixture writes the same three columns.
@@ -226,6 +227,17 @@ PY
         = "$LIB/Show Box (2016)/Season 01/Show Box (2016) - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv" ]
 }
 
+@test "a provider name that already carries the year is not given it twice" {
+    # TVDb answers the reboot as `Acapulco (2021)`. The folder contract is ONE year,
+    # and `Acapulco (2021) (2021)` is a folder neither matcher nor human reuses.
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:78850": {"name": "Show Box (2016)", "year": "2016"}}\n' > "$CACHE"
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$BOX/Show.Box.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/Show Box (2016)/Season 01/Show Box (2016) - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv" ]
+    run grep -F '(2016) (2016)' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
 @test "a series no authority resolves keeps the provider's name and is reported" {
     plan
     [ "$(dst "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/01 Charles Barkley, Nirvana.avi")" \
@@ -241,6 +253,21 @@ PY
     [[ "$output" == "$OUTSIDE/"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "the pile's sanitized display name is still the pile, not a series" {
+    # Jellyfin drops the leading underscore when it shows the hidden folder, so the
+    # row says the series is "unsorted" while the file sits in `_unsorted`. Match
+    # only the underscored spelling and the plan renames real files into a visible
+    # folder named after the review pile — which is how 617 of them got there.
+    title_row "$PARK/Twisted.Metal.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" "unsorted" "" 1 1 \
+        "" "" "Twisted Metal"
+    plan_park
+    run awk -F '\t' -v l="$LIB" \
+        '$1 == "move" && index($3, l "/unsorted/") == 1 {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $2 ~ /Twisted\.Metal\.S01E01/ {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [[ "$output" == "$OUTSIDE/"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "a subtitle follows its episode and keeps its language flag" {
     plan
     [ "$(dst "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.en.srt")" \